Mentoring Programs

 IP Mentoring Program

The Institute for Information Law & Policy invites students who have taken or are currently enrolled in Introduction to Intellectual Property Law to join the NYLS IP Mentoring Program.

The NYLS IP Mentoring Program connects students to alumni and other experts working in intellectual property law professions via a social networking website. Members can:

Ask career and interview advice

Find mentors working in your area of interest

Let mentors find you

Listen to career podcasts by IP professionals

Sign up to get IP-related experience

Network with students with shared interests (patent law, video game law, fashion law, publishing law, etc.)

Patent Law Program

The Patent Law Program provides  students with the opportunity to develop greater expertise and experience in patent law.  Students will be eligible to list the qualification on their resumes and will receive a certificate issued by the Institute.  Their names will be published in the program at graduation and published in other print and on-line materials of the Institute.

The Patent Law Program is open to all interested law students who are eligible, as determined by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as to those who are not eligible, to sit for the Patent Agent Exam (also called the Patent Bar Exam). Generally, to be a eligible, you must have a science or technology undergraduate degree or have fulfilled the appropriate course requirements after graduation. Patent "prosecutors" (those who file the applications) must have taken the exam.  Details on the requirements are available here. Patent litigators do not have to take the exam nor must they have a science background.

The Patent Program Portal will collect all of the tools currently being used by the Patent Program so that you only have to visit one site.  All students in the Patent Program should take a look at the Patent Program Portal to see what tools are available to them and what events are coming up. You can visit this page by going to patentprogram.nexo.com/.