Life at the law firm continues apace. It's very different from the judiciary. I like it quite a bit.
I am acutely aware of how little I know about law after one year of law
school. I'm in my firm's IP litigation group. I've never had IP law
before, but I've probably learned half a semester's worth of IP law in
the past few days. I hope to attain some degree of usefulness by the
time I stop working for the summer, but for now I feel sloooooooow.
This firm is large, and has summer associates in most offices, which
makes for a lot of summer associates. Almost all of them are 2Ls, but
there are a few other 1Ls here and there. I do feel like the 2Ls know
more than I do, which bodes well as far as the usefulness of law
school, but I don't think any of us are crack legal aces. Of course, if
we were, we would probably be years out of law school by now. At most,
we're aspiring aces now.
2 comments:
I worked in the IP group of a law firm during my first summer too! It was a nice firm in Phoenix, Arizona.
I think it would be fun to work in IP. I managed a lawsuit for the last company I worked for (we sued a competitor for trademark and copyright infringement). I worked very closely with the partner and senior associates at the law firm we engaged and learned a great deal during that process.
Enjoy!
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