dadofsam

Fatpig554:

You ask whether if you go to a good but not top-rank law school and get average grades there, you would be able to get a position as a patent attorney with a solid six-figure salary (not just $ 100,001). My answer is - why should someone pay such money for just an average student, especially in this economy? They can have their choice of new attorneys with better grades. Yes, you can get a position as a patent attorney without having gone to a top-20 law school (see my pinned thread at the top of this forum) but you need to do better than just graduate in the middle of your class to get that salary.

At this time hiring of patent attorneys has taken a massive drop, along with the rest of the legal profession. However, at least in the San Francisco area, jobs are still posted for patent attorneys with E.E. or C.S. backgrounds. But you need to be as qualified as you can become to compete for them, and that will be true in the future as well. So if you do go to law achool, put your utmost efforts into finishing as high up in class standings as you possibly can.

fatpig554

I believe its called supply and demand. Why are EE's from average schools with low GPA's given $60k a year (far above the average for most other BS degrees)? It wasn't THAT stupid of a question. It just depends on the industry; some are finicky about class rank and school prestige, while others are not.

Anyway, I'm still trying to figure out if law school is something i'll enjoy.

Greybeard

For the vast majority of students, law school is something to be endured rather than enjoyed. It's kind of like back surgery, something you go through in hopes of a brighter future rather than an end onto itself.

Karensuchis

Hello, my name is Karen, I want to study private property in France but I am not sure about the university, could the tell me which is the highest ranked law school in france?

Thanks for advance.