{"492521":{"#nid":"492521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CREATE-X Launches Legal Office Hours","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith entrepreneurship flourishing on Tech\u2019s campus, legal questions are bound to arise for student inventors. CREATE-X has launched a new program, Legal Buzz, to help students navigate their legal questions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents will have the opportunity to have their questions answered by lawyers from Troutman Sanders who provide their counsel pro bono, meaning \u201cfor the public good.\u201d The service is available at no cost to students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0022We see Legal Buzz addressing an important need our students have to discuss issues pertaining to issues such as intellectual property, corporate legal structures, and government regulations as they pursue entrepreneurship and innovation opportunities,\u0022 said\u0026nbsp;Raghupathy Sivakumar, professor and Wayne J. Holman Chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of\u0026nbsp;CREATE-X.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELegal Buzz will hold office hours every two weeks during the spring and fall semesters on Wednesdays from 4 to 6 p.m. in the CREATE-X Startup Studio, located in room 112 of the Technology Square Research Building (TSRB). Students can talk with lawyers about projects, potential startups, or current business ventures. RSVP for the next Legal Buzz event on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.create-x.gatech.edu\/legalbuzz\u0022\u003Ewww.create-x.gatech.edu\/legalbuzz\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn important note about Legal Buzz is that, because the advice is provided for free, there is no attorney-client privilege formed during the interaction. Students concerned with legal protection regarding specific details of their questions should seek paid legal advice and not rely on this pro bono service.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECREATE-X is a Georgia Tech initiative that instills entrepreneurial confidence among students. It offers multiple programs on campus including, Startup Lab (learn about evidence-based entrepreneurship and customer discovery), Idea-to-Prototype (receive a grant and build a prototype), and Startup Summer (launch a startup with a $20,000 investment). All programs are open to all Georgia Tech students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about CREATE-X, visit \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.create-x.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.create-x.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELegal Buzz will let students get their questions answered through pro bono assistance from lawyers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Legal Buzz will let students get their questions answered through pro bono assistance from lawyers."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-01-28 17:39:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:31","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"430611":{"id":"430611","type":"image","title":"CREATE-X","body":null,"created":"1449254381","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:39:41","changed":"1475895169","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:49"}},"media_ids":["430611"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu","title":"CREATE-X"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"},{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"166994","name":"startups"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jennifer.bomar@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJennifer Bomar\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECREATE-X\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}