Re: 2015 Loyola Patent Law Interview Program - unofficial thread
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 10:08 am
For firms asking for law school transcripts, are they wanting unofficial or official?
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unofficialSplitMyPants wrote:For firms asking for law school transcripts, are they wanting unofficial or official?
PM me if you want to know stats. I'm EE and focused on prosecution.Anonymous User wrote:Thanks Kyle010723 for offering to answer questions.
Can you give us an idea of your background i.e. what was your undergrad major / where did your law school and GPA fall / were you focused on lit or pros? How many preselects did you have and how many callbacks did they turn into? What locations were you focused on? What was the turnaround time between PLIP to your callbacks and offers?
Any other general advice you have on what you wish you had known or led to your successful outcomes would be great to hear as well. Thanks!
What would you say is the biggest difference between any other interview and an interview at Loyola?lhanvt13 wrote:did 2L plip; accepted a PLIP offer; am doing summer right now. Ask away.
Biggest difference between OCI and PLIP is they actually want to interview you at PLIP. This is especially true if your own school is a mix of pre-select + lottery or pure lottery.Tiberius42 wrote: What would you say is the biggest difference between any other interview and an interview at Loyola?
I want to wind up doing litigation but got interviews for lots of pros firms as well as lit firms. Should I be up front with the pros firms that I want to do lit? I certainly haven't closed the door on pros, but right now im leaning pretty heavily towards lit.
If I'm interviewing at a firm that does both should I mention my preference for lit?
How much of these interviews is about fit? Am I just talking myself up or trying to be as personable as possible?
If you are interviewing for a pros shop, you want to do pros only b/c you like working with inventors/getting to see cutting edge tech. If you are interviewing for a lit group, you know how important to the economy and country it is that you protect the rights of inventors/ you are a competitive person, etc. If you are interviewing for a group that does both, you say both of these things and how you appreciate that one informs the other.Tiberius42 wrote:What would you say is the biggest difference between any other interview and an interview at Loyola?lhanvt13 wrote:did 2L plip; accepted a PLIP offer; am doing summer right now. Ask away.
I want to wind up doing litigation but got interviews for lots of pros firms as well as lit firms. Should I be up front with the pros firms that I want to do lit? I certainly haven't closed the door on pros, but right now im leaning pretty heavily towards lit.
If I'm interviewing at a firm that does both should I mention my preference for lit?
Dunno. Kind of sounds gooberish, and I don't think Cicero would be happy maeking claim charts.Tiberius42 wrote:I debated for 8 years in high school and college and then coached a team before law school. Should I harp on this on why I want to do lit? I have to imagine a hardcore debate background is rarer in IP than other types of law.
I would do this: Tell pros-only firms that you want prosecution and that's your lifelong answer to "what do you wanna be when you grow up." Then tell mix and lit-heavy firms that you're looking for lit. That way you'll be able to play both sides until you have to ultimately decide whether you want lit or pros.Tiberius42 wrote:What would you say is the biggest difference between any other interview and an interview at Loyola?lhanvt13 wrote:did 2L plip; accepted a PLIP offer; am doing summer right now. Ask away.
I want to wind up doing litigation but got interviews for lots of pros firms as well as lit firms. Should I be up front with the pros firms that I want to do lit? I certainly haven't closed the door on pros, but right now im leaning pretty heavily towards lit.
If I'm interviewing at a firm that does both should I mention my preference for lit?
How much of these interviews is about fit? Am I just talking myself up or trying to be as personable as possible?
claim charts is love, claim charts is life.Anonymous User wrote:Dunno. Kind of sounds gooberish, and I don't think Cicero would be happy maeking claim charts.Tiberius42 wrote:I debated for 8 years in high school and college and then coached a team before law school. Should I harp on this on why I want to do lit? I have to imagine a hardcore debate background is rarer in IP than other types of law.
If I interviewed someone and they brought up anything in high school, I would just wonder the whole time why they're talking about high school. The coaching part is fine because it demonstrates leadership and I'm assuming it was not in high school. I don't think you need to harp on why you want to do litigation - just be able to discuss why you have an interest in it.Tiberius42 wrote:I debated for 8 years in high school and college and then coached a team before law school. Should I harp on this on why I want to do lit? I have to imagine a hardcore debate background is rarer in IP than other types of law.
Ya, I wouldn't really talk about high school. I was pretty highly ranked my senior year of undergrad and then coached a college team for a while. I was thinking i'd talk about being a competition junkie and having experience with research and argumentation. I know people don't want to hear anything about pre-law school stuff giving you research experience because of some presumption that the law is this impenetrable black box that nobody but actual lawyers could develop skills for, but i think if i talked about it in the context of having an affinity for litigation, it could be good.faintbeam wrote: If I interviewed someone and they brought up anything in high school, I would just wonder the whole time why they're talking about high school. The coaching part is fine because it demonstrates leadership and I'm assuming it was not in high school. I don't think you need to harp on why you want to do litigation - just be able to discuss why you have an interest in it.
In general, if they require a specific technical degree, they are looking for pros.SplitMyPants wrote:EE here. I didn't see any pros-only shops--or at least no one indicated they were hiring only for pros. In fact many were hiring only for lit. And when I look at most of the GPs online they mostly have both and sometimes a tech trans group as well.
Be careful doing this. Successful debaters are everywhere in law, so that won't score you many points, and might come off as gooberish (as someone else said). If it comes up when answering a question ("why lit?") then cool.Tiberius42 wrote:Ya, I wouldn't really talk about high school. I was pretty highly ranked my senior year of undergrad and then coached a college team for a while. I was thinking i'd talk about being a competition junkie and having experience with research and argumentation. I know people don't want to hear anything about pre-law school stuff giving you research experience because of some presumption that the law is this impenetrable black box that nobody but actual lawyers could develop skills for, but i think if i talked about it in the context of having an affinity for litigation, it could be good.faintbeam wrote: If I interviewed someone and they brought up anything in high school, I would just wonder the whole time why they're talking about high school. The coaching part is fine because it demonstrates leadership and I'm assuming it was not in high school. I don't think you need to harp on why you want to do litigation - just be able to discuss why you have an interest in it.
When I did it two year ago, I think it was the first year they were doing the parties instead of OCI. The screener at PLIP was just like any other screener though. They only had one room for all of their offices though, so be prepared to justify what office you want and then you will probably spend most of your time talking to someone from that office. There were like 5-6 people in the room tho which was a bit different from most others. Overall I thought it was one of my more pleasant screeners and ended up with an offer.Anonymous User wrote:Can anyone speak to how the QE screener operates since they primarily go directly to cb?