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Non-Traditional Students / Re: Young, B.S. in ME with aspirations of becoming a Patent Attorney« on: July 01, 2011, 02:14:26 PM »
After further consideration, I have decided not to go to law school. This is partly because of the risk, partly because of the aforementioned forum thread I read, and partly because I met a lawyer with 3 young kids who blew his head off 5 days after meeting him. His firm was being indicted. I'll find something more useful to do with my money
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Non-Traditional Students / Re: Young, B.S. in ME with aspirations of becoming a Patent Attorney« on: May 27, 2011, 10:17:10 PM »4. Yes. But, patent litigation doesn't require a science-based undergrad degree. In fact, some of the best patent litigators are general commercial litigators and do not have technical undergraduate degrees. So being a PE and wanting to be involved in patent prosecution does not help me in the eyes of an employer? 3
Non-Traditional Students / Re: Young, B.S. in ME with aspirations of becoming a Patent Attorney« on: May 27, 2011, 10:07:27 PM »
I can really appreciate this. Because, to be honest, 80% to 90% of the reason I want to go to law school and into patent law is because of the money. I want to have a job that I can tolerate and make lots of money. It is a scary thought however when I read about the increase in lawyers and decrease in jobs over the past few years. I don't know if I can make the top 10% of my class, and if that is what it is going to take to land a job as a patent attorney, going to law school becomes a much bigger risk. I will not and do not want to get into a T14 law school. Will this mean that I AM going to have to be in the top 10% or 5% of my L1 class in order to become a 'sexy' applicant to an employer? Please note that I just read the something awful post on becoming a lawyer and it scared the living crap out of me. 4
Non-Traditional Students / Young, B.S. in ME with aspirations of becoming a Patent Attorney« on: May 27, 2011, 02:38:49 PM »
Hi,
I will be graduating next May with a B.S. in mechanical engineering from a well respected southern university. Law school has become a great interest of mine within the past year. More specifically, I have become very absorbed by the possibility of becoming a patent attorney. One of the biggest self-realizations I've had during my time as a college student is that I am a very logical thinker. This has helped me tremendously in my engineering courses and has compensated for my lack of spatial awareness. This, as I am told, is a very valuable skill to has a law school student. I have been doing some very light LSAT studying over the past few months, mainly during the weekend. I have come to the point to where it is time for me to converse with a large group of law student and professionals in order to seek advice on my unique (or not so unique) situation. As I have said, I am a ME major with a graduation date of May 2012. I started interning for a company last summer and have earned my place as a respected employee. I was offered a full-time job this spring semester with my current employer. Being offered a full-time job as a junior is not something I was about to take for granted and, needless to say, I accepted the position. My employer is unaware of my ambitions to become a patent attorney. I have no intentions of not fulfilling my word with my employer (to become a full-time employee). I do, however, still want to become a patent attorney. So my goal is to be able to work during the day and become a part-time law student at night. This is where my head spins and the questions begin. - Is being a part-time law student as a 22-23 year old an implausible task if I was to also be a full-time employee? - Am I wasting the hard earned and very versatile degree I have worked so hard for? - Does having an engineering degree help my chances at being accepted into a night-time law school program? - Do patent attorneys get the chance to understand ideas from a client then get the convey those ideas to a jury? I have a great ability to understand and then convey that understanding to someone else in a way that they can also understand. - Could it be recommended that I do not take my position as a full time employee and instead pursue a FT career as a law student? I am very against this because I hear that experience as a professional engineer is very important asset that many law firms look for. Please note that I am not only looking for answers to these questions but also looking for ANY advice or suggestions that could in ANY way pertain to my situation. I appreciate any and all advice I can get. Thanks!
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