Welcome back to Ahead of the Curve. I’m Karen Sloan, legal education editor at Law.com, and I’ll be your host for this weekly look at innovation and notable developments in legal education.

This week I’m running down how the Brett Kavanaugh SCOTUS drama has played on law school campuses, including at two places closely associated with the nominee: Yale Law School and Harvard Law School. Next up is a look at a cool program from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law that’s helping women entrepreneurs secure patents and launch businesses in hopes of the bridging the patent gender gap. Read on.