At the Innovation Practice Institute we are developing experiential learning, cross-disciplinary learning, and immersion opportunities for students to participate in the innovation economy.

At Pitt Law we are uniquely situated amidst some of the leading innovation advances from regenerative medicine at the Pitt School of Medicine, to robotics for autistic children at Project Olympus at Carnegie Mellon University, to social and commercial infrastructure design and development downtown and in the Hill District. Amidst all of these advances is the need for attorneys who understand the marketplace and can guide their clients to solutions for growth and advancement; who have the confidence to interact with young start-up executive teams and senior executive teams alike; who have the substantive legal skills to identify the risks associated with innovation activities.

At the Innovation Practice Institute we are developing experiential learning, cross-disciplinary learning, and immersion opportunities for students to participate in the innovation economy. Pitt Law students, faculty and alliance members in the practicing bar will collaborate in supporting various innovations including, but not limited to: the creation of cutting edge technologies evaluation and creation; the development of new neighborhood economies; the commercialization of medical innovation; and even the study of the legal services strategies and culture. All of this will be accomplished through project based learning, case studies and extracurricular experience that will allow students to be immersed into the innovation dialogue and culture.