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Succeeding in Law School Summer Employment | Law School Real Talk Series
Apr 3 2023
Succeeding in Law School Summer Employment | Law School Real Talk Series
The Law School Real Talk Series by the Houston Law Review was developed to provide useful and actionable advice to first-year law students regarding the many unknowns of law school. On this episode of the series, season 4 host Brock Jones is joined by Houston Law Review members Andrew Jacobs and Chandler Johnson as they discuss their experiences and advice on how to make the most of law school summer employment opportunities and ultimately choose a full-time position. Our guests provided a variety of information pertaining to big law firm employment and judicial clerkships, with Andrew planning to clerk for Judge Jeffrey Brown of the Southern District of Texas upon graduation before practicing litigation at Bracewell, and Chandler planning to practice transactional law at Latham & Watkins alongside Brock. Andrew, Chandler and Brock discuss the inside details of working at firms and courthouses over the summer while providing their own tips, tricks and advice along the way, from the differences in clerkship and summer associate positions, excelling on work assignments, balancing social events and more. Season 4, Episode 9 Contents:00:00 – Introduction03:38 – Clerkships v. Law Firm Positions11:26 – Best Practices & Expectations for Work Assignments24:50 – Maximizing In-Office Outings & After-Hour Socialization33:40 – Evaluating an EmployerFor more on the Houston Law Review, please visit houstonlawreview.orgTwitter | @HoustonLRevInstagram | @HoustonLRevFacebook | @HoustonLRevLinkedIn | The Houston Law ReviewFor more Emphasis Added content, follow us on Instagram and check out our video content on YouTube!
Choosing and Leveraging a Law School | Law School Real Talk Series
Mar 20 2023
Choosing and Leveraging a Law School | Law School Real Talk Series
The Law School Real Talk Series by the Houston Law Review was developed to provide useful and actionable advice to first-year law students regarding the many unknowns of law school. On this episode of the series, season 4 host Matt Chelf is joined by Houston Law Review members Olivia Wogon and JP Johanson as they discuss their experiences and advice on how to decide on a law school as an applicant and getting the most out of that school as a student. Our guests provided a variety of information pertaining to evaluating law schools and using school resources to achieve desirable employment, with the unique perspectives of both Olivia and JP moving to Houston from out of state and JP transferring to UHLC following his 1L year. Olivia, JP and Matt discuss how they landed in Houston while providing their own tips, tricks and advice along the way, from factors for considering schools, networking on campus and more. Season 4, Episode 8 Contents:00:00 – Introduction01:24 – Factors & Resources for Evaluating Law Schools14:47  – Maximizing the Law School Experience18:05 – Leveraging your Law School’s Strengths20:45 – Advice to your “1L Self”For more on the Houston Law Review, please visit houstonlawreview.orgTwitter | @HoustonLRevInstagram | @HoustonLRevFacebook | @HoustonLRevLinkedIn | The Houston Law ReviewFor more Emphasis Added content, follow us on Instagram and check out our video content on YouTube!
The Jurisprudence of Masculinity with Professor Melissa Murray: The 27th Annual Frankel Lecture
Dec 3 2022
The Jurisprudence of Masculinity with Professor Melissa Murray: The 27th Annual Frankel Lecture
The 27th Annual Frankel Lecture, sponsored by the Houston Law Review at the University of Houston Law Center, focused on the U.S. Supreme Court and explored possible gender bias applied in protecting legal rights. Professor Melissa Murray, a leading expert on constitutional law, reproductive rights and justice, discussed “The Jurisprudence of Masculinity” during the keynote.Murray is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law and Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network Faculty Director at the New York University School of Law. She focuses her research on the legal regulation of intimate life. Her publication “Cases on Reproductive Rights and Justice” is the first casebook covering reproductive rights and justice.After law school, Murray clerked for Sonia Sotomayor, a then judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Stefan Underhill of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Murray is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Yale Law School.Commentators for the lecture are:Helen Alvaré, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Robert A. Levy Endowed Chair in Law and Liberty at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School; and Reva Siegel, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law at Yale Law School.11:49 - Melissa Murray41:03 - Reva Siegel57:03 - Helen Alvaré01:13:10 - Melissa Murray's responseFor more Emphasis Added content, follow us on Instagram and check out our video content on YouTube!
The Petropolitics of the Transnational Oil & Gas Industry w/ Prof. Julian Cardenas | Emphasis Added
Nov 3 2022
The Petropolitics of the Transnational Oil & Gas Industry w/ Prof. Julian Cardenas | Emphasis Added
In this episode of Emphasis Added, Season 4 hosts Brock Jones and Matt Chelf spoke with  University of Houston Law Center Professor Julian Cardenas about the current state of the transnational oil and gas industry, how ‘petropolitics’ continue to shape the global economic and social environment, and energy security in the modern age. Professor Cardenas is an expert on transnational petroleum law, best oil and gas industry practices, and oil and gas geopolitics. He served as a career diplomat at the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs for nearly six years and has also been retained as an independent expert on Venezuelan law in international arbitrations regarding upstream and downstream petroleum transactions, direct foreign investments, and international construction projects. Additionally, he has served on the Ad Hoc Administrative Board of Directors for the Venezuelan National Oil Company since 2019, working on overseeing Citgo Petroleum Corporation and other PdVSA assets abroad. Season 4, Episode 3 Contents: 00:25 – Introduction: Professor Julian Cardenas03:21 – The Transnational Oil & Gas Industry17:22 – Petropolitics’ Impact on International Conflicts28:10 – OPEC+ Impact on Oil & Gas Supply32:56 – US / Venezuelan Sanctions46:08 – Mexican Foreign Energy Investment Concerns52:36 – The Energy Transition and Energy SecurityFor more Emphasis Added content, follow us on Instagram and check out our video content on YouTube!
Patent Waiver of COVID Vaccines and IP Law with David Gindler and Jasper Tran
Mar 10 2022
Patent Waiver of COVID Vaccines and IP Law with David Gindler and Jasper Tran
Emphasis Added is a podcast by the Houston Law Review. Check out this episode in video on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDK03FEAP2lTdm4syp02ChAOn this month's episode of Emphasis Added, I spoke with Milbank's Firmwide Head of IP,  David Gindler, and Senior Milbank IP Associate, Jasper Tran, about patent waiver of COVID vaccines and the complexities of being an IP attorney. David's background includes successfully representing clients in trials with verdicts in the hundreds of millions of dollars, negotiating complex IP license agreements, and frequently speaking on hot topics in IP law, mostly notably on topics in life-sciences and pharmaceuticals. Jasper's background includes a practice focusing on complex patent and trade secret litigation in federal courts, conducting due diligence on IP/IT agreement in multi-billion-dollar acquisitions, and authoring numerous scholarly articles on Intellectual Property for journals from law school’s such as Yale and Northwestern amongst others (link to his scholarship below). We discussed the many intricacies to researching, patenting, and manufacturing vaccines and other pharmaceuticals, why the patent waiver debate might be misguided, and the potential enforcement issues that may need to be addressed when the pandemic ends.Jasper Tran SSRN Author Page – https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2357726Season 3, Episode 10: Contents00:00 – Intro04:50 – What Makes IP Attorneys Different12:30 – Patent Basics22:25 – The Patent Waiver Debate35:00 – Enforcement of COVID Vaccine Patents45:45 – Open-Source IP During a Pandemic52:00 – Closing QuestionsFor more on the Houston Law Review, please visit houstonlawreview.orgTwitter | @HoustonLRevInstagram | @HoustonLRevFacebook | @HoustonLRevLinkedIn | The Houston Law ReviewFor more Emphasis Added content, follow us on Instagram and check out our video content on YouTube!