Re: Future Patent Law Studnet in need of experienced advice

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Thanks for the response. In the case that I cannot get into a
tier 1 law school and as such must go to a tier 2, do you feel
that I will still be pretty marketable? Obviously I would
need to rank highly, something like top 10%. That actually
might be difficult now that I think about it as some of the
schools that I am looking at do not even have a ranking
system. I guess my future employeer would just have to look
at my grades. Even if I cannot get into a big law firm
because I graduated from a tier 2 law school, do you feel that
I still would have a decent selection of corporations?

THANKS!!

On 11/16/03, Kevin wrote:
> 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&37; 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&37; 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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