Re: Re: Re: top 50 school or top 5 IP school?
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Posted by dave jones on November 27, 2001 at 13:06:16:
In Reply to: Re: Re: top 50 school or top 5 IP school? posted by mc on October 24, 2001 at 12:40:39:
i'm a pharmacist who went to good 2nd tier
school and is now a 2L with some pretty good
job offers in NYC and Boston in the area of
patent law. Bottom line is that all law firms really care
about is the school you went to and your grades.
Grades, grades, grades. That being said, your
degree will get you that second, third look. when
I was in school I just listened to the people who
said if you have a tech degree and a J.D. you're
gold. Only true if you have decent grades. Now
the advantage to having a tech. background is that
instead of having to be top 10% for the reputable
firms you can be top 20% and still get an interview
and possibly a call-back. In any case, the top,
top firm still look at school rankings and class
rankings. They do have top tech students from
top rank schools. Hope this helps.
If I were you I would probably go to the top
50 school and work my ass off. Franklin Pierce
has a good IP ranking, but figure there's a whole
boatload of people that are competing with you
in the same school w/ tech backgrounds. Lot more
competition come recruitment time. You'll stand
out a lot less.
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