The key to coming up with—and pitching—a new idea is to make it not that new.  Start-up founders know this. Hollywood executive knows this. And so do the best lawyers in the country, whether they spend their days problem-solving for clients, advocating in front of judges, or teaching other lawyers (and lawyers-to-be) how to improve the way they think and practice.

This 2-part workshop, which will meet again in the spring, will help you become one of these, essentially, entrepreneur of ideas.

The first, on Monday, November 16 will focus on the very specific task of how to improve your writing so that you are able to market yourself and your ideas more effectively and efficiently.   It will also provide guidance on how to generate and structure a “substantial paper,” something all University of Chicago students must do to graduate. It will be taught, as all the workshops will, by Patrick Barry, a graduate of the law school who also holds a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Michigan and currently clerks for two federal judges in Las Vegas. In 2012, Patrick became the first law student  to win the university-wide Wayne Booth Prize for Teaching Excellence. He has been a frequent presenter at the law school ever since.

For more information, please contact Courtney Wylie at cowylie@uchicago.edu.