Helping Locals and Law Students? New Clinic Sounds Like a Winner

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Helping Locals and Law Students? New Clinic Sounds Like a Winner By Robyn Hagan Cain on April 16, 2013 12:40 PM

Entrepreneurship is all the rage these days. The idea of working for yourself, of building something, of creating new jobs. It’s very appealing.

It’s also good for the legal industry. After all, even the risk takers of the world need legal representation. That’s why it’s refreshing to see another law school training its students to respond to that demand for attorneys who can assist entrepreneurs.

This month, the Santa Clara University School of Law announced that it's launching the new Entrepreneur's Law Clinic, which will begin serving clients this summer. Laura Lee Norris, an alumna with extensive experience in start-up companies, has been named founding director.

Through the clinic, Santa Clara law students will counsel early-stage Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in legal interactions including business formation, financing, contracts, and intellectual-property transactions. Fees for the clinic's services have not yet been determined.

According to the school, the program will help both the entrepreneurial graduates of the University, as well the law students.

Initially, the clinic will represent entrepreneurs with some connection to Santa Clara University, such as alumni or students running start-up ventures. The clinic will serve the dual purposes of providing SCU-affiliated startups with high-quality, affordable legal help, and giving SCU's law students real-life exposure to legal issues that confront high-tech or other Silicon Valley companies.

Though the Santa Clara Entrepreneur's Law Clinic may be the newest clinic of its kind, it's certainly not the first. The University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, Colorado Law, and Northwestern Law are just a few of the many schools who have recognized the value of entrepreneurial law clinics.

Frankly, there's no better place for a startup-focused project than Silicon Valley, where everyone you meet is launching a business. Hopefully, other law schools around the country will take note and launch regionally-relevant clinics to meet local legal demands while training their students.

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Welcome and congratulations! Welcome to this blog where you can share your thoughts and experiences about managing your weight. And congratulations because you've taken the initiative to do something good for yourself in an area that's not easy.

You've probably tried to lose weight a number of times in the past, but The Mayo Clinic Diet is different from other diets you've tried. Using the principles outlined in our book, The Mayo Clinic Diet will help you to not only better manage your weight in the future, but also improve your health and quality of life.

Why is weight management so challenging? It sounds deceptively simple — eat less and exercise more. But that simple statement doesn't reflect how tremendously complex weight management is. If it were easy, a third of the population in the United States wouldn't be classified as obese and two-thirds as overweight.

Just think about all the things that influence what we eat:

What our brain tells us regarding our appetite and feeling fullWhat we grew up eatingOur taste preferencesFood availability (it's everywhere)Time pressures (that's why they call it fast food)Money (calories are cheap when supersizing)Habits (that's a big one)

And the list goes on and on.

In addition to the hundreds of different influences on what we eat, there are just as many for physical activity. No wonder it's challenging.

Another aspect of this is that the specific influences are probably different for each of us. For example, some of you may be in the habit of eating while watching television. For others it may be snacking at night after dinner. Still others may not have time to exercise. Or perhaps you just love to eat.

I'm an optimist regarding weight management. I believe that for every challenge there are potential solutions. The solution may not be perfect, but it will help. By using problem-solving techniques, we can overcome virtually any barrier.

Think about something you accomplished despite numerous obstacles. I'd love to hear from you. Tell us about a challenge or habit related to weight management that you overcame and how you did it. You may inspire a lot of people.

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There have been a number of questions from you and one of our readers had a number of good ones. Below are just a few of the things you've asked about and some answers we hope will be helpful.

I am using a program that tells me the calories, protein, fiber, and other nutrients in what I'm eating and it tells me I'm not getting enough of many of these. Am I getting enough?

I suspect your nutrition tracker is programmed to compare your intake with someone who is eating a regular diet, not a diet that is lower in calories.

The Mayo Clinic Diet has been analyzed for its nutritional adequacy and people who have been on it have had vitamin levels measured, so if you're following it as prescribed, you'll be fine.

It would be extremely unusual to not get enough fiber on this diet because of unlimited amounts of vegetables and fruits along with whole grains. Regarding calories, although you start out at a prescribed level that may seem too low, remember you can eat generous amounts of vegetables and fruits.

This will increase your calorie intake a little, but not too much. We've taken that into consideration in our calorie levels. Also, most people tend to eat a few more calories than what they think they're eating. Ultimately, what counts is if you're losing weight at an appropriate rate (approximately 1-2 pounds per week in the Live It! phase).

How can I convert servings on The Mayo Clinic Diet to calories and protein?

The number of calories per serving from each of the food groups and the amount of food in a serving for most foods is listed on pages 210-223.

Just total up the calories from all your servings in each food group for the day (with the correct amount of food in each serving) and you should get pretty close. Most foods contain a little protein, even those that are not in the protein/dairy group.

So, you'll be getting more protein in your overall diet than just the protein from the foods in the protein/dairy group and for this reason it's difficult (and may not be necessary) to calculate exactly how much. The bottom line is if you follow the pyramid and our guidelines, you'll get enough protein.

I thought monounsaturated fats were the best and I'm trying to focus on them. Why does The Mayo Clinic Diet seems to lump all fats together?

We don't lump all fats together — we emphasize unsaturated fats and especially monounsaturated fat (see page 28-29, Eat Healthy Fats) You're right, there is evidence they have a beneficial effect on health, so if you like olive oil and nuts, include them in your diet (just watch the number of servings!).

The Mayo Clinic Diet does not seem to count the carbs in vegetables and fruits, only whole grains. How do I know how many carbs I'm getting?

In terms of carbs, we realize you'll be getting some in vegetables and fruits — but if you follow the program your total intake will be fine. We wanted to make this simple so you don't have to worry about counting carbs. In general, foods contain a mixture of carbs, protein and fat. The foods in each of our food groups are good sources of the nutrients in that group, but may also contain other nutrients.

We designed The Mayo Clinic Diet and the Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid to meet your needs and do it safely. We also designed it to be simple. While you may not have all the same details that other programs may use, realize that if you follow our guidelines you should do fine — don't make it too hard. Good luck!

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