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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: 15.621: Your career and the Law (begins Monday, October 28)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">October 21, 2019 at 3:36:53 PM EDT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">(Could you please forward to your students. Graduating seniors may find this class particularly useful/helpful. Also students looking for a second half of the semester
class. Class begins next Monday)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We want you to know about a law course that you may find particularly interesting and helpful as you think about your future careers </span><strong><span style="color:#212121">-
15.621: “Your Career and the Law: Key Junctures, Opportunities and Risks.”</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> M/W 4-5:30; First meeting <strong>Mon 10/28</strong>; E51-325; 6 credits; P/D/F only.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">US employment law is full of surprises – many unpleasant -- to those starting careers. This course includes a deep-dive into issues that MIT students
are likely to face, such as:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The
real meaning of offer letters</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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real meaning of non-competes, invention assignment agreements, and non-disclosure agreements</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">How
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. Privacy in the workplace</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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concerns of the startup context, such as equity for pay</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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for career transitions, such as leaving a company to join a competing venture or start one up</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Close attention will be given to the concerns of employees and entrepreneurs whose careers are built on cutting-edge technical or analytic skills, or
in innovations which they develop. And the course may be especially useful to international students if they are unfamiliar with the distinctive US system.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The instructors have both been practicing attorneys, and our approach is realistic and practical. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The syllabus is at </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;background:white"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://canvas.mit.edu/courses/1583" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple;background:white">https://canvas.mit.edu/courses/1583</span></a>.
And you can contact us with questions. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We’ve got a big room, so we don’t expect to be turning anyone away for reasons of space. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Lou Rodriques & John Akula</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><u><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:louisrod@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:purple">louisrod@mit.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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