Starting dates are flexible, but are usually sometime during the summer or autumn. We have a large number of applicants for each available position, and we select our trainees carefully on the basis not only of the initial letter plus CV, but also by personal interview. Candidates should normally have, or expect to obtain, either a first or an upper second degree in a relevant scientific subject. We take professional training extremely seriously, and training our graduate assistants up to full European and British intellectual property qualification is an important part of the work of the Partners and senior professional staff. The British patent profession has an exceptionally good record of achievement in the European Patent Office examinations to become a European patent attorney, and we are fully committed to continuing that record.
All assistants receive broadly based training, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
In addition to our in-house training, we ask trainees to attend the Certificate course of Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, and we encourage attendance at other external lectures and seminars. In-house tuition in German is provided. Encouragement is given to those who may wish to take their studies further, and two attorneys have for example gone on to take London University external law degrees after completing their patent attorney examinations. For further information about current opportunities, please click on the link below.