Loyola PLIP thread for 2011

[stratocophic]

1. Are there any major players in IP that are conspicuously missing?

2. Does anyone have an idea what the impact of being an EE is on getting a litigation position? Is it more likely to cause a firm to lower their GPA standard, or just a substantial edge over a non tech candidate that otherwise meet their normal minimum hiring requirements.

3. Don't forget to look at the two resume collecting employers they added!

The impression I've always had is that firms care more about law GPA/law school for litigation, and background/undergrad GPA for prosecution. Could be part of the reason why prosecution jobs at big firms seem to have lots of Franklin Pierce/Loyola Chicago-type grads, as opposed to more of a T50 skew for the litigation jobs.

Akin Gump was on the list last year and isn't this year, but I dunno that they're a major player anyway.

[drdolittle]

1. Are there any major players in IP that are conspicuously missing?

Wilson Sonsini?

And are there any firms or employers participating that all things being equal should be missed (i.e. actively avoided) for whatever reason?

[weee]

Just bumping to suggest that you give your resume one last look and make sure it looks perfect as uploaded, probably won't cost you much time but could save your application from instant rejection for something silly.

ETA: I just found four errors in the stuff I added to my resume right before submitting.

[erico]

Just bumping to suggest that you give your resume one last look and make sure it looks perfect as uploaded, probably won't cost you much time but could save your application from instant rejection for something silly.

ETA: I just found four errors in the stuff I added to my resume right before submitting.

yeah i just found an italicized colon. it's amazing how many small things pop up.

[flcath]

3. Don't forget to look at the two resume collecting employers they added!

They're gonna get loaded down with like 1,400 resumes.

[flcath]

2 questions, one or both of which may be stupid:

If a firm/office is listed as interviewing both days, does this suggest they will be preselecting more students?

Is a firm that lists my specialty (Biochem) explicitly a better bid than one that says "All" or "None specified"? I ask b/c once I've carpeted my markets of choice, I still have to use up my remaining bids and a far smaller pool (like 60 vs. 133) comes up if I search only Biochem and not All & None specified.

[wiseowl]

If a firm/office is listed as interviewing both days, does this suggest they will be preselecting more students?

Maybe, though there's a small chance at least that it could also mean due to scheduling that the interviewer is flying in in time for the afternoon Thursday and flying out after the morning session on Friday.

Is a firm that lists my specialty (Biochem) explicitly a better bid than one that says "All" or "None specified"? I ask b/c once I've carpeted my markets of choice, I still have to use up my remaining bids and a far smaller pool (like 60 vs. 133) comes up if I search only Biochem and not All & None specified.

This is a little tougher. Probably worth sticking with the ones that say Biochem specifically. Obviously don't waste a bid on a firm that does list specialties and doesn't list Biochem; beyond that it's kind of a crapshoot.

[LogosEther]

Is there anyone who's bidding only Chicago, like I am? I definitely did not realize that PLIP was such a national program. Is it stupid of me not to use all of my bids because I don't want to be anywhere outside of Chicago?

[09042014]

Is there anyone who's bidding only Chicago, like I am? I definitely did not realize that PLIP was such a national program. Is it stupid of me not to use all of my bids because I don't want to be anywhere outside of Chicago?

I'm a little annoyed more Chicago firms aren't coming.

[stratocophic]

Is there anyone who's bidding only Chicago, like I am? I definitely did not realize that PLIP was such a national program. Is it stupid of me not to use all of my bids because I don't want to be anywhere outside of Chicago?

I'm a little annoyed more Chicago firms aren't coming.

FTFM

[drdolittle]

Any sense about the degree to which PLIP-type employers really factor in being on a journal (primary and secondary), doing moot court or maybe a clinic, etc? Especially for prosecution, but in general too. I'm guessing this probably depends on the employer, and most of us doing PLIP won't have such info on our resume yet anyway, but I'm assuming even if nothing firm comes out of PLIP for many of us, we'll be targeting similar employers down the road too.

[wiseowl]

Any sense about the degree to which PLIP-type employers really factor in being on a journal (primary and secondary), doing moot court or maybe a clinic, etc? Especially for prosecution, but in general too. I'm guessing this probably depends on the employer, and most of us doing PLIP won't have such info on our resume yet anyway, but I'm assuming even if nothing firm comes out of PLIP for many of us, we'll be targeting similar employers down the road too.

I got questions about journal once fall OCI started, but really not many beyond UVA or places you can work as 1Ls have it now, so it's not really relevant for PLIP.

[LogosEther]

I have an engineering degree but no work experience with it. I assume I'll be at a bit of a disadvantage compared to people who have done a lot with their technical degrees? How much so?

[Julio_El_Chavo]

I have an engineering degree but no work experience with it. I assume I'll be at a bit of a disadvantage compared to people who have done a lot with their technical degrees? How much so?

engineering work experience doesn't really help that much, from what i've seen. patent agent/examiner experience is much more valuable

[erico]

I have an engineering degree but no work experience with it. I assume I'll be at a bit of a disadvantage compared to people who have done a lot with their technical degrees? How much so?

Hopefully a lot.

[flcath]

If a firm/office is listed as interviewing both days, does this suggest they will be preselecting more students?

Maybe, though there's a small chance at least that it could also mean due to scheduling that the interviewer is flying in in time for the afternoon Thursday and flying out after the morning session on Friday.

Is a firm that lists my specialty (Biochem) explicitly a better bid than one that says "All" or "None specified"? I ask b/c once I've carpeted my markets of choice, I still have to use up my remaining bids and a far smaller pool (like 60 vs. 133) comes up if I search only Biochem and not All & None specified.

This is a little tougher. Probably worth sticking with the ones that say Biochem specifically. Obviously don't waste a bid on a firm that does list specialties and doesn't list Biochem; beyond that it's kind of a crapshoot.

Ty.

If it's not obvious from my questions, I have a less-than-sophisticated bidding strategy.

[drdolittle]

Any sense about the degree to which PLIP-type employers really factor in being on a journal (primary and secondary), doing moot court or maybe a clinic, etc? Especially for prosecution, but in general too. I'm guessing this probably depends on the employer, and most of us doing PLIP won't have such info on our resume yet anyway, but I'm assuming even if nothing firm comes out of PLIP for many of us, we'll be targeting similar employers down the road too.

I got questions about journal once fall OCI started, but really not many beyond UVA or places you can work as 1Ls have it now, so it's not really relevant for PLIP.

Thanks. But for 3Ls at PLIP, how much do employers looking to hire students with a specialized tech background value being on a journal, even if it's just a secondary one? I'm not a 3L yet but I figure I might end up bidding through PLIP next year as well.

I ask because I'm debating the amount of work to invest into our mandatory write-on given that it'll happen during the second week of my summer gig. Sounds like a lot of people treat write-ons like a full time job, which I definitely won't be able to match. So I'm trying to decide if a half-time or lesser effort to make most likely a secondary journal is even worthwhile.

[09042014]

There are two firms that separate by technical backgroup yet also include a litigation option.

Should I pick Electrical or should I pick IP if I'm leaning towards IP yet I'm an EE?

[wiseowl]

There are two firms that separate by technical backgroup yet also include a litigation option.

Should I pick Electrical or should I pick IP if I'm leaning towards IP yet I'm an EE?

The one that says electrical is for electrical prosecution. I'd bid both, unless you truly aren't interested at all in prosecution.

[flcath]

There are two firms that separate by technical backgroup yet also include a litigation option.

Should I pick Electrical or should I pick IP if I'm leaning towards IP yet I'm an EE?

The one that says electrical is for electrical prosecution. I'd bid both, unless you truly aren't interested at all in prosecution.

I bid both of MoFo's. Is that who we're talking about?

[09042014]

There are two firms that separate by technical backgroup yet also include a litigation option.

Should I pick Electrical or should I pick IP if I'm leaning towards IP yet I'm an EE?

The one that says electrical is for electrical prosecution. I'd bid both, unless you truly aren't interested at all in prosecution.

I bid both of MoFo's. Is that who we're talking about?

Yep. I'm not going to waste two bids. I'm doing Lit and telling them in the interview that I want both.

[dresq]

There are two firms that separate by technical backgroup yet also include a litigation option.

Should I pick Electrical or should I pick IP if I'm leaning towards IP yet I'm an EE?

The one that says electrical is for electrical prosecution. I'd bid both, unless you truly aren't interested at all in prosecution.

I bid both of MoFo's. Is that who we're talking about?

Yep. I'm not going to waste two bids. I'm doing Lit and telling them in the interview that I want both.

FYI, if I recall correctly, MoFo forces you to pick either litigation or prosecution before even starting work there. There is no both, and you're not going to be very convincing in arguing you want one or the other by going for both. I advise picking one or the other if you have a preference. If you have no preference, MoFo probably is not the right firm for you to start your career at.

[wiseowl]

FYI, if I recall correctly, MoFo forces you to pick either litigation or prosecution before even starting work there. There is no both, and you're not going to be very convincing in arguing you want one or the other by going for both. I advise picking one or the other if you have a preference. If you have no preference, MoFo probably is not the right firm for you to start your career at.

Another firm that did this last year was Foley and Lardner, which I thought might have also been the topic of the post, but they were slightly less rigid in forcing a decision. I agree with the sentiment on MoFo. They're pretty much what you see is what you get - there is a litigation spot in San Francisco, an electrical engineering prosecution spot in Reston, etc. They were not terribly receptive in trying to say "Well can't I do X in office Y?"

[Anonymous User]

Anyone who is registered want to help out a unemployed 3l? I missed the registrations deadline and was wondering if one would mind composing a list of the firms that are interviewing 3ls for me so that I can be sure to specifically target them in my EPIC mass mail campaign.


Feel free to let me know or PM me. Best of Luck to all of you who were organized enough not to miss the deadline like fools.

[dood]

Anyone who is registered want to help out a unemployed 3l? I missed the registrations deadline and was wondering if one would mind composing a list of the firms that are interviewing 3ls for me so that I can be sure to specifically target them in my EPIC mass mail campaign.


Feel free to let me know or PM me. Best of Luck to all of you who were organized enough not to miss the deadline like fools.

i registered and won't be going, maybe i can just change all my contact info to urs, basically giving u my spot. well either way it's kinda hard to PM u when u post anon.