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At BU Law, Paresh Kumar (’18) hones his experience at the intersection of science, business, and the law.
Paresh Kumar (’18) came to 波士顿大学法学院 with a purpose and a plan. 在东北大学获得药学博士学位后，他觉得自己被创业和药物开发所吸引。 “I came to BU Law because I wanted to help bring breakthrough medical technologies to patients,” he says. “That was the roadmap for my law school experience.”
在学校期间，他专注于发展知识产权和公司交易法方面的知识和技能。 他还寻找实践的机会来实践他所学到的东西。
On the recommendation of a mentor, Kumar applied to join the MIT志愿者咨询组（VCG）. 这个竞争激烈的项目面向波士顿地区的澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究生开放，将被录取的学生分成小组，任务是为当地一家公司解决一个商业问题。 课程结束后，学生们向客户展示他们的建议。
Kumar was accepted to participate in the program’s summer 2016 and winter 2018 projects. “During both engagements, I was on teams with mostly with PhD students from Harvard and MIT,” he says, noting the dynamic set of skills and interests each participant brought to the table to solve the same problem. “I learned a great deal from my teammates.”
在其中一次合作中，客户是一家当地的生物技术初创公司，正在寻找有关当前治疗市场的预测和建议。 They turned to Kumar’s team for guidance and a commercialization strategy. “We were trying to help them better understand their landscape,” he says. “They’ve come up with something very interesting and exciting.”
Working on these projects has opened Kumar’s eyes to “the interplay between science, business, and law,” he says. “It is important to tackle business strategy from all three of these angles. In the end, it’s all about spotting and managing risk, and my legal training allowed me execute on that.”
Now, as a student attorney in the BU Law 创业与知识产权诊所 (launched in 2015 in partnership with MIT), Kumar works with entrepreneurs on a daily basis. 在具有多年创业、知识产权和交易事务经验的执业律师的指导下，诊所学生管理客户关系的每一步，从最初的面试到完成约定。 “The best part is seeing innovative solutions to real-world problems,” he says, “and of course advising these passionate entrepreneurs as they set out to make an impact.”
库马尔说，最终，关键是要识别并提出正确的问题。 “The most valuable skill that BU Law gave me was the ability to think like a lawyer,” he says. “It’s a unique mindset and invaluable skill. 由于我有科学背景，我习惯于用线性的方式思考问题——检验一系列的假设，直到其中一个被证实，我找到了答案。 法学院不是这样的。 At first, I was uncomfortable with the amount of subjectivity during my 1L classes, but now, I see that my role is to identify and evaluate possible solutions and ultimately make a decision or form an argument.”
毕业后，Kumar将加入McDermott will & Emery （Boston）律师事务所，从事专利诉讼业务。