What Happens To Patent Attorneys When They Go To Law Schools Later In Their Careers
[00:00:00] I'm pursuing a PhD in life sciences and plan to go to law school to be a patent attorney. Will my future opportunities be limited by going to a lower tier law school?
The law school you go to isn't really that as important for patent attorneys. You want to go to a, hopefully an accredited law school. But if you have a PhD, there's a an article I wrote called, 'Why law firms have no idea how to hire patent attorneys?
So, what happens with most patent attorneys is that they end up going to law school later in their career because they're doing all this stuff.
They typically, don't have the best grades because they're doing science-related stuff or it's harder to get good grades. Then, they go to law school. They don't necessarily go to the best law schools because they're already making money, doing whatever they're doing, or they're farther along in their careers.
So, typically, a patent attorney will be hired at a law firm. That's not that great. The first law firms are hired at typically aren't the best. And then, after that, they'll get a job in a bigger law firm later.
Schools are important for the first job. Schools and grades are important for the first job, but not a job after that.
