Click below for and audio web briefing about the Patent Program with Mark Dighton, Director of Law School Relations and Administrative Director of the Patent Office Exam Course for the Practising Law Institute.
The audio briefing, Your Resume, Research and Bidding: Your First Keys to Success at Loyola Chicago’s Patent Law Interview Program topics discussed during the web briefing include:
- How to write a resume targeted to employers looking for patent attorneys (at the Patent Program and elsewhere!)
- How to research employers using the information on PIPER
- What additional research you should do on the employers’ websites
- How the application process works
- How to best use your 32 application opportunities to generate the most interviews
- How to identify and apply to IP firms who do not participate in the Patent Program.
The presenters for this briefing:
- Alissa Holterman, Assistant Director of Career Services at Loyola University Chicago School of Law (the school that hosts the program), has been the key point person for the program for more than a decade, and knows everything there is to know about the program
- Mark Dighton, PLI’s Director of Law School Relations and Administrative Director of their Patent Office Exam Course, has participated in the Patent Program for more than 14 years. He’s our resident expert on the Patent Bar Exam, and has picked up a lot about the patent law job market along the way.
You can access the web briefing here: https://www.pli.edu/Content/OnDemand/Your_Resume_Research_1st_Steps_to_Success/_/N-4nZ1z0zojk?fromsearch=false&ID=345081.