Legal and Intellectual Property Department

Department:   Legal and Intellectual Property Department

Supervisor:      Roy Zwahlen, Director of Technology Transfer and Associate Counsel

Scope of work:

BIO’s legal department provides a comprehensive in-house internship experience covering the variety of biotechnology legal fields.  BIO’s legal department covers both domestic and international issues in health, agriculture, and industrial/environmental biotechnology.  BIO also covers cross-cutting issues like intellectual property (primarily patents) and international trade issues.

The selected intern will gain practical experience in legal research and writing on a variety of key areas of legislative and regulatory analysis, amicus support, and corporate compliance issues.     

Qualifications/Skills Required:

A current law student in good standing from an accredited university.  Demonstrated research and writing ability.  Law students with prior legal internship experience encouraged to apply.