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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 2011 covers the following topics over a period of one week:

TOPIC

Introduction

Conflicts Issues

How to be a Successful Associate

Business Development

Client Relations and Time Keeping

Legal Research

Litigation

Firm Policies and Procedures

U.S. Trademarks

Trademark Oppositions / Cancellations

Copyrights, Design Patents and Trade Dress

International Practice

Taking an Invention Disclosure

Preparation of Patent Application

Patent Claim Drafting

Managing Docket and Working with your Assistant

Mentors

Agreements

Trade Secrets

Technology Specific Issues

Opinions

Continuation Practice

Office Actions

Prior Art Determinations

Patent Searching and Monitoring

Loss Prevention

Case Notebooks