We are pleased to announce a call for applications for a number of exciting opportunities with IP Osgoode including IPilogue Editors and Innovation Clinic Fellows. See below for more information.
CALL FOR IPILOGUE EDITORS
Deadline: Friday, September 23, 2016
Send application documents via email to iposgoode@osgoode.yorku.ca
Description:
The IPilogue is the first blog of its kind populated with entries by student editors from law schools across Canada and around the world, as well as guest blogs by IP experts, scholars and practitioners.
The blog contains comments and thoughts about current pressing intellectual property, technology, privacy and related legal issues (see the blog at www.iposgoode.ca) and has a wide-ranging following in Canada and internationally from government, industry, academia and from other expert groups and members of the general public.
Many student posts have enabled greater employment opportunities for students, sparked informed debates on various issues, and led to publication in leading journals and a following in a number of law and policy forums.
IP Osgoode invites applications from JD and LLM students (you don’t need to be an Osgoode student to apply!).
Positions Available:
IPilogue Editor (8-10 positions)
Content Editor (1 position)
Term: 2016/2017 academic year, with a possibility to continue for summer 2017
For more information about the application process for the IPilogue positions, click here.
CALL FOR INNOVATION CLINIC FELLOWS
Deadline: Friday, September 23, 2016
Send application documents via email to iposgoode@osgoode.yorku.ca
Description:
The IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic, the first student-based clinic of its kind in Canada, is seeking law students from Osgoode Hall Law School to provide assistance to under-resourced inventors, entrepreneurs and start-up companies with their innovation and commercialization activities.
It is expected that the majority of the work done by students will relate to patent law. The remaining time would be spent working on other IP-related needs as they arise, (e.g. assistance with trade-mark, copyright, or trade secret issues). Examples of the types of work that the Clinic Fellow may be engaged in include:
- Reviewing business transactions involving IP
- Assisting with various steps in the patent prosecution process (i.e.: conducting prior art searches, reviewing patent specifications, etc.)
- Performing freedom-to-operate and clearance searches
- Assisting with various steps in the trade-mark prosecution process
- Conducting legal research
Positions Available:
Innovation Clinic Fellows (8-10 positions)
Term: 2016/2017 academic year, with a possibility to continue for summer 2017
For more information about the application process for the Clinic Fellow positions, click here.
Note: The above positions are volunteer part-time opportunities.