[bioundgrd] FW: 15.621: Your career and the Law (begins Monday, October 28)

[Joshua Stone]

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From: Scott Alessandro <salessan at mit.edu<mailto:salessan at mit.edu>>
Subject: 15.621: Your career and the Law (begins Monday, October 28)
Date: October 21, 2019 at 3:36:53 PM EDT

(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)

Hi all:

We want you to know about a law course that you may find particularly interesting and helpful as you think about your future careers - 15.621: “Your Career and the Law: Key Junctures, Opportunities and Risks.”  M/W 4-5:30;  First meeting Mon 10/28;  E51-325; 6 credits;  P/D/F only.

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:

·       The real meaning of offer letters
·       The real meaning of non-competes, invention assignment agreements, and non-disclosure agreements
·       How to deal with discrimination based on gender or other grounds
.     Privacy in the workplace
·       Special concerns of the startup context, such as equity for pay
·       Planning for career transitions, such as leaving a company to join a competing venture or start one up

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.

The instructors have both been practicing attorneys, and our approach is realistic and practical.

The syllabus is at  https://canvas.mit.edu/courses/1583​.  And you can contact us with questions.

We’ve got a big room, so we don’t expect to be turning anyone away for reasons of space.

Best,

Lou Rodriques & John Akula
Senior Lecturers in Law
louisrod at mit.edu<mailto:louisrod at mit.edu>
jakula at mit.edu<mailto:jakula at mit.edu>


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