has anyone heard of this patent law program?>

<p><a href="http://mae.seas.gwu.edu/undergrad/Patent%20Law%20Option.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://mae.seas.gwu.edu/undergrad/Patent%20Law%20Option.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>looks cool.</p>

<p>i mean it's not a highly ranked engineering school, but if this is what you want to do, why not?</p>

<p>highly ranked rarely means anything in practical engineering.</p>

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<p>Except when it comes to networking and finding your first job. The more prestigious your school is, the easier it is to land a position at a good firm. Afterwards though, it's really only experience that counts.</p>

<p>That link doesn't appear to be working right now, but I see it's an undergrad program. I'm assuming that after finishing that, you won't be ready for the bar exam and the patent law exam, right? In that case, what law school you go to is much more important than undergrad.</p>

<p>An interesting article, indeed. But you still need to go to a Law school to become a “ patent lawyer” . A good family friend just became a patent lawyer (HLS) after he got an engineering degree from Stanford. According to his mom, he makes a good living.</p>

<p>FWIW, a bit of information about law schools follow.</p>

<p>As you know, there are top 3 law schools in this country, AKA the trinity. They are:</p>

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<li> YLS</li>
<li> HLS</li>
<li> SLS</li>
</ol>

<p>All these schools are great in all areas of jurisprudence. They, however, have some distinct characteristics that you should know; for example, if you want a “clerkship”, YLS is the one. If you want to become a corporate lawyer, HLS would be a wiser choice. If you want to involve with new technology, patent, enterprise stuff like that , SLS would be an excellente choice. But again, like I said, you should be thankful if you got admitted any of the three.</p>

<p>SLS is 'harvard law school'?</p>

<p>yls = yale law school
hls = harvard law school
sls = stanford law school</p>