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Recapping the Forbes Under 30 Summit

by John Taggart McGurrin, CPA, MBA, (LAW '16)

Philadelphia hosted the inaugural Forbes Under 30 Summit, held October 19-22, 2014 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The event brought together over 1,000 members of Forbes “30 Under 30” list with an array of business leaders and mentors. I attended as a roving correspondent for 10-Q. Peter Thiel, Co-Founder and former CEO of PayPal, and

Recapping the Whitford Symposium

by Jonathan Lipson

Integrity and inclusion. These were the themes of a special Temple Law Review Symposium held Friday, October 24, 2014 at the Law School in honor of University of Wisconsin emeritus professor Bill Whitford. I organized the Symposium, which was attended by nearly 150 lawyers, scholars, and law students. If you read that carefully, you may wonder: why would

Competing Outside the Courtroom: “Trying” the Deal

by Sandra Hill, (LAW ’14)

Temple Law School has long been known for its trial advocacy programs. What some may not know is that its transactional programs are growing fast, and provide students with innovative hands-on opportunities to develop competitive business transactional skills, such as negotiating and drafting corporate documents During my 3L year, I had the opportunity to immerse

Law School Lessons: Building and Selling Fame House LLC

by Michael Fiebach

Building a business from one person to twenty people was hard. Selling that business while in law school was even harder. Running the business after it was sold to a publicly-held company has been fun, even if it is a challenge as I work toward my degree in Temple Law’s evening division. I started Fame

The Value of “Legal Issues in Strategic Business Planning”

by Elena R. Noel, (LAW '14)

The “Legal Issues in Strategic Business Planning” course is an excellent opportunity for students who are interested in practicing law in an in-house setting, or in learning generally how to deal with clients. The course is offered in conjunction with the Fox School of Business’s Enterprise Management Consulting Practice (EMC). The EMC program allows Fox

Conversation with Murray Shusterman

by Books Schatschneider

Murray Shusterman, Senior Counsel at Fox Rothschild, LLP and Temple Law School Class of 1936, sits down with Professor Rob Bartow to talk about his enrollment in Temple Law School’s first day division class, his time as a Deputy City Solicitor of Philadelphia, and how students find their legal calling.

Forging New Paths: Ajay Raju on Innovation

by Books Schatschneider

Harold E. Kohn Chair and Professor of Law Jonathan Lipson talks with Ajay Raju (LAW ’96), Partner at Reed Smith, about professional success and innovation in legal education and practice.

Temple’s Business Law Society

by Andreas N. Andrews (LAW '14)

If you are a Temple law student interested in business law, where do you go? One answer is the Business Law Society (“BLS”), a student run organization dedicated to educating peers in the field of business law by providing networking opportunities with various legal practitioners in business-related fields, local corporate counsel, faculty and staff, and