Re: Future Patent Law Studnet in need of experienced advice

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The most sought after degrees for big firm patent law are EE
(MSEE is a plus) and PhD biotech. It is good to take a basic
patent law course in law school, but that is really not a
big deal. The MOST important thing is your percieved law
school reputation as published annually in US News & World
Report AND your class ranking in law school. Go to a Tier 1
school and graduate in the top 10% of your class. The legal
profession is flooded with lawyers, so big law firms can
afford to be extremely picky (it is almost unbelievable)
about who they hire. For example, "we would really like to
hire you but you are not within the top 10% of your class."
How about "we cannot hire a new associate that was not on
law review." Lastly, "we do not recruit or hire people from
a non Ivy law school." (No, I am not joking!)

A new patent associate at a big patent law firm should start
at about $125,000/year.

It may be a good idea to get registered as a patent agent
soon as you get your EE degree. You need not have a law
degree to take the "patent bar" exam.

Go here at USPTO for full roster of patent attorneys/agents:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/oed/roster/index.h
tml

Go to Martindale lawyer directory and search as you wish:
http://www.martindale.com/xp/Martindale/home.xml

Re: Future Patent Law Studnet in need of experienced advice, 12/06/03, by lmnpdq.

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