Global IP Students

Welcome to Global IP Students

Welcome to Global IP Students, a platform for student IP groups from around the world to actively network and publish IP related material. Member organizations from leading law schools contribute material about IP events in their group, faculty, and community and participate in forums and mailing lists.

Appellete Advocay

The old law school saying about outcome is true: “If you have bad facts, argue the law; if you have bad law, argue the facts.” For example, if you represent a plaintiff against a large company that put out a product that hurt your client, but the law is such that it would be difficult [...]

Big Firm Life

Time-tracking is extremely important, and you’ll need to learn quickly how to do it, and do it accurately. Most litigation and other non-criminal firms will require you to keep track of your billable hours, and you may even have a billable-hour requirement, though this is usually reserved for associates. If you don’t know much about [...]

How to Study Law

Pay attention to the habits you develop. It’s easy to be busy and to allow your desk to pile up with papers, books, yesterday’s coffee, and so on. Don’t allow it. Decide whether you’ll clear your desk daily or weekly (any less frequently than weekly and you’ll spend too much time hunting for papers you’ve [...]

The Court System

Constitutional authority for the judicial system in Canada is divided between the federal and provincial governments in this way The federal government has the exclusive authority to appoint and pay the judges of the superior or upper-level courts in the provinces.
Parliament also has the authority to establish a general court of appeal and courts [...]

Justice and Fairness

Many believe that addicts belong in prison as some form of punishment, a way for them to take responsibility for their actions. One of the first steps in the typical rehabilitation program is accepting that one has a problem, and that one is responsible for it. In this way, rehabilitation empowers addicts with a sense [...]

Law Schools and Law Study

So you think that law school is the right choice for you? Good. Now let’s make sure that your reasons are solid and weatherproof: The first year of law school is not for fair-weather enthusiasts. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to feel overwhelmed and thoroughly drenched in self-doubt. With an increasingly competitive [...]

The Law in Canada

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