Student Intellectual Property Law Association
The Student Intellectual Property Law Association (SIPLA) is a voluntary association for law students who share an interest in intellectual property. SIPLA chapters can typically be found at law schools that provide intellectual property curriculum. Although there is no national SIPLA body, either self endowed or sponsored by a national association, independent student chapters have materialized due to the need to organize intellectual property related events and provide networking and learning opportunities to students.
Typical SIPLA objectives
- Promote intellectual property issues across the student body, to those of the state bar, and beyond;
- Bring together many facets of intellectual property, including Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights;
- Provide a forum which promotes an open dialogue of current issues in intellectual property and exposes how these issues will affect the practice of intellectual property law in the future; and
- Promote rapport between students and professionals in the intellectual property field.
Recent SIPLA events
Every year, SIPLA organizes networking and speaking events featuring influential I.P. professionals. See the below links for the specific activities of each chapter.
Resources
Logos for the Student Intellectual Property Law Association have been placed in the public domain under the GNU Free Documentation License.
SIPLA chapters
- California Western School of Law
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- California Western School of Law
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
- Franklin Pierce Law Center, Pierce Chapter Blog
- George Washington University Law School
- J. Reuben Clark Law School
- University of Nebraska College of Law
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- S.J. Quinney College of Law
- St. Louis University School of Law
- The University of Tennessee College of Law
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School
- University of Minnesota Law School
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- University of St. Thomas School of Law
- William Mitchell College of Law