Northwestern 1L/2L/3L/Grads Taking Questions and Challenges Forum

[bjsesq]

Should I have signed up for this even though I have literally no IP related background and interest? Shit.

No.

[Cobretti]

Should I have signed up for this even though I have literally no IP related background and interest? Shit.

STUDENT ELIGIBILITY

Only law students are eligible to participate in the Patent Law Interview Program. It is not required that students be patent bar eligible to register for the program; however, many employers require patent bar eligibility as a qualification for bidding on interviews, and most employers strongly prefer patent bar eligible students.

http://www.luc.edu/law/career/patent_students.html

[Icculus]

Should I have signed up for this even though I have literally no IP related background and interest? Shit.

No.

I don't think you can anyway with no background.

[bk1]

Should I have signed up for this even though I have literally no IP related background and interest? Shit.

No.

[crumpetsandtea]

Oh okay splendid. I didnt think I had to but all this talk made me nervous.

[lgleye]

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[Blumpbeef]

Are you'all recommending that everyone should register for PLIP regardless of interest/background/education/WE just to get the "extra bite"? Jeez.....wonder how many of the 1500 registrants are of that group........ now I understand why half of the registrants in past years didn't get a single pre-select.

No

[bk1]

Are you'all recommending that everyone should register for PLIP regardless of interest/background/education/WE just to get the "extra bite"? Jeez.....wonder how many of the 1500 registrants are of that group........ now I understand why half of the registrants in past years didn't get a single pre-select.

People with hard science backgrounds should register for PLIP if they want biglaw (even if they don't want to do IP), imo.

[Icculus]

Are you'all recommending that everyone should register for PLIP regardless of interest/background/education/WE just to get the "extra bite"? Jeez.....wonder how many of the 1500 registrants are of that group........ now I understand why half of the registrants in past years didn't get a single pre-select.

People with hard science backgrounds should register for PLIP if they want biglaw (even if they don't want to do IP), imo.

+1

[bjsesq]

Should I have signed up for this even though I have literally no IP related background and interest? Shit.

No.

Are you'all recommending that everyone should register for PLIP regardless of interest/background/education/WE just to get the "extra bite"? Jeez.....wonder how many of the 1500 registrants are of that group........ now I understand why half of the registrants in past years didn't get a single pre-select.

Wat?

[Georgia Avenue]

Since we're on the "future generations" kick: does anyone have a time machine so I can go back to when I thought it would be OK to take Admin and kick myself in the balls? For fuck's sake.

[IAFG]

1. I don't want to be just an IP lawyer.
2. I don't have one of the desirable degrees like EE/CS/PhD in a science.
3. I don't want to work in Chicago or NY.
4. PLIP is during the 9th week of my 10-week summer gig and even though it's unpaid govt work and won't lead to a 2L or post-grad job, I don't feel like I can bail out on it that particular week to fly to Chicago.
5. Pretty sure it's too late to get back into it in any way.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

[lgleye]

B

[Cobretti]

Since we're on the "future generations" kick: does anyone have a time machine so I can go back to when I thought it would be OK to take Admin and kick myself in the balls? For fuck's sake.

what electives can i take that don't come with a kick in the balls?

[bk1]

Since we're on the "future generations" kick: does anyone have a time machine so I can go back to when I thought it would be OK to take Admin and kick myself in the balls? For fuck's sake.

what electives can i take that don't come with a kick in the balls?

Uncurved with profs that give gentleman's A-'s. There's a lot of core gunner classes (e.g. FedJur, Admin, etc) but nothing says you have to take those, especially not curved.

[Cobretti]

Since we're on the "future generations" kick: does anyone have a time machine so I can go back to when I thought it would be OK to take Admin and kick myself in the balls? For fuck's sake.

what electives can i take that don't come with a kick in the balls?

Uncurved with profs that give gentleman's A-'s. There's a lot of core gunner classes (e.g. FedJur, Admin, etc) but nothing says you have to take those, especially not curved.

What do you mean by core gunner classes?

[M458]

Since we're on the "future generations" kick: does anyone have a time machine so I can go back to when I thought it would be OK to take Admin and kick myself in the balls? For fuck's sake.

what electives can i take that don't come with a kick in the balls?

Uncurved with profs that give gentleman's A-'s. There's a lot of core gunner classes (e.g. FedJur, Admin, etc) but nothing says you have to take those, especially not curved.

What do you mean by core gunner classes?

Think bk187 is referring to classes where you're going to be curved with people who are gunning for federal clerkships (in addition to the two he mentioned, CivPro 2, Evidence, Federal Courts, etc.). Are these also sometimes referred to as "bar" classes?

[bk1]

Think bk187 is referring to classes where you're going to be curved with people who are gunning for federal clerkships (in addition to the two he mentioned, CivPro 2, Evidence, Federal Courts, etc.). Are these also sometimes referred to as "bar" classes?

This. People gunning for clerkships tend to take more difficult classes (as well as already be towards the top of the curve). They are less likely to take fluff classes. That said, you can get almost any class uncurved if you really want (even the aforementioned ones like FedJur/Admin/etc). You might have to take it with the crappy prof, but that's the tradeoff you make.

[lgleye]

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[bk1]

Think bk187 is referring to classes where you're going to be curved with people who are gunning for federal clerkships (in addition to the two he mentioned, CivPro 2, Evidence, Federal Courts, etc.). Are these also sometimes referred to as "bar" classes?

This. People gunning for clerkships tend to take more difficult classes (as well as already be towards the top of the curve). They are less likely to take fluff classes. That said, you can get almost any class uncurved if you really want (even the aforementioned ones like FedJur/Admin/etc). You might have to take it with the crappy prof, but that's the tradeoff you make.

Can you recommend some "fluff" classes or "fluff" prof's? Thanks.

There's a bunch of discussion on easy profs/classes in this thread. Search through it. IIRC, DF was trying to keep a running list.

[IAFG]

Think bk187 is referring to classes where you're going to be curved with people who are gunning for federal clerkships (in addition to the two he mentioned, CivPro 2, Evidence, Federal Courts, etc.). Are these also sometimes referred to as "bar" classes?

This. People gunning for clerkships tend to take more difficult classes (as well as already be towards the top of the curve). They are less likely to take fluff classes. That said, you can get almost any class uncurved if you really want (even the aforementioned ones like FedJur/Admin/etc). You might have to take it with the crappy prof, but that's the tradeoff you make.

Can you recommend some "fluff" classes or "fluff" prof's? Thanks.

There's a bunch of discussion on easy profs/classes in this thread. Search through it. IIRC, DF was trying to keep a running list.

DF's list is his transcript.

[homestyle28]

What is this boat cruise thing, and how come I'm only hearing about it now?

[Cobretti]

It sounds like fluff classes may be viewed negatively in clerkship apps, but what about at firms? Can I just take fluff BS and maximize my GPA?

[bdubs]

It sounds like fluff classes may be viewed negatively in clerkship apps, but what about at firms? Can I just take fluff BS and maximize my GPA?

You only get two electives before your GPA becomes irrelevant to firms. AFAIK firms don't really care what electives you take during 1L; 2L and 3L are a cruel joke.

[IAFG]

It sounds like fluff classes may be viewed negatively in clerkship apps, but what about at firms? Can I just take fluff BS and maximize my GPA?

You only get two electives before your GPA becomes irrelevant to firms. AFAIK firms don't really care what electives you take during 1L; 2L and 3L are a cruel joke.

The only cruel part is the price tag. Otherwise it's a lot of fun.