Top 10% from a T-14. CS background with 3 yrs of patent agent experience before law school. Incoming big law IP lit associate.

Accepted a clerkship in a non-patent heavy district (e.g., not EDTX). Clerkship is 2024, so I would spend 1 yr in big law IP lit before starting.

Wod I get dinged for the fact that my clerkship was not IP-heavy (e.g., for a return offer / lateral offer to another firm)? Or do IP groups look at a district court clerkship favorably, even if it isn’t IP-heavy?

Hi folks,

I have been offered a position on Senior Consultant/ Deputy Manager at Deloitte India for 4.5 years of exp.

Is this position/role normal for years of experience I hold?

Big 4 alum - was looking at SAP on Aws opportunity in AWS - do I need to do AWS cert to qualify ? Also, for program manager do I need a specific certificate too? Have 10 yrs of sol arch exp in data and analytics as well as PN experience in Big 4.. please help

Thoughts about Cloud Support Engineer -Security role

Is anyone currently studying for the CMA exam? Or passed the CMA exam? Im slowly losing motivation to study due to extreme burn out. I took the part 1 exam and failed by 20 points. This is part of why I’m losing motivation. Kinda feel like a failure. Have any tips for studying for certification exams when losing focus?

Would you ever mentor a junior accountant at your firm? Do they reach out to you? I really would like to help more younger people get into the industry.

Any transfer from tax to FDD? How was the learning curve from the transition ? And what were some unforeseen challenges that you didn’t expect?

Should I move to another firm and take the higher pay (20% more) and do more work I’d enjoy doing and have better growth and long term career potential, while sacrificing my current title (would have to step down from associate to analyst), WLB, and team chemistry?

2 things:

Do you/would you find project management skills, knowledge & experiences helpful in a non-management junior/associate role within the tech industry?

Has anyone gone through the project management course offered by Google on Coursera? Would you recommend?

I've always been interested in seeing if I'd like management roles (specifically senior level/lead roles), but wondering how relevant and worthy a PM cert would be overall. TYIA!

Hi fishes, I got new offer from cognizant. How much average (min:max)appraisal sr associate gets? I would like to know the growth in CTS.

What industry in Atlanta offers the best prospects (most demand) for privacy law/compliance exits?

I’ve been practicing in traditional labor for about two years now (although about a decade of labor relations experience) but I’m trying to break into employee benefits law. Unfortunately I’m not being given much experience in benefits as I’m pretty typecast as a labor atty. Any advice on how I can go about getting employee benefit experience? My long term goal is to have benefits be my main area of practice.

Possible to get into BigLaw or regional Big Law without top grades as a non-traditional lateral? Been out of law school several years, have five years of industry adjacent quasi legal experience and am in my second year at a traditional boutique firm practicing corp/securities.
I have an informal informational discussion with a partner at the big firm through a family member whose company gives a lot of business to this firm. Any examples/anecdotes?

My job title says Application Development Senior Analyst (SSE-Developer) but I'm performing Core SYSTEM ANALYST Role.
Is it possible to switch company for 'BUSINESS SYSTEM ANALYST' roles ?

What is the comp ceiling long term look like for staying in cloud consulting technical career compare to moving into SWE?

Hi, anyone get their CIA after finishing up CPA? I’m currently trying to finish part 2 of the 3 exams, and I’m finding the study material Gliem provides doesn’t help much with part 2.

Is there a "too old" stage to pursue a master's? Currently 25, 3 YOE

What is the pay range for a coordinator position and should you push for more if it’s a possible stepping stone to your dream career

What should be the designation for 11+ exp in Oracle India?

Anyone have any headhunter recos in Seattle?
Have any suggestions how a creative breaks into tech?

Anyone have a good (and not exorbitantly expensive) accountant? My taxes have gotten more complicated than TurboTax and I can handle this year

Moving to NY in spring. 25F, single, work a lot. Not sure if I want to get a place with a roommate or live alone. Anyone have experience making this decision and have any suggestions?

What’s going on at Engine? Seem to be losing a lot of good people including the CSO.

How much would you pay for a studio in gramercy park area?

Newish to data analytics. Have some experience in power BI, sql, and R. I wanted to get some exposure to aws and saw the AWS cloud practitioner as an available course at my job. Is this cert worth it? Or should I try one of the more advanced ones ? The data analytics one for example but wasn’t sure if it would be difficult to get through as a beginner. Will it look good on my resume?

Are there any tax professionals in the Lancaster, PA area that are looking to leave public? The recruiter for my company says there's no one out there and I get that a LCOL area in Pennsylvania won't have the applicant pool as a bigger city but I find it hard to believe there are no tax people available for the jobs we have.

I have a undergrad finance degree and 5 years of big 3 credit rating agency work experience, what will help me more to get into a SFA role or product role at a tech company, a T15 MBA or a Georgia tech masters in analytics degree?

Anyone else get awful anxiety while hungover? My chest is always super tight the next day after drinking

How do you navigate pronouns as nb? I'm extremely tired of being mis-pronouned as her/she. Do you suggest pronouns in email signatures?

Weekly Hot take. While I am enjoying subscription based game libraries. They will be the death of quality game releases.

What is EYs 401k match? I am going to interview and found lots of benefits info online but could not find match or best. Thank you.

Do TCS give a counter offer if an associate resigns???

Thinking of heading to Maui (for the first time) for thanksgiving and seeking recommendations for a hotel (considering Ritz but open to others) and things to do. TIA!!

Has anyone currently in Seattle lived in Atlanta ? I'm looking for a first hand comparison of the two cities , before considering job opportunities in Seattle. Will make a trip too, but thoughts?

Walking into the reading room is like walking into a nightclub when residents are staffing it haha

Hey folks, this is my first post—so please go easy on me! I really want to understand the dynamics of rebates within the pharmaceutical industry better. Anyone feeling particularly knowledgeable and kind want to help?

Is there anyone here???? I have an IP question to discuss but it seems like it’s a ghost town

What kind of copyright work can you practice for clients outside your jurisdiction without violating ethical rules besides copyright registrations.

Anyone use a ghostwriter for their IP blog? Any tips in providing guidelines to the writer would be helpful.

Does anyone know the story with Paul, Weiss IP departures?

Anyone aware of any soft IP (copyright/trademark/licensing, etc.) associate positions in the twin cities area in Minnesota? Litigation is great, transactional work is okie dokie as well.

What IP software do you rely on for your relative IP practice?

Although I know you don’t need to pass the patent bar to “technically” do patent litigation, would it be a dead end move to pursue patent litigation without a technical degree / admission to the patent bar? In other words, would most BL firms refuse to staff associates on patent litigation cases if they don’t have a technical degree?

Currently a trademark prosecution attorney that does some trademark / copyright litigation.

Hello All. I am a recent licensed attorney in NY and AZ. A former judge from Albania. I hold a JD from ASU. Unfortunately, being only focused on trademark associate positions, I have not landed my first year associate job. Actually working in house as a trademark paralegal. Do you remember how did you get your first job as a trademark attorney? Where is a good place I should send my resume in AZ, NY, or for remote? New in the States and I do not have such network! Thanks

Anyone have a sample contract clause for a procurement situation where you want the vendor to take responsibility for acquiring third-party software licenses and pass the license rights through to your client as part of the end deliverable?

Does anyone know of ways to get practical experience in copyright/trademark law? I have been looking to change practice areas and would like to learn more!

Currently doing MVA insurance defense. Just the job I got out of law school. I’ve been really trying to switch to IP. Will I have any problems? Only been practicing for 6 months.

I recently started with Firm A (AM Top 200), and Firm B (AM Top 50) reached out for an interview. Given the potential pay with Firm B is significant (I’d say life-changing), I scheduled the interview. Should I disclose Firm A during the interview or wait and only disclose if Firm B makes an offer? Between now and the interview, I will not have completed any significant work for Firm A.

I’m looking to get into IP lit. I currently do ID lit (primarily auto). I’m only 7 months into practice. What are the chances I’ll be accepted into an IP lit position? If so, what kind of salary/bonuses should I expect?

What do y’all think about the new Copyright Small Claims courts that will be set up within the year?

What is your best marketing method to acquire new IP clients? Facebook? Tiktok? Word or mouth?

Potential client owns an e-commerce website selling graphic design posters (think college type posters) submitted by a freelance artists. Most of sales are from posters based off of celebrity musicians. Does client need a license from the celebrities to sell graphic posters of the celebrities even though it is from freelance artists?

Potential client owns eCommerce site selling graphic design caricature posters of celebrities from independent artist submissions. Is there name & likeness issues with client selling the posters w/o celebrity approval?

Trademark confusion question. New to TMa here.
Do you think these names would be confusingly similar in same class of services?

MANUFACTURETALK vs MANUFACTURE HAWK

Not real names. Both start with same term - diff is between talk and hawk? I think it wouldn’t be confusingly similar as talk and hawk elicit diff meaning to a consumer. What you think?

Any good recommendations for keeping up with new developments in a technical field? Maybe subscriptions to open access journals?

Is it a viable business opportunity for a mid level patent litigation associate to leave BigLaw and consult? Service could include pre-litigation diligence (e.g., pre-litigation infringement analysis) for funding companies and law firms, overflow work, consulting for patent prosecution firms that take on ipr or litigation work, litigation consulting for tech companies that don’t have in-house counsel. Cross posting this in the BigLaw bowl.