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Every Fall we conduct a training program for our new associates. The training program is designed to provide a broad overview of the firm’s practice areas and the issues that a new associate confronts when beginning his or her legal career at a law firm. Our Fall Associate Training Program for 2008 covers the following topics over a period of one week:
TOPIC |
HOURS |
Introduction |
0.5 |
Conflicts Issues |
1.5 |
How to be a Successful Associate |
0.75 |
Business Development |
0.25 |
Client Relations and Time Keeping |
1.0 |
Legal Research |
1.0 |
Litigation |
2.75 |
Firm Policies and Procedures |
1.5 |
U.S. Trademarks |
1.25 |
Trademark Oppositions / Cancellations |
0.75 |
Copyrights, Design Patents and Trade Dress |
1.0 |
International Practice |
1.0 |
Taking an Invention Disclosure |
1.0 |
Preparation of Patent Application |
1.0 |
Patent Claim Drafting |
3.25 |
Managing Docket and Working with your Assistant |
1.5 |
Mentors |
0.25 |
Agreements |
1.0 |
Trade Secrets |
1.0 |
Technology Specific Issues |
1.5 |
Opinions |
0.75 |
Continuation Practice |
1.0 |
Office Actions |
1.0 |
Prior Art Determinations |
0.75 |
Patent Searching and Monitoring |
0.75 |
Loss Prevention |
1.0 |
Case Notebooks |
0.75 |
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