Question about Patent Law

ingeniero909
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:05:47 +0000

Hi,

I’m a college student who is in my junior year and have a double major in econ and chemical engineering. Although I have the engineering degree, I do not actually want to be an engineer (as hinted by my econ degree). My dream since high school was to be a patent lawyer, but right now, it appears that there is a fat chance that will ever happen. My GPA is only a 3.39 (although I might be able to bring it up to a 3.5, but no guarantees), and I only have an LSAT (based on practice scores) of around 153-155, and this is after a lot of studying. I haven’t slacked off at all, I’m just simply not as smart as some of my classmates, which is why my GPA and LSAT suck. Not to brag, but I’ve worked twice as hard as some of my classmates, but can’t even touch them, which is really frustrating. My question is, obviously HYSC is way out of the question, but can I still be a patent lawyer? How big will the prestige of my law school matter in getting a patent job, because my GPA isn’t too terrible for engineering, but for law school it is?

Otherwise, I’d be happy doing management stuff for a company, so what other options do I have there? I go to a top 20 school, so could that help me in getting into a decent MBA program after some work experience?

thanks!