Looking for a Way Up and Out
For several years at Holland & Hart, the Denver law firm where Lauren Schoeffler (’13) is a partner working on venture capital financing and other corporate matters, there was an entire class of associates who had never handled a “down round,” where the value of a business declines from the previous investment period.
The Impact of an Educator
“While I was in law school [at Northeastern University School of Law], I had the opportunity to participate in the Community Business Clinic and it was one of the most eye-opening legal experiences I had,” says Tom Patten, lecturer and clinical instructor in the BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic (a newly integrated clinic formed from the Startup Law Clinic and the Technology Law Clinic). Professor Patten joins BU Law to provide legal advice and guidance to student entrepreneurs from BU and MIT in the clinic’s venture & finance practice group.
BU Law Introduces BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic
The new structure of the BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic (SILC) borrows from models used by law firms and larger public interest services organizations. Rather than separate clinics offering parallel services, the unified clinic consists of three practice groups: Venture & Finance; Privacy, Security & Health; and Intellectual Property & Media.