Graduate fellows
For over three decades Pierce Law has offered opportunities to talented and outstanding IP Graduate Fellows. Most recently Pierce Law used two Graduate Fellows to assist with an IP Amicus Clinic.
2006-2007 Fellows
Pierce hired two highly-qualified senior assistants in the IP Amicus Clinic to help supervise student participants and identify matters warranting Pierce Law participation. In return, those assistants would be appointed as Graduate Fellows and have their LLM tuition waived.
J. Scott Anderson, the more senior of the two, holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the Tennessee Technological University and was an engineer before attending law school. Since graduating cum laude from the Georgia State University College of Law in 1994, his practice has spanned administrative, trial and appellate work. Currently a senior associate in the Intellectual Property Group of Alston & Bird in Atlanta, GA, Anderson aspires to teach after completing our program.
Mary Anne Copeland, the other distinguished Graduate Fellow, came strongly recommended by Lars Smith LLM '98 who now teaches at Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. Copeland, one of his students, has just completed work for her JD at Brandeis School of Law and also holds a BA in biology from the University of Louisville. Among her many distinctions, she counts chairing the Brandeis Honor Council and being president of the Brandeis Student Bar Association during her senior year.
2008-2010 Fellow
Shashwat Purohit is a Graduate Fellow currently working with Pierce Law's International Technology Transfer Institute. At ITTI clinic he has been a part of a study with broad, global implications, "Developing Effective University/Industry/ Government partnerships in Key Economies: Engineering More Innovative Environments." Focusing on India-specific issues, this study is designed to provide an informational tool that examines, illustrates and elucidates the dynamic engagement of governments and academia in a dialogue that fosters industrial development of government-assisted academic-based innovation.
Shashwat was a part of the class of '07 at National Law University, Jodhpur and after a small stint at Mumbai based Law firm Paras Kuhad & Associates he joined Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire, USA to pursue his LLM in Intellectual Property Laws. As a part of the LLM in Intellectual Property Laws he trained with the IP Policy Division at Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, USA and was the recipient of the "Graduate Student Award 09" for Leadership and Academic Excellence.
