What Goes Well With
Law Degree? Try a
Liberal Arts Education
Internet pioneers whacking back the brush and venturing into new territory can inadvertently open paths for litigation to follow.
Abigail Barrow calls it “the other side of the Internet.”
Barrow is director of programs at UCSD Connect, which is joining three other organizations to present a breakfast seminar on the subject.
The law firm of Cooley Godward, LLP and the insurance firm of Barney & Barney LLC are sponsoring “Why Should I Worry? A Briefing on Internet Liability and How to Reduce Your Company’s Exposure.”
The San Diego Internet Roundtable joins UCSD Connect , the university-based program for technology and entrepreneurship , in organizing the event, which runs from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 11, at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines.
Panelists at the seminar will discuss various vulnerable areas of a company’s Internet strategy, give examples of recent Internet-related legal cases, and identify ways for companies to protect themselves from potential risks.
Chad Carpenter, chairman and CEO of Klickback.com, will be the morning’s moderator. Joining him will be a panel consisting of Ted Doolittle, a manager at the Carpenter Moore insurance firm; Joe Giammona, partner, Cooley Godward, LLP; Robert W. Hammesfahr, partner, Blatt, Hammesfahr & Eaton LLP; Kevin Ishizu, partner and senior broker at Carpenter Moore; and Debora Storm, account executive in the executive risk unit at Barney & Barney LLC.
Admission fee is $30 for UCSD Connect and San Diego Internet Roundtable members, and $40 for non-members. For information, call Theresa Cervantes de Torres at (858) 534-7877.
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Prepping For The Real World: So what good is a college liberal arts major? A new nationwide poll of attorneys calls it the best preparation for a career in law. Business ranks high too.
The survey was developed by The Affiliates, a legal staffing service with a branch office Downtown. It was conducted by an independent research firm and includes responses from 200 attorneys among the nation’s 1,200 largest law firms.
Attorneys surveyed were asked, “What field of study, or major, would you recommend for an undergraduate student who is planning to attend law school?”
Their responses:
– Liberal arts, 34 percent
– Business, 24 percent
– Technical/science, 20 percent
– Political science, 5 percent
– Social sciences, 4 percent
– Other, 6 percent
– Don’t know/no answer, 7 percent
“A diverse educational background is a critical asset for today’s professionals, particularly attorneys,” said Kathleen Call, executive director of the Menlo Park-based company. “They must have an understanding not only of the law but also of clients’ businesses and be able to communicate intelligently with executives and professionals in a variety of industries.”
Call added many lawyers today work with start-up companies and participate in key operational decisions, making a business degree highly beneficial as well.
Graves’ law column appears weekly. Send items to bgraves@sdbj.com.
