Summer Institute
The Hoover IP² Summer Institute on The Economics and Politics of Innovation is designed to educate students and young professionals on how to think systematically about regulatory systems and their consequences. Its goal is to equip attendees with analytic tools that are basic to good policymaking. The Summer Institute follows the model of executive education programs organized by business schools. It is an intensive, two‐week long program in which participants are taught by instructors who are experts in the particular subject matter being studied on that particular day. Enrollment is limited to twenty-two students in order to foster interaction with the instructors and intensive engagement with other participants.
- Advanced law students
- Recent law school graduates
- Capitol Hill staff
- Federal judicial clerks
- Students and recent graduates of public policy programs
- Young professionals working at the nexus of business and law
The Summer Institute program will not take place in 2019.
August 5–17, 2018
LOCATION
Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, California
PROGRAM FEE
Fees, food and lodging, and transportation will be free to accepted applicants
UNITS COVERED
- Innovation and the Patent System
- Antitrust, Risk, and Regulation
- Innovation and Finance
- Energy and Environment
Program dates: August 5–17, 2018
The Summer Institute, which is a residential program held at Stanford University, is an intensive two-week program for recent graduates and advanced students in law schools and public policy programs, congressional and legislative staff members, judicial interns, and young professionals. The institute is taught by professors from leading universities; topics include an overview of the US patent system, anti-trust economics, financial regulation, energy, and environmental issues. All room and board and travel costs are covered by the Hoover Institution.
Application deadline: January 22, 1018
Program dates: August 6–18, 2017
See the 2017 participant survey responses and participants’ comments regarding the program.
Download the 2017 IP² Summer Institute Program
Download the 2017 IP² Summer Reading List
In the news:
Hoover IP² Students Complete First Week of Classes
Summer Teaching Institute reading list released
2017 INSTRUCTORS AND MENTORS
Severin Borenstein, UC Berkeley
Latika Chaudhary, Naval Postgraduate School
Richard A. Epstein, Hoover Institution and NYU
Alexander Galetovic, University of the Andes
Ron Goettler, University of Rochester
Stephen Haber, Hoover Institution and Stanford University
Wes Hartmann, Stanford University
Zorina Khan, Bowdoin College
F. Scott Kieff , Hoover Institution and George Washington University.
Ross Levine, UC Berkeley
Noel Maurer, George Washington University
Victor Menaldo, University of Washington
Lisa Oullette, Stanford University
Richard Sousa, Hoover Institution
Michael Tomz, Stanford University
Program dates: July 31–August 12, 2016
See the 2016 Summer Institute student survey and participants’ comments regarding the program.
Download the 2016 IP² Summer Institute Course Schedule
Download the 2016 IP² Summer Reading List
In the News:
“I learned an incredible amount”
Hoover IP² Welcomes Students to 2016 Summer Teaching Institute
2016 INSTRUCTORS AND MENTORS
Severin Borenstein, UC Berkeley
Latika Chaudhary, Naval Postgraduate School
Richard A. Epstein, Hoover Institution and NYU
Alexander Galetovic, University of the Andes
Ron Goettler, University of Rochester
Stephen Haber, Hoover Institution and Stanford University
Wes Hartmann, Stanford University
F. Scott Kieff , ITC
Ross Levine, UC Berkeley
Noel Maurer, George Washington University
Victor Menaldo, University of Washington
Adam Mossoff, George Mason University
Richard Sousa, Hoover Institution
Program dates: August 2-14, 2015
See the 2015 participant survey responses and participants’ comments regarding the program.
Download the 2015 IP² Summer Institute Program
Download the 2015 IP² Summer Reading List
2015 INSTRUCTORS AND MENTORS
Stephen Haber (Director), Hoover and Stanford
Ran Abramitzky, Stanford
Severin Borenstein, UC Berkeley
Ron Goettler, University of Rochester
Wes Hartmann, Stanford
Scott Kieff, ITC
Ross Levine, UC Berkeley
Damon Matteo, CEO, Fulcrum Strategy
Noel Maurer, George Washington University
Victor Menaldo, University of Washington
Troy Paredes, University of Pennsylvania
Joanna Tsai, Vice President, Charles River Associates
Joshua Wright, FTC
Program dates: August 4–15, 2014
See the 2014 Summer Institute participant survey responses and participants’ comments regarding the program.
Download the 2014 IP² Summer Institute Program
Download the 2014 IP² Summer Reading List
In the news:
Hoover IP2 convenes inaugural summer teaching institute
IP² 2014 Summer Institute: Survey Results.
2014 INSTRUCTORS AND MENTORS
Stephen Haber (Director), Hoover and Stanford
Severin Borenstein, UC Berkeley
Latika Chaudhary, Naval Posgraduate School
Ron Goettler, University of Rochester
Wes Hartmann, Stanford
Zorina Khan, Bowdoin College
Ross Levine, UC Berkeley
Damon Matteo, Rouse Strategic IP Solutions
Noel Maurer, George Washington University
Victor Menaldo, University of Washington
Troy Paredes, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Tomz, Stanford
Joanna Tsai, FTC