Mintz Levin Partners with Singularity University to Provide Legal Services Pro Bono

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
As part of its commitment to local enterprises, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,
Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., has agreed to provide pro bono legal services to
Singularity University (SU), a new, nontraditional, academic institution that
will assemble a core student body of leaders from many parts of the world
seeking to understand the significance of exponentially advancing technologies
and their interaction with one another. The university will also explore how
technologies can be shaped and directed to address some of humanity`s grand
challenges such as pandemics, climate change and global health concerns.

"Silicon Valley is the heartland of technological achievement and brainpower,
making it a natural home for this highly innovative educational effort," said
Bob Taylor, managing member of Mintz Levin`s Palo Alto office. "We are delighted
to be one of Singularity University`s partners and we look forward to an
interesting and exciting relationship, which will involve lawyers from several
of our offices and a number of the firm`s disciplines."

SU`s academic objectives include searching the globe to assemble the best and
brightest postgraduate students and young professionals to study how growing
technologies can best be used to address humanity`s greatest challenges while
evaluating their legal, policy, economic, ethical and social implications. SU`s
goal is to promote these advances through the creation of new businesses, new
research directions in academia, and new collaborations, as well as to
communicate the critical effects, and potential risks and benefits of these
fields to the public.

Based at NASA`s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, SU is the brainchild of
renowned scientist Ray Kurzweil and space entrepreneur Peter Diamandis.

"We are excited to have the support of Mintz Levin as an essential partner as we
bring this new University to life. We are also especially fortunate to have Mint
Levin`s Managing Partner Bob Taylor as Co-Chair of Singularity University`s
Policy Law and Ethics track," said Susan Fonseca-Klein, SU`s Vice President of
Operations.

The school has received funding from business leaders and companies in Silicon
Valley, including Google. Singularity University`s inaugural class begins today,
with its first 9-week Graduate Studies Program 2009 (GSP-09). SU`s curriculum is
highly interdisciplinary and has been developed to be complementary with
existing academic regimes that focus on medicine, biotechnology, energy,
environmental, artificial intelligence, robotics and future studies, along with
financial and economic implications and the legal, policy and ethical questions
that such technologies raise.

Singularity University offers three programs.

Graduate Studies Nine Week Program for top graduate and postgraduate students
worldwide. The inaugural 2009 class will be limited to 40 students and
subsequent years will have up to 120 students.

Executive Program, 10-Day (starts Fall 2009) for mid-level managers and leaders
seeking to understand the convergence of multiple technologies and how this may
affect planning and day-to-day operations.

Executive Program, 3-Day (starts Fall 2009) for C-level executives this program
offers a strategic review of a rapidly changing business landscape wrought by
accelerating technological advance.

Mintz Levin strongly encourages its lawyers to provide service to the community
as a part of their professional responsibilities as members of the bar. Mintz
Levin is a signatory to the Pro Bono Institute`s Pro Bono Challenge and has
committed to allot 3% of its billable hours for pro bono matters.

Mintz Levin is an AmLaw 100 law firm with offices in the US and the UK.The firm
has exceptional depth in a broad range of practice areas, but our clients
recognize that what sets us apart from other law firms is our industry focus.By
truly understanding business drivers and industry trends, we are able to provide
our clients with more than just legal advice; we provide legal solutions to our
clients` business issues.Since 1933, our lawyers have represented entrepreneurs,
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Financial Services & Insurance; Healthcare; Real Estate, Hospitality &
Construction; and Retail & Consumer Products.Our practical knowledge combined
with our industry expertise enables us to provide our clients with enterprise
legal advice that gives their business a competitive advantage in the
marketplace. For detailed information on the firm we invite you to visit
www.mintz.com

For Mintz Levin
Casey DePalma, 212-575-4545
cdepalma@lakpr.com

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