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How to Get the Most out of Loyola's Patent Law Interview Program (Audio-only - NO CLE)
Jun. 8, 2009Overview
Please note: CLE is not available for this briefing.
June 8, 2009, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (E.D.T.)
You're signed up for the Patent Law Interview Program (PLIP), and want to make the most out of this terrific opportunity. This Web Briefing will show you how to do that.
The speakers:
- Mary Beth Wynn, Associate Director of the Career Services Office of Loyola Chicago School of Law, and Loyola's point person for the Patent Law Interview Program.
- Katharine Patterson, Patterson Davis Consulting, works exclusively with Intellectual Property and Patent firms and practices on issues of attorney recruitment, hiring policy and retention. As PLI’s invited guest, she has attended PLIP for the past four years to brief students on what’s going on in the current job market, review individual resumes, and offer one-on-one counseling on everything from interview techniques to how to identify and contact prospective employers.
- Mark Dighton, PLI’s Director of Law School Relations and Administrative Director of their Patent Bar Review, has participated in PLIP for almost 10 years. He’s our resident expert on the Patent Bar Exam, and has picked up a lot about the job market for patent agents and attorneys along the way.
Join these experts as they discuss:
- How PLIP works before, during and after the Program
- How to write a resume targeted to employers looking for IP and patent attorneys (at PLIP and elsewhere!)
- What research you should do on the firms and interviewers before coming to PLIP
- Interview issues and techniques for the IP audience
- How to make the most out of the networking reception at PLIP, the hospitality suites, and the social opportunities outside of the assigned interview times
- The high value of networking with your peers at PLIP. Patent Law is a small and collegial field. The person you think you're competing against for a job today can be instrumental in offering you a job tomorrow.
- How to follow-up on your interviews, your more casual contacts, and how to use the knowledge and information you gather by participating in PLIP. What about the firms I didn't get interviews with? What if I got an interview, how do I follow up?
- The relationship of PLIP and on-campus law school interview programs. How do I coordinate and maximize both?
- Where and how to find jobs outside of PLIP and OCI - an important part of the IP/Patent job search process
Faculty
Speaker(s)
Mark D. Dighton, PLIKatharine C. Patterson, Patterson Davis Consulting
Mary Beth Wynn, Loyola Univ Chicago School of Law
Program Attorney(s)
Mark Dighton, Practising Law InstituteCLE Credit
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1Indiana: Considered a distance education course. There is a 6 credit limit per year.
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