Educating the educators
A recent plea from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) states:
“More IP professionals must be educated and trained. It is equally clear that their expertise in IP must be both broad, and at the same time, more specifically attuned to the practical, day to day realities, challenges and opportunities faced by businesses. In many countries, however, IP education is hindered not only by the insufficient number of trained teachers, but also by lack of guidance as to how best to teach IP.”
For over thirty years Pierce Law IP professors have been engaged in training IP professionals and “academic” educators. Pierce Law JD and graduate programs alumni are now counted on the faculty of many institutions around the globe.
Pierce Law is happy to acknowledge the success of our alumni who have joined the ranks of academia and are called "Professor." The following is a list of professors of higher education that teach intellectual property. This list is illustrative. It has been compiled from Pierce Law alumni records, Martindale Hubble Legal Directory, West Legal Directory and the minds of the IP faculty and alumni.
Pierce Law alumni teaching IP full-time
Emelias Dokali - Chancellor College, Malawi
Wilson Pinheiro Jabur - Coordinator of the Post-Gradute Specialization in Intellectual Property at Getulio Vargas in BrazilBaraka Kanyabuhinya Tanzania
Yiqing Shao - Peking University, ChinaLars Smith Louisville
Pierce Law alumni currently or recently teaching IP part-time
Emmanuel Meyer - Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Switzerland
Professor William Hennessey has educated the IP educators in many venues. He has also written substantially on this topic including papers:
Professor Karl Jorda has also been active in teaching the teachers, including presentations papers:
Teaching Intellectual Property in Developing And Transitional Countries In the Wake of TRIPS
This data clearly shows that Pierce Law has been leading the discussion and filling the need for IP educators.
