Re: Future Patent Law Studnet in need of experienced advice

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Also, what do you think about my attending law school part
time? Can that hurt me?

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