Program Overview

Intellectual Property Law Program

Intellectual Property law allows attorneys to assist authors, inventors, and other creators in a wide range of areas that include copyright, trademark, trade secret, and patent law. IP cases end up before the Supreme Court every year, as well as lower courts that attempt to apply old law to new technologies and issues.

Career and Networking Opportunities and Preparation

Loyola students benefit from a variety of career opportunities, including:

• Loyola hosts the Annual Patent Law Interview Program, the largest job fair for law students, where students can be considered for jobs by 150 firms from across the country
• Speed networking events that permit students to meet 10-20 IP attorneys in the course of an hour in conjunction with the Intellectual Property Lawyers Association of Chicago
• Annual IP reception for students to connect with alumni and other students
• Individualized counseling, including review of resumes and mock interviews
• Opportunity to network with IP attorneys while evaluating the "most inventive" science project at the Chicago Public Schools Science Fair
• IP summer job prep session, including research and resource tips

Curriculum

Loyola's IP program of classes focuses on active learning from Day 1 and includes:

• IP legal writing course for 1L students
• 1L elective on the impact of IP laws on global access to affordable medicine
• Externships that permit students to draft patent applications at various organizations, as well as work on trademark and copyright issues
• IP Colloquium, enabling students to directly interact with scholars about their draft articles
• Opportunities to write briefs and argue before judges, such as the Saul Lefkowitz Moot court competition, that focuses on trademark law
• Advanced Research in IP, a hands-on class taught by a former partner at an IP boutique firm
• Annual course and co-curricular planning sessions, as well as the opportunity for individual counseling

The program provides students with a comprehensive education in Intellectual Property law, preparing them for a wide range of career opportunities in this field.