In late 2007, Chicago lost an important member of our IP community, Mark Banner.  Chicago’s Richard Linn Inn of Court, of which Banner as a founding Master, has established a scholarship offering second and third year law students $5,000 toward their fall semester tuition.  Applications (click here to download one) are due by October 10.  Here are the scholarship criteria:

• Commitment to pursue IP law;
• Commitment to ethics, civility and professionalism;
• Academic merit, both law school and other undergraduate or graduate work;
• Written and oral communication skills, including a telephone interview;
• Leadership and community involvement; and
• Member of a historically underrepresented group in IP.