Lynnise E. Pantin, Pritzker Pucker Family Clinical Professor of Transactional Law and director of the Columbia Law School Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic, brings her insight to EdTech businesses in this webinar. Learn the basics of navigating legal challenges of entrepreneurship and managing and protecting a business through analysis of real-world examples. Discussion includes common legal pitfalls for small businesses, nonprofits, and schools in the EdTech industry.
“There are a lot of legal issues that affect startups and small businesses, and in many cases, I see folks who do not know what legal issues affect them. They don’t know the rules, they don’t know the laws, and they don’t know how to use the law to their advantage,” says Pantin.
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About the speakers:
Lynnise E. Pantin, Pritzker Pucker Family Clinical Professor of Transactional Law and founding director of the Columbia Law School Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic, specializes in clinical legal education, entrepreneurship, economic justice, and corporate and business law.
As the course instructor for A Legal Toolkit for Starting and Scaling Your Business—an online four-week course offered through Columbia Law School’s Executive Education and Non-Degree Programs—Pantin draws on her years of experience to provide students with the knowledge to overcome common legal challenges of entrepreneurship, including managing and protecting their business.
Petal Modeste is a dynamic talent development executive with 15+ years of global progressive experience in the higher education and legal industries. With both a JD and MBA, she leverages a background as an accomplished lawyer, as well as, a motivating and collaborative leader in education management. Her specialties include bringing innovation and strategy to human capital management. She is widely recognized as an exceptional people developer and manager who recruits professionals with a highly effective mix of talents and skills. She creates a work environment that sets high standards while encouraging and rewarding employee growth. She has a deep commitment to supporting diversity of backgrounds and perspectives both within and outside an organization, which has been strengthened by extensive exposure to various cultures. She utilizes a strong combination of emotional and social intelligence, a compelling communication style, and is a sophisticated influencer. She is gifted at establishing and maintaining rapport with a wide range of individuals at all levels and in all areas of an organization.