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Where does the bar fit in?/ME's in patent law? |
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agree with gurdonark, and |
| Date Posted: |
12/30/2001 |
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I recently graduated with a BSEE from a tier 1 public school. Although my undergrad GPA was not stellar(3.24), I scored a 172 on the LSAT and am currently applying for law schools.
I want to do patent prosecution for BIGLAW. Will they look more at my undergrad EE grades or at my law school grades in the hiring process? I'm concerned that my low undergrad GPA will hurt my chances even if I end up going to a top 15 law school.
Also, I did undergrad research - will this help at all? |
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if I might just plant a seed in your mind early... I was just looking at Chicago Biglaw firms on the net yesterday to see what kind of mentoring one could expect. Basically I was checking the number of senior (7+ years) people that would be available to review work and answer questions for a newer associate. I was quite surprised to find that, while most are looking for EE's somewhere in the 0-7 years for IP work, there are few experienced and senior prosecutors on staff. For instance, Kirkland & Jenner look like they have less than 10 total and less then 4 senior.
One notable exception was Michael, Best & Friedrich. Wildman, Harrold looks like it just lost a few senior prosecutor types.
Anyway, what I'm getting at is the idea to make sure you check to see what you are getting into before you jump at the top salary. It looks like you are on a great path, but when you graduate, don't overlook the prosecution mentoring you will need, even at BIGLAW. Of course, the situation might be different in other cities too.
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