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2012 Fall Morrison & Foerester Information Session

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Lee Anne Masetti-Martin, Patent Recruiting Manager at Morrison & Foerster, introduces herself, her firm, and the Morrison & Foerster attorneys.

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Brian Ho, Of Counsel at Morrison & Foerster's San Francisco office, discusses the work involved in patent prosecution and patent litigation support.

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John Blake, an associate at Morrison & Foerster San Francisco office, discusses the ins and outs of IP and patent litigation.

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The attorneys answer student questions.


Job Fair Information Session

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KHIPLA President Nathan Zhang speaks with students about upcoming job fairs and interviewing tips.

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Assistant Dean of Career Services Craig Compton provides further advice to students.


Q&A with Sean Yao from Park Vaughan Fleming & Dowler

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Sean Yao, Partner, Park Vaughan Fleming & Dowler, speaks about surviving law school and how to succeed in a legal career.

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Students listen to Mr. Yao.

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Mr. Yao answers students' questions after his presentation.


2012 Fall Annual Wine & Cheese Networking Event

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From left to right: 3L Dimple Patel and KHIPLA Vice President Ruthie Shukla.

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Students line up for food.

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More students sign in to the event.

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Professor Angelo DeSantis and 3L Kunyu Ching.

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Technology & News Blogger Dominick Severance and former KHIPLA President Ian Hlatky help to provide refreshments.

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From left to right: LLM Takao Oishi, 1L Morgan Mann, 1L Mitchell Dao, 1L Richard Xiang, 1L Amar Naik, and 3L William Liu.

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KHIPLA President Nathan Zhang, 2L China Swanson, and 2L Jacqueline Stroncek.

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3L Ian Hlatky, 3L Cindy Chang, and KHIPLA Secretary Atticus Lee.

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3L Daniel Elefant; Richard Park, Name Partner, Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP; Visiting Professor Haochen Sun.

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From left to right: Clint Neagley, Associate Director, UC Davis InnovationAccess (Technology Transfer); Richard Park, Name Partner, Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP; 3L Dominick Severance; and 2L Andrew Huah.

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2L Eunice Lee, 2L Carl Larson, and Co-Career Chair Edwin Steussy.

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1L Nishat Hossain, 1L Rep Samantha Chen, and Assistant Dean of Career Services Craig Compton.

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1L Rep Luca Ognibene and 1L Rep Helen Liu.

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From left to right: 3L Dominick Severance; 3L Louis Wai; 3L Paloma Velez; 3L Atticus Lee; Scott Plamondon, Of Counsel, Weintraub Tobin LLP; and 3L Dimple Patel.

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Monica Alandete-Saez, Director of Analyses & Educational Outreach, PIPRA; and 2L Ruthie Shukla.

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1L Jaewon Lee; Sayeem Reaz, Patent Engineer, Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP; and 3L Kevin Liu.

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Jazz Trio from CSU Sacramento's Jazz Program provided music for the evening's entertainment.

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From left to right: 1L Shannon Morrissey; Joseph Milner, Of Counsel, O'Banion & Ritchey, LLP; 1L Minal Khan; and 1L Linda Sobczynski.

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KHIPLA Tech Chair Guang Zhang and Speaker Series Chair Toni Qiu.

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3L William Liu and 3L George Neacsu.

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3L Eric Lin and 2L Eunice Lee.


2012 Practicing in IP Speaker Panel

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Speaker Series Chair Toni Qiu (far right), introduces IP attorneys (from left to right) David Tsai, Richard Park, and Scott Pink.

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David Tsai, Senior Associate - Perkins Coie LLP

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Richard Park, Partner - Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP

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Scott Pink, Special Counsel - DLA Piper LLP

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The attorneys talked about their experiences and how they came to practice IP, provided invaluable insight and advice to the students, and responded to many questions in a Q&A session at the end of the event.


2012 KHIPA General Meeting:

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Law students attend the 2012 KHIPLA General Meeting.

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Nathan Zhang, KHIPLA President

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Craig Compton, Assistant Dean for Career Services, speaks about career services at King Hall.

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Madhavi Sunder, Professor, introduces the Law Review Symposium to be held Oct. 4-5.

2012 Spring Silicon Valley Mixer:

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King Hall students (from left to right) Jackie Stroncek, Tim Dunbar, and Ruthie Shukla.

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Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator, presents how the America Invents Act changes are being carried out at the PTO.

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Students and alumni mingle after the presentation.

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(From left to right) King Hall alumni Jessie Richardson, Heather Bromfield, and current student Jesse Suarez.

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Susan Hoffman from the PTO speaks with alumnus David Bell.

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Craig Compton, Assistant Dean for Career Services (left), speaks with alumni Jaysen Rajkomar (center) and Charles Adelsheim (right).

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Everyone seems to be having a great time.

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Ian Hlatky, KHIPLA President, chats with Jessie and Susan.

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(From left to right) Susan Hoffman, Janet Gongola, and Camille Barr.