On a recent segment of Mid-Missouri Business Week on ABC 17 KMIZ in Columbia, Director Jim Niemann shared information about the work of the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic at Mizzou Law. He also discussed a future partnership with the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, to help them with developing more hands-on learning experiences for their…
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Professor Niemann Assists with EQ Accelerator Competition
Professor Jim Niemann, director of the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic, recently assisted participants in the Entrepreneurship Quest (EQ) Accelerator competition. This is the first year for the University of Missouri System’s two-semester EQ program, which provides students at each of the four universities with new skills and mentors who guide them through the idea validation and venture development process. The 11…
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic to Present Workshop on Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks
Jim Niemann, director of the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic, and two ELC students, Alex Weidner and Alec Larsen, will lead a workshop on “Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks” on October 3 in the MU Student Center. The workshop is part of the University of Missouri Graduate Studies professional development series, gradESSENTIALS. Participants will include masters and doctoral students from all…
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic Featured on Mid-Missouri Business Week
On a recent segment of Mid-Missouri Business Week on Fox 22 KQFX in Columbia, Director Jim Niemann shared information about the work of the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic at Mizzou Law. He also discussed his role as the university representative with Regional Economic and Development Inc. (REDI) a nonprofit, public/private partnership working to attract, expand and grow business in Columbia and…
“Legal 101 for Innovators & Entrepreneurs:” Professor and Student Present at Bootcamp
Professor Jim Niemann and 3L Max Mauldin led the presentation on the intellectual property topics in the “Legal 101 for Innovators & Entrepreneurs” program at the Coulter Translational Partnership Bootcamp on April 19 at the MU School of Medicine. The University of Missouri Coulter Translational Partnership Program began in 2012 as a partnership between MU and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation.…
Professor Niemann Presents Workshop at UM Entrepreneurship Summit
Professor Jim Niemann will be a co-presenter at the University of Missouri’s Entrepreneurial Educator Summit, April 5-6 in Columbia. He will be on a workshop panel titled “Student Class Projects as Resources for Entrepreneurs.” Niemann is the director of the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic. The summit is open to entrepreneurship educators (faculty and staff) from all four University of Missouri System campuses,…
Professor Niemann to Speak at Reynolds Journalism Institute
Professor Jim Niemann will teach the seminar “Legal Pointers for Entrepreneurs: Ignorance of the Law is no Defense,” at the MU Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) to help students prepare for the 2017-2018 RJI Student Competition. Professor Niemann’s seminar will teach students how to navigate the legal considerations that startups face. The seminar will cover several issues, including co-founder agreements, types…
UM System Economic Development Award Presented to Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic Director
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic Director Jim Niemann, ’93, was recently presented a University of Missouri System President’s Award for Economic Development. The award, given to only 10 faculty in 2017 to recognize contributions to the economic development of the state of Missouri, was presented to Professor Niemann during a law school faculty meeting. Professor Niemann joined the law school in 2015…