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SUMMARY:Freedom to Innovate: Addressing Student Legal Risks at MIT and Que
 en Mary's Entrepreneurship and Cyberlaw Clinics - Nathan Matias - MIT Medi
 a Laboratory Centre For Civic Media
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DTEND:20160309T150000Z
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CONTACT:David Greaves
DESCRIPTION:\nIf you received a letter threatening legal action on your re
 search\, startup\, or scholarly publication\, where would you turn? Many u
 niversities are unequipped to support students or faculty with legal issue
 s—at a time of unprecedented growth for entrepreneurship and research th
 at often reaches beyond the imagination of the law. \n\nAt MIT\, students 
 and community members faced decades of tragic encounters with the legal sy
 stem over projects in wearable electronics\, security research\, open hard
 ware innovation\, digital currency\, and scholarly journal access. In 2015
 \, after a year of advocacy within MIT\, the Institute collaborated with B
 oston University to establish a two-part legal clinic offering free legal 
 support to students and faculty. \n\nUK universities are also doing the sa
 me. Clinics like Queen Mary's qLegal offer free\, specialised legal suppor
 t on intellectual property\, employment contracts\, business structure\, a
 nd the regulations that apply to a project. By involving law students in c
 linic work\, these clinics also integrate practical experience as a core p
 art of legal education.\n\nIn this talk\, hear about the legal risks of wo
 rking on innovative research or startups\, lessons from two university law
  clinics\, and practical advice on what to do if you have a legal question
 .\n\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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