Care Foundation awards grants to fund Legal E-source
The Community Care Foundation has awarded grants to the University of Arkansas' School of Law, School of Continuing Education and Academic Research, and Survey Research Center to fund their online Legal E-source project. Legal E-source is a website that features video lectures, a glossary of terms, and an FAQ section. It was granted funding so that it can continue to garner support for Northwest Arkansas nonprofit organizations. Legal E-source is a multimedia online resource for nonprofit leaders and organizations seeking bylaws or tax exemptions. These organizations are offered free and convenient e-legal education, which keeps them informed and available to serve clients' needs. The site will eventually include a wide array of videos covering legal information provided pro bono by professors at the school, stated Tim Tarvin, who provides guidance for the collaborative website and teaches a transactional clinic at the law school.
Law students take Frankenlaw to the stage
A wacky professor plus a few imaginative students equal Frankenlaw, a musical parody. The musical's plot centers on a professor's attempt to create the perfect law student, piece by piece, using the body parts of multiple students. It was acted, produced, and written by the Theatre of the Relatively Talentless, a law school student group. The story is about Dr. Frankenlaw, a professor, and his assistant, Igor. The two end up piecing together an ideal student who turns out to be too perfect. This is the fifth year the group has put on a show. The Theatre of the Relatively Talentless started in 2002 and operates under the oversight of the University of Minnesota Law School. It is open only to law students.
Stanford's Fair Use Project helps documentary filmmakers
Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project (FUP) will provide critical support for documentary filmmakers who rely on the "fair use" of copyrighted material in their films. The Center for Internet and Society has teamed up with media/professional insurance and leading intellectual property attorney Michael Donaldson in order to tackle the project. The initiative will be guided by an advisory board that includes documentary filmmakers Kirby Dick, Davis Guggenheim, Arthur Dong, and Haskell Wexler; professors Peter Jaszi and Lawrence Lessig; and intellectual property attorneys Michael Donaldson and Anthony Falzone. The FUP provides legal support in order to clarify and extend the boundaries of "fair use" with the aim of enhancing creative freedom. Under the current "fair use" doctrine of copyright law, documentary filmmakers face tremendous pressure as a result of licensing fees paid to copyright holders and overly aggressive enforcement of copyrights by authorities. Lawrence Lessig, founder and director of the Center for Internet and Society, stated, "These films depend on the inclusion of copyrighted material they seek to comment on, discuss, and contextualize […] mere threat of a lawsuit can keep an important film on the shelf for years." The FUP will provide pro bono legal representation to filmmakers facing copyright-infringement claims.
New joint-degree programs to be offered by Albany Law and Rensselaer
Two new master's degree programs in the fields of technology transfer and commercialization will be offered by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lally School of Management and Technology and Albany Law School. This collaborative initiative will begin in the fall of 2007 and will be the first of its kind in the Albany region. The two schools seek to draw from each others' respective strengths to meet rapidly emerging regional and national needs in the area of technology transfer resulting from the rapid proliferation of new technologies, patents, and start-up enterprises. They have also recognized the need to reach out to professionals in the field in order to improve the quality of technology transfer in the region. The course outline for Albany Law's M.S. in Legal Studies-Concentration in Technology Transfer program will include instruction related to trademarks, contracts, patents, and licensing. Business courses at Rensselaer's Lally School of Management and Technology will address valuation of technology, fundamentals of technology marketing, and tax aspects of technology transfer. The M.S. in Commercialization of Technology program will be open mainly to students who have received bachelor's degrees from Rensselaer in management, biomedical engineering, materials science, and architecture, among other related fields. Students will receive training in management as well as a few selected technologies. Upon completion of at least 30 graduate credits, students can choose to begin as start-up entrepreneurs, pursue legal studies degrees with concentrations in technology transfer at Albany Law, or work for 18 months in technology-related industries. They can later return to Rensselaer for another year to earn MBAs.
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