Sipla

SIPLA, the Student Intellectual Property Law Association, is a voluntary association for law students who share an interest in intellectual property. SIPLA chapters can typically be found at law schools that provide intellectual property curriculum. Although there is no national SIPLA body, either self endowed or sponsored by a national association, independent student chapters have materialized due to the need to organize intellectual property related events and provide networking and learning opportunities to students.

Typical SIPLA objectives

*Promote intellectual property issues across the student body, to those of the state bar, and beyond;
*Bring together many facets of intellectual property, including Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights;
*Provide a forum which promotes an open dialogue of current issues in intellectual property and exposes how these issues will affect the practice of intellectual property law in the future; and
*Promote rapport between students and professionals in the intellectual property field.

Recent SIPLA events

Every year, SIPLA organizes networking and speaking events featuring influential I.P. professionals. On April 11, 2008, SIPLA sponsored a symposium [http://www.piercelaw.edu/sipla/symposium.php annual symposium] discussing current battles and future challenges in international intellectual property at the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire.

SIPLA chapters

* [http://www.cwsl.edu/student_orgs/sipla/ California Western School of Law]
* [http://filer.case.edu/org/sipla/index.html Case Western Reserve University School of Law]
* [http://www.piercelaw.edu/sipla/ Franklin Pierce Law Center]
* [http://docs.law.gwu.edu/stdg/sipla/ George Washington University Law School]
* [http://www.law2.byu.edu/organizations/Sipla/ J. Reuben Clark Law School]
* [http://law.scu.edu/sipla/ Santa Clara University School of Law]
* [http://www2.utah.edu/sipla/ S.J. Quinney College of Law]
* [http://law.slu.edu/organizations/sipla/index.html St. Louis University School of Law]
* [http://pittlaw.blogs.com/sipla/ University of Pittsburgh School of Law]
* [http://www.stthomas.edu/law/studentlife/student_organizations/student_intellectual_property_law_association.asp University of St. Thomas School of Law]
* [http://www.wmitchell.edu/studentlife/organizations/basics.asp?org=36 William Mitchell College of Law]

External links

* [http://www.ipmall.info/hosted_resources/sipla_index.asp Student Intellectual Property Law Association Events Archive]