ucla school of law

in may 2003 i graduated from the ucla school of law.  i was chief articles editor of the ucla law review, and i was also  treasurer for the ucla journal of law and technology.  if you are thinking about going to school there, or you are an alum,  please feel free to contact me: .

law school resources

LSAT: the test.  check out info on it, or register for it, at the law services website.  rankings: here is a list of links to other law schools. here is a list ranking all of the ABA law schools, from u.s. news. the validity of these ratings is disputed.  in fact, the ABA disclaims them.  here is an interesting article about it.  general resources and outlines: a good site written by a law student, for law students, is law student resources. the site above contains student-created course outlines, but i started an online law outline database. if you can't find what you want here, two good commercial outline series are emanuel's and west's high court case summaries.  online legal dictionaries: the dictionary at at nolo.com features "plain english" definitions. the one provided by law.com gives legal definitions.  enter a legal term and give it a try: enter a term below

ip law in oregon

in october 2003 i was sworn in as a member of the oregon state  bar.  i now work at the intellectual property law firm of kolisch hartwell in  portland, oregon, with whom I clerked in summer 2002.

ip law resources

the USPTO: the office.  apply for the patent exam, check out whether your perpetual motion machine is prior art or whether you can name your operating system "LINDOWS" without getting sued, at the u.s. patent and trademark office website.  the CAFC: the court.  everything you might expect the web page for the u.s. court of appeals for the federal circuit to have.