Howard & Howard Attorne
Location
Royal Oak, MI | United States
Job description
Howard & Howard's Intellectual Property Law Intern Program differs from other law clerk programs by fully utilizing each intern’s engineering or other technical experience to understand and support our clients’ various technologies. By coupling interns’ education and skills with legal knowledge, they will be able to readily identify patentable novelty and prepare and prosecute patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
A candidate for the intern program must have an engineering or equivalent technical degree. Some candidates begin as interns directly after earning that degree and before beginning law school, while others work in their respective engineering fields and enter law school prior to joining the program. In either case, candidates should have at least two years of evening law school remaining to enter the program.
The work schedule varies and depends on several factors including client need and the intern’s class schedule. Most interns attend evening classes and work at least thirty hours per week during the school year, and forty to fifty hours during the summer months, while others have combined day/evening law school schedules and work around their class loads. Working hours are generally flexible, but increases in efficiency and skill are directly related to the number of hours worked.
Although the core of the intern training lies in the preparation of patent applications, interns are also exposed to trademark and copyright issues and are frequently called upon to conduct legal research and other support activities for litigation involving intellectual property issues. An intern’s work also frequently involves patent infringement and validity studies.
Interns are paid a competitive hourly wage for time worked and are evaluated for performance once each year. Raises depend upon the productivity of the intern. Howard & Howard offers medical and dental insurance coverage provided at a reasonable cost for individuals and families.
Howard & Howard is an equal opportunity employer.
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