Sci.Ev. Consent Form for Winter 2012
160212.0533 RJM
IP: Scientific Evidence in Patent Litigation
(Law 343 and Genetics 243)
Prof. Roberta J. Morris
Application for Winter 2012
Last Name _____________________________
SID# _____________________
First Name and Middle Initial _______________________________________________
Email Address ___________________________________________________________
Undergraduate Institution, year of graduation, major, degree _______________________
Please feel free to use additional sheets. You may attach a C.V. if you wish. Please
email rjmorris@stanford.edu with any questions. Also email your completed form or, if
you prefer, paper mail it (218 Crown Quad, Law School) but email me that it is on its
way so I know to look out for it.
LAW STUDENTS
 1L  2L
 3L
 Other ___________
GRAD. STUDENTS
Year Ph.D. Expected __________
Department ________________________
LAW STUDENTS ONLY
GRAD. STUDENTS ONLY
In the space below, please describe your
familiarity with science. Mention
advanced degrees, jobs, etc., identifying
educational institutions, employers, and
dates.
In the space below, please state whether
you have TGR status. Also provide the
date when you completed the course
work for your Ph.D., the name of your
adviser(s) and a brief summary of your
thesis research.
EVERYONE
Familiarity with US Patent Law
LAW students: You must know some US patent law.
GRADUATE students: You do not need to know any patent law at all. But if you do know
something, please give details.
Describe your familiarity with United States patent law. For example: If you have done
coursework, give the name of each course, the professor, the institution and the year. If
you have worked for a patent firm, give the name of the firm, the city, and the time
period. If you have been involved with patent applications as an inventor or otherwise,
please explain your role and give relevant non-confidential details, including dates.
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Sci.Ev. Consent Form for Winter 2012
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Trial Experience
Everyone: You do not need to have any trial experience. If you don’t, check here. _____
By the way, trial would include an arbitration, administrative hearing, or anything where
evidence was taken by live witness testimony. If you have had trial experience, please
tell me your role: were you a litigant, a witness, a law student in a clinical course, a
paralegal, a hearing officer, a clerk to a judge, or something else? __________________
Below or on a separate sheet, please add non-confidential details, including when and
where the trial(s) took place, the nature of the dispute(s), and the duration of both the trial
and the controversy.
Interest in this Seminar
Everyone: Please answer these questions. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary.
How did this seminar first come to your attention?
Why are you interested in taking it?
Please read the course description http://lawreg.stanford.edu/stanford/prereg/CourseDetails.asp?cClschedid=+25545
and write at least one question or comment about it.
Have you attached a CV? ____ Yes
____ No
Optional (If the space below is insufficient, attach a separate sheet or email your
responses as the text of a message.)
1. If you have not been in school for every academic year since the age of 17,
please explain what you did instead.
2. In addition to what is apparent from this application form and attachments if
any, what special knowledge, expertise, or character traits will you bring to the class?
3. What unassigned book(s) are you reading or did you recently finish? (Recently
means in the last three months.) Do you recommend it (them)?
________________________________________________________________________
Please email your completed application to rjmorris@stanford.edu.