Graduate fellows
For over three decades Pierce Law has offered opportunities to talented and outstanding IP Graduate Fellows. Most recently Pierce Law used two Graduate Fellows to assist with an IP Amicus Clinic.
To make the most of such opportunities, Pierce decided to seek two highly-qualified senior assistants to help supervise student participants and identify matters warranting Pierce Law participation. In return, those assistants would be appointed as Graduate Fellows and have their LLM tuition waived.
2006-2007 Fellows
The following brief descriptions of our 2006–2007 Fellows demonstrate that Pierce Law has been favored with outstanding success.
J. Scott Anderson, the more senior of the two, holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the Tennessee Technological University and was an engineer before attending law school. Since graduating cum laude from the Georgia State University College of Law in 1994, his practice has spanned administrative, trial and appellate work. Currently a senior associate in the Intellectual Property Group of Alston & Bird in Atlanta, GA, Anderson aspires to teach after completing our program.
Mary Anne Copeland, the other distinguished Graduate Fellow, came strongly recommended by Lars Smith LLM '98 who now teaches at Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. Copeland, one of his students, has just completed work for her JD at Brandeis School of Law and also holds a BA in biology from the University of Louisville. Among her many distinctions, she counts chairing the Brandeis Honor Council and being president of the Brandeis Student Bar Association during her senior year.
