GW IP LLM (PT) vs. Georgetown LLM (PT) vs. neither Forum

[Anonymous User]

I graduated from a T-14 law school in 2011, but without a job. I started working at the USPTO as a patent examiner. It's a pretty sweet gig, but I still cling to the idea of being a practicing attorney. I passed NY bar, and I will take the patent bar later in the spring. I am considering pursuing an LLM part-time at either Georgetown and GW, focusing almost exclusively on IP. Is the LLM a credited route or can I transition to a firm without it?

Pros:
1. Re-invigorates clerkship apps and firm prospects
2. Develop expertise in IP

Cons
1. Costs
2. Absolutely no guarantee of success, considering the schools (potentially unfair statement but...)

[Anonymous User]

you should consider clerking

[Anonymous User]

Hey poster: Do you mean clerking without LLM or clerking after getting an LLM?

[Anonymous User]

clerk now dude, if JD is like investing in Enron, an LLM is like investing by placing a large sum of cash into a burning fire.

[Agent]

I graduated from a T-14 law school in 2011, but without a job. I started working at the USPTO as a patent examiner. It's a pretty sweet gig, but I still cling to the idea of being a practicing attorney. I passed NY bar, and I will take the patent bar later in the spring. I am considering pursuing an LLM part-time at either Georgetown and GW, focusing almost exclusively on IP. Is the LLM a credited route or can I transition to a firm without it?

Pros:
1. Re-invigorates clerkship apps and firm prospects
2. Develop expertise in IP

Cons
1. Costs
2. Absolutely no guarantee of success, considering the schools (potentially unfair statement but...)

More info about your grades and technical background would be helpful. I'd be very careful about the LLM route; I generally don't think it's a very good idea.

[Grizz]

[LawIdiot86]

clerk now dude, if JD is like investing in Enron, an LLM is like investing by placing a large sum of cash into a burning fire.

This.

And this.

Just don't do it.

[truevines]

I graduated from a T-14 law school in 2011, but without a job. I started working at the USPTO as a patent examiner. It's a pretty sweet gig, but I still cling to the idea of being a practicing attorney. I passed NY bar, and I will take the patent bar later in the spring. I am considering pursuing an LLM part-time at either Georgetown and GW, focusing almost exclusively on IP. Is the LLM a credited route or can I transition to a firm without it?

Pros:
1. Re-invigorates clerkship apps and firm prospects
2. Develop expertise in IP

Cons
1. Costs
2. Absolutely no guarantee of success, considering the schools (potentially unfair statement but...)

A master in EE/CS is more useful than a LLM in IP, for both prosecution and litigation.

[Anonymous User]

You can still become an attorney. One of my good friends was a jobless 2010 grad from a T50 that found work at the PTO as an examiner. Six months later he found a gig as a prosecutor at a firm. The LLM won't help. Just get some experience then apply to firms.

[Anonymous User]

Neither, obviously. LLM in IP won't open any doors unless you want to become a professor.

[Grizz]

Neither, obviously. LLM in IP won't open any doors unless you want to become a professor.