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In article <4kcff9$bhf@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
   bartshansu@aol.com (Bartshansu) wrote:

>My name is Bart Sullivan.  I am an EE 
>working in the San Francisco Bay
>Area.  I am currently enrolled at Golden 
>Gate University School of law.  

[snip]

>Being new to the field I have a load of 
>other questions, please answer if
>you can (and any other bits of advice you think of):

>2.  How can I obtain some experience while I 
>am working and going to school?

Work part-time at some patent law firm, or work there during the first 
or second summer vacation from law school.

>4.  Are there courses in Law School I 
>should take to further enhance my
>skills as a patent attorney besides a 
>specialty in intellectual property?

See "Which classes should I take in law school to enhance my 
intellectual property career?" at 
http://www.patents.com/opportun.sht#courses.

>5.  What salary should I expect as an associate attorney?

See "How much money do patent attorneys make?" at 
http://www.patents.com/opportun.sht#money.

>6.  I have about 10 years experience as 
>a design engineer, does that count
>toward my hire-ability?

See "I have <large number> years of experience as a <physicist, 
electrical engineer, computer programmer, industrial manager, etc.> -- 
will that improve my job prospects in intellectual property law?" at 
http://www.patents.com/opportun.sht#experience.


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Carl Oppedahl, oppedahl@patents.com  Oppedahl & Larson, patent law firm
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  and answers on patent law and other intellectual property subjects