Check out this blog post written by Seth Dennis, one of ABA-IPL's law student reporters who covered the recent 26th Annual Spring IP Conference. Posted on American University's Intellectual Property Briefs Blog.
http://www.ipbrief.net/2011/04/10/ethical-issues-in-ip-litigation/
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Student Reporters -- Follow for Updates from the ABA-IPL's 26th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference
If you can't join us in Crystal City this week, then follow our Twitter list of Student Reporters who will be live-tweeting about every CLE panel and every event you wish you could be at.
https://twitter.com/#!/KrystleThomp/aba-ipl-student-reporters
https://twitter.com/#!/KrystleThomp/aba-ipl-student-reporters
Friday, April 1, 2011
Like ABA-IPL for Law Students on Facebook - Stay up to date!
The ABA-IPL Section now has a Facebook page just for law students. Give us a "like" at https://www.facebook.com/pages/ABA-IPL-for-Law-Students/214053651942190?sk=info#!/pages/ABA-IPL-for-Law-Students/214053651942190
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
ABA-IPL's Young Lawyer's Action Group (YLAG)
One of the most welcoming, active and eager committees of the ABA-IPL is the Young Lawyer's Action Group. They have monthly conference calls and everyone is welcome on their calls. I encourage all law students to check out this group. They are always excited to have law students dial in, and frequently put the law students to work on the group's upcoming Careers in IP Publication and other great programs.
There are so many stand-out members of this group, so when you call in, listen for people such as Matt Kohner, Matt Asbell, David Postolski, Sharra Brockman, Chrissie Scelsi and Mo Deka.
Check out their ABA page at: http://apps.americanbar.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=PT051000
The page contains the call-in information so you can join the call and PDFs of the minutes for each call, so that you bring yourself up to speed before you call in this month.
Also, check them out on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/aba_ipl_ylag
There are so many stand-out members of this group, so when you call in, listen for people such as Matt Kohner, Matt Asbell, David Postolski, Sharra Brockman, Chrissie Scelsi and Mo Deka.
Check out their ABA page at: http://apps.americanbar.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=PT051000
The page contains the call-in information so you can join the call and PDFs of the minutes for each call, so that you bring yourself up to speed before you call in this month.
Also, check them out on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/aba_ipl_ylag
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Leadership Conference
As the law student liaison to the ABA-IPL and board member of two boards, I was invited to attend the Annual Leadership Conference in Palm Beach, Florida.
It was a great conference, with a lot of brainstorming, developing, networking and a healthy amount of relaxing/enjoying the company of my colleagues. The location was beautiful!
The Young Lawyers & Law Students Board was my first meeting for the week, and Pam Banner Kruptka, our Board Chair, presented the idea that the Section should have more video content available. The young lawyers and law students all echoed Pam's idea, and now David Postolski and Matt Asbell are working towards a video project. [edit 8/2011: The Section Council approved their video project, so stay tuned for exciting new content next year!]
As always, I pushed for more social media, and by the end of the day, I had a full-fledged idea to host a handful of law students at the Spring Conference to tweet about the event. I presented this idea at the Membership Board meeting and explained how it would benefit the Section by raising awareness about the ABA-IPL's conference and get more people talking about it.
By the end of the Leadership Conference, the Student Reporters Program was born. I look forward to choosing several law students to serve as "reporters" and live-tweet the IPL Spring Annual Conference in April. If you are interested in this opportunity, contact me at krystle.thompson (at) gmail.com. or at http://www.twitter.com/krystlethomp. No prior Twitter experience required! Trust me, you'll catch on quick.
One of the great social events held at the Conference was the evening reception at the Mar-A-Lago Club, which is Donald Trump's private social club in Palm Beach. There was even a sighting of Donald Trump and his son. Check out more pictures below.
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| Hotel where the Leadership Conference was held |
The Young Lawyers & Law Students Board was my first meeting for the week, and Pam Banner Kruptka, our Board Chair, presented the idea that the Section should have more video content available. The young lawyers and law students all echoed Pam's idea, and now David Postolski and Matt Asbell are working towards a video project. [edit 8/2011: The Section Council approved their video project, so stay tuned for exciting new content next year!]
As always, I pushed for more social media, and by the end of the day, I had a full-fledged idea to host a handful of law students at the Spring Conference to tweet about the event. I presented this idea at the Membership Board meeting and explained how it would benefit the Section by raising awareness about the ABA-IPL's conference and get more people talking about it.
By the end of the Leadership Conference, the Student Reporters Program was born. I look forward to choosing several law students to serve as "reporters" and live-tweet the IPL Spring Annual Conference in April. If you are interested in this opportunity, contact me at krystle.thompson (at) gmail.com. or at http://www.twitter.com/krystlethomp. No prior Twitter experience required! Trust me, you'll catch on quick.
One of the great social events held at the Conference was the evening reception at the Mar-A-Lago Club, which is Donald Trump's private social club in Palm Beach. There was even a sighting of Donald Trump and his son. Check out more pictures below.
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| Liaison! |
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| Inside the Mar-A-Lago Club |
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| Inside the Mar-A-Lago Club |
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| Portrait of Donald Trump inside Mar-A-Lago |
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| Poolside at the Conference Hotel |
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| Conference Hotel |
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| Beach Access at the Conference Hotel |
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
9,000+ Strong
Did you know that the ABA-IPL Section has over 9,000 law student members? Join us! You'll be in good company. http://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law/resources/law_student.html
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Conference Calls
The American Bar Association is a national organization, so most of the work is done via conference calls each month for each committee, board and even the Section Councils. I currently sit on two boards for the American Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Section (ABA-IPL), so I have two monthly conference calls to attend. Thankfully, I do not have class during the time of the calls because I have an externship this semester and I am able to take my externship lunch to coincide with the calls.
The conference calls last between 30-60 minutes and are facilitated by the Chair of the Board or the Committee. The ABA's conference calling system is easy to use, and you can easily mute your line through the conference calling system so you don't disrupt the person talking with your background noise.
I'm posting about this to dispel any fears that my fellow law students might have about joining a committee that has conference calls.
Joining a committee is one of the easiest and fastest ways to get involved in the ABA-IPL. Check out the Committees Page at http://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law/committees.html and join one today! You have to be a Section member first, but Section membership is FREE to law students! Use this link to add the Section to your ABA law student membership today: http://apps.americanbar.org/osm/sections/osm_sect_edit.cfm?host=apps.americanbar.org&url=http://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law.html&role=PT.
The conference calls last between 30-60 minutes and are facilitated by the Chair of the Board or the Committee. The ABA's conference calling system is easy to use, and you can easily mute your line through the conference calling system so you don't disrupt the person talking with your background noise.
I'm posting about this to dispel any fears that my fellow law students might have about joining a committee that has conference calls.
Joining a committee is one of the easiest and fastest ways to get involved in the ABA-IPL. Check out the Committees Page at http://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law/committees.html and join one today! You have to be a Section member first, but Section membership is FREE to law students! Use this link to add the Section to your ABA law student membership today: http://apps.americanbar.org/osm/sections/osm_sect_edit.cfm?host=apps.americanbar.org&url=http://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law.html&role=PT.
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