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As my signature states, I will be studying electronic engineering this autumn. I don't think many people study engineering to be engineers these days; they become bankers and managers. I don't want to be an engineer either, and my chosen field would require a PhD too. I imagine that in areas like IPR and copyright a technical background would be sought after, as somebody has to read the papers (any scientific paper to the uninitiated reads like Greek). I'd like to do a 2 year course in law after my electronics degree. I'm interested if anybody has any advice for me on how to make this happen because I'm sure it is possible, it just requires a little more leg-work rthan for, say, a humanities graduate. Thanks.

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Inquisitive

I see no disadvantage if you are able to adapt properly after your engineering degree.

In your case, I would imagine that you may have to brush up on writing skills, such as those on essays and critique. Also, be prepared to deal solely with text, rather than numbers and designs.

Reply 2

Lawz-

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People with science backgrounds regularly go into patent and hard IP work.

Reply 3

dragon_1706

There are science graduates on my CPE course. Some of them have found writing essays hard, but there's no reason at all why you shouldn't go for it!

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digitalparadox

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coughsyrup

As my signature states, I will be studying electronic engineering this autumn. I don't think many people study engineering to be engineers these days; they become bankers and managers. I don't want to be an engineer either, and my chosen field would require a PhD too. I imagine that in areas like IPR and copyright a technical background would be sought after, as somebody has to read the papers (any scientific paper to the uninitiated reads like Greek). I'd like to do a 2 year course in law after my electronics degree. I'm interested if anybody has any advice for me on how to make this happen because I'm sure it is possible, it just requires a little more leg-work rthan for, say, a humanities graduate. Thanks.

It is possible. You can become a construction lawyer at a top law firm such as Pinsent Masons (Before they merged, masons was the contruction specialist) and they offer training contracts. Many in the construction team seemed to have had an engineering background.

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chalks

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It is certainly not impossible. You will need to demonstrate that you have sufficient analytical skills and, as someone mentioned above, the ability to write well and express yourself coherently.

A scientific background may well be useful in the IP field.

As for Digitalparadox's post re: Pinsents - I don't see that any of their construction partners have an engineering background. What do you base your comment that "Many in the construction team seemed to have had an engineering background" on? I'm not trying to be awkward, but people tend to take comments like those as being gospel.

Reply 6

Lush Law

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Oh my god but why bother doing a very demanding engineering degree if you don't intend on using it? Just do a Law degree at undergrad level.

Reply 7

dsch

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red_roadkill

Oh my god but why bother doing a very demanding engineering degree if you don't intend on using it? Just do a Law degree at undergrad level.

er... because that degree might interest me? Some people do do their degrees for interest, it's not a ****ing gravy train to a job.

Reply 8

Lush Law

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I just wouldn't do all the work required of an engineering degree if I wasn't gona be an engineer. It's a specialised course. It's like doing Medicine and then converting to Law. Waste of time and money.

Reply 9

Blondie22

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coughsyrup

er... because that degree might interest me? Some people do do their degrees for interest, it's not a ****ing gravy train to a job.

if it interests u so much why dont u be an engineer?
just a thought, less competition then a law career!

Reply 10

Inquisitive

Personal interest vs benefits - coughsyrup, in your case, it would hinge on whether your choice of a legal career is absolute or tentative.

If tentative, it may be well worth the finances for the sake of personal interest where this opens up engineering and other science careers as usual.

If absolute on law, it's probably not as worth the engineering degree at the end of the day, because even if you specialise in science-related legal areas like intellectual property law, construction and the like, the extent of application of such knowledge is still confined (although substantially beneficial).

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dsch

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Blondie22

if it interests u so much why dont u be an engineer?
just a thought, less competition then a law career!

There's a difference between being interested in a subject in a purely academic sense and wanting to use this interest vocationally. I assume people study classics for a reason, and that reason can hardly be said to be job prospects.

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