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Hackathons Play a Critical Role in the Education of a 21st Century Attorney

By Justin Evans on January 11, 2018

On January 19th- 21st, Michigan State University (MSU) will be hosting its fourth annual student-run hackathon, SpartaHack IV. Spartahack is focused on bringing students across different disciplines together and giving them a platform to realize and harness their own fresh ideas. A hackathon is a perfect setting for discovery, where participants have the opportunity to…

Michigan State Law School is Training 21st Century Lawyers With the Tools Needed to Best Serve Corporate Clients.

By Justin Evans on October 25, 2017

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On October 17th, Carl W. Herstein, a Partner at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn and its Chief Value Partner, led the firm’s periodic value initiative meeting at Michigan State University Law School. Mr. Herstein opened the meeting by discussing the changing environment of law firms and corporate legal departments. Mr. Herstein also discussed his firm-wide…

Justin “Jay” Evans is a second-year at Michigan State University College of Law where he is a member of his school’s Intellectual Property Law Society, as well as Black Law Students Association and the treasurer of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity (Humphrey Chapter).

Prior to the start of his JD, Jay received his Master’s in Cancer Biology from Vanderbilt University and Bachelors in Chemistry from Fayetteville State University. During Jay’s 1L Summer, he worked at Ultragenyx Pharmaceuticals. As a 2L, Jay was a student clerk for Hon. Rosemarie E. Aquilina, as well as LegalRnD Innovation Assistant, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals.

Jay studied chemistry at Fayetteville State University. Jay intends to take the patent bar this summer.

Prior to law school, Jay was a Fellow at the National Institutes of Health wherein he spent his time at the NIH between the Tech Transfer Office, where he worked on patent infringements and patent licensing, and the Pediatric Oncology Branch, where he worked on validating therapeutics in a Rhabdomyosarcoma preclinical model.

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Hackathons Play a Critical Role in the Education of a 21st Century Attorney

Michigan State Law School is Training 21st Century Lawyers With the Tools Needed to Best Serve Corporate Clients.

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