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arush@nysba.org
518/487-5530
February 20, 2008
NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION RECEIVES $15,000 GIFT TO
ESTABLISH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION FELLOWSHIPS
ALBANY– The New York Bar Foundation has received a gift of
$15,000 from the Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York State
Bar Association to establish three Intellectual Property Law Fellowships
for law students. The Fellowships, valued at $5,000 each, will take
place in public interest intellectual property organizations or
charities with the need for an intellectual property law fellow. The
fellowship program goals are to increase the representation of lawyers
in intellectual property law and to provide students with an opportunity
to experience intellectual property law practice.
The Fellowship will take place in fall
2008 and spring and summer 2009. The length of each will be 15-20 hours
per week during fall and spring semesters and 35-40 hours during summer.
The fellowships, provided through a Foundation grant award to qualifying
organizations, will be presented to students attending a law school in
New York State to assist with the organizations’ intellectual
property matters. The Intellectual Property Law Fellow will also be
invited to be a guest member of the NYSBA Intellectual Property Law
Section and to attend the section’s executive committee meetings
during the term of the fellowship.
Public interest intellectual
property organizations or charities with the need for an intellectual
property law fellow are eligible to apply for the $5,000 grant by April
1, 2008 to receive funding for the fall 2008 fellowship. The deadline
for grant proposals for the spring and summer 2009 fellowships is
October 15, 2008. A grant application
and grant guidelines are accessible at www.tnybf.org.
Debra I. Resnick, chair of
the Intellectual Property Law Section said, “The officers and
members of the Intellectual Property Law Section are very pleased to
provide funding for fellowships to encourage law school students to
pursue a career in intellectual property law. It is our hope that this work experience will provide a
significant and lasting benefit to the students as they pursue their
professional legal career. The section is pleased to establish a
restricted fund with The New York Bar Foundation and is grateful for the
assistance that it has provided in the implementation of the
fellowships.”
John R. Horan, president of
The Foundation said, “It is with great pleasure that we accept
this generous gift from the Intellectual Property Law Section for
fellowships for New
Yorklaw school students.
Its contribution demonstrates the collaborative charitable and
educational partnership between The Foundation and the New York State
Bar Association as we continue to serve New
York's legal profession,
the justice system and our communities.”
Horan said in addition
to the Intellectual Property Law Section, The Foundation has received
recent gifts to establish fellowships for minority law students from the
Commercial and Federal Litigation Section and the Real Property Law
Section. The Tax Section contributed a gift to The Foundation in 2007 to
provide funding for low-income taxpayer clinics
in New
York State.
The Intellectual Property Law Section of
the New York State Bar Association introduces members of the Association
to the interesting and growing areas of law which make up intellectual
property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets,
licensing and Internet intellectual property law issues. It provides
NYSBA certified CLE educational programs, other activities and invites
the participation of attorneys, law students and non-lawyer members of
the business community. For more information about the New York State
Bar Association and the Intellectual Property Law Section, go
to www.nysba.org.
According to Horan, The Foundation
distributed almost $500,000 in 2007 to fund 48 law-related programs that
facilitate the delivery of legal services to those in need, promote
improvements in the justice system and law, enhance professional
competence and ethics, and increase public understanding of the law and
legal system. The work of The Foundation is made possible through
generous contributions from lawyers, law firms, corporations and
others.
For complete fellowship eligibility
details or for additional information about The New York Bar Foundation,
contact Rosanne M. Van Heertum, director of development, The New York
Bar Foundation, One Elk
Street , Albany NY 12207,
518.487.5650 or rvanh@tnybf.org
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