“Why Ottawa?” Prior to starting my placement at the Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada (ISED) as part of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program (“IP Intensive”), I consistently found myself asking this question. The root of this question was the concern that a relocation to Ottawa for a short period of ten weeks […]
When I left for Stanford, I really did not know what to expect. All I knew was that I would be a visiting student researcher at CodeX: The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics; I knew that I had to write a paper; and I knew that I wanted to create an app to help university […]
When I first learned of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program (“IP Intensive”) I was in the process of applying to law school. At that time, the IP Intensive caught my attention because it was the only program that offered students the opportunity to complete a multi-week internship at a placement organization heavily […]
As part of Osgoode's Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program (IP Intensive), I spent last semester interning at Janssen Inc., a pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson, gaining more legal knowledge than I could have ever gained had I spent the same period of time in the classroom. No matter how much legal theory and history […]
It is about becoming an expert. You have your research topic, you have ten weeks at your placement: go. At the end of your placement term as part of Osgoode's Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program (IP Intensive) you present your findings—as the expert on the topic—to your colleagues and anyone in their network […]
While I never did manage to “accidentally” bump into Peter Mansbridge in the halls or make it onto TV, I would say I still had a great experience as an intern in the CBC’s Law Department. My time with our national broadcaster as part of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program was not […]
As part of Osgoode's Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program, I had the distinct pleasure of working with the Legal Affairs team at AstraZeneca Canada. With a technical background in the life sciences and a keen interest in pursuing a legal career engaged in this field, having the opportunity to gain first hand experience […]
My internship at ventureLAB as part of Osgoode's IP Intensive program, broadened my perspective on intellectual property law in a way that I did not expect. It was a richly rewarding learning experience that I could not have acquired through academic courses. ventureLAB is a non-for-profit business accelerator, specifically geared to entrepreneurs in the technology […]
You can learn all the case law and statute law to your heart’s desire in school, but it is difficult to learn the detailed workings of an industry in a classroom despite the creative planning of any brilliant professor or lecturer. Although throwing a child into the pool is a controversial method of teaching one […]
Silicon Valley is the nexus of the entrepreneurship in the 21st century. While European tourists may duck into a medieval church to sightsee, a Bay Area tourist may take in any number of technological cathedrals. In the Bay, it is easy to trace the history of technology companies like Google, Tesla, Hewlett Packard and Apple […]