On March 10, 2026, the BIPLA held an event entitled Introduction to Careers in IP Law. The event was hosted at Boston College Law School and was an opportunity for students to learn about various career tracks within the field of intellectual property law. The panel included Anant Saraswat of Wolf Greenfield, Chairperson of the BIPLA’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee; BIPLA Past President Michael Bergman of Bergman LLC; BIPLA President-Elect Valarie Rosen of Cabot Corporation; and Naomi Bass, Associate Director of Career Services at Boston College Law School.

The panelists discussed the importance of IP, how the panelists got into IP law, what their day-to-day work is like, and the push for greater diversity in the IP law field. There was a lively discussion with over 30 attendees.