Events
LSAT Masterclasses with LSAT Ally
Logic Games Masterclass I
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
8:30 to 9:30 pm EST
Learn the most efficient process for evaluating the Logic Games section on the LSAT and see how to apply that process to a real Logic Game from an Official LSAT PrepTest. This masterclass features strategies on how to identify a game type, create a sketch, notate rules, and make deductions as well as how to understand levels of truth, identify question types, and apply question-specific strategies.
Logic Games Masterclass II
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
8:30 to 9:30 pm EST
Review the process for evaluating the Logic Games section covered in the prior masterclass and apply that process to another real Logic Game from an Official LSAT PrepTest. Learn additional strategies on how to identify a different game type within the Logic Games section and how to create a sketch, notate rules, and make deductions for the different game type.
Interested students can register for free through the link below to get access to both LSAT Masterclasses.
Passcode (if prompted): 380830
Students who are unable to attend the masterclasses can view the recordings and get access to more than three hours of recorded LSAT instruction along with resources to learn more about the LSAT and the law school application process by signing up for a free preview of LSAT Ally's LSAT Prep Course.
Constitution Day 2022
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
7 p.m. ET
Virtual
Registration Required
"Keeping Government Out of Religion and Vice Versa: Metaphor, Figurality, and the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses” with Professor Doug Coulson
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries in association with the Division of Student Affairs is honored to welcome Professor Doug Coulson as featured speaker for our annual Constitution Day event. In this lecture, Professor Coulson will address the role metaphors and figurality play in constitutional interpretation through an examination of competing figures of speech and thought
START SMART LAW: Introduction to Startup Law
Thursday, September 22, 2022
5:00 to 6:30 p.m. ET
Virtual
Join us for a lightning round of Q&A with top startup and intellectual property lawyers. We will kick off the evening with a quick overview of the most common startup legal issues: contract law, IP protection, raising capital, entity formation and employment law and exit planning. Then you’ll get to ask YOUR most pressing legal questions.
START SMART LAW: How to Handle Your (and Others') Intellectual Property
October 6, 2022
5:00 to 6:30 p.m. ET, Zoom
Presenters:David Lehman, K&L Gates; Lauren Murray, K&L Gates; Reed McManigle, CMU
Intellectual Property is an asset to be protected. This session will cover how to deal with IP issues including:
- Different ways to protect your company’s IP (copyrights, trade secrets, patents, trademarks, etc)
- Do you really need a patent?
- Difference between a provisional patent and a formal patent filing
- Developing a patent strategy
- How to handle IP created by class projects when one or more of the student team members want to pursue commercialization
- Tips on searching the US Patent Office Database (for prior ‘art’ e.g. existing patents)
- What to expect after filing a patent (time and expenses)
Midterm Elections and the Impact of Redistricting
Thursday, October 13, 2022
5 to 6 p.m. ET
In the lead-up to midterm elections on November 8, please join us for a conversation with the Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University, Richard Pildes. Professor Pildes has recently been appointed to the President's Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States by President Biden. He is one of the country’s leading experts on legal issues concerning American democracy and the structure of American government, including voting rights, elections, and campaigns, as well as separation of powers, administrative law, and constitutional law more generally.
