Alberto Vargas

Associate Technology & IP Transactions

Chicago +1 312 862 3984

Alberto Vargas

Overview

Alberto Vargas is an associate in the Technology and IP Transactions Practice Group in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Music and Bilingual/ESL Teacher, Intrinsic Schools

Technical Writer, Dukane Corporation

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Comment, “WIPO’s Proposed Treatment of Sacred Traditional Cultural Expressions as a Distinct Form of Intellectual Property,” Chicago Journal of International Law, 2022

Author, “2021 ELI Writing Competition Runner-Up Essay: Bare Possibility Or Reasonable Opportunity? In Defense of a Defendant-Conscious View of ‘Access’ In a Digital Age,” Entertainment & Sports Law, 2022

Recognition

Kirkland & Ellis Diversity Fellow

Runner-Up, The Recording Academy Entertainment Law Initiative

SEO Law Fellow

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2023Illinois

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Education

  • University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.with Honors2023
    Chicago Journal of International Law
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignB.M., Music Educationwith Honors2016
    James Scholar