Graduate recruitment
Graduates usually join to train either as Patent Attorneys or as Trade Mark Attorneys.
The graduate recruitment process is designed to select people to start in summer or early autumn, to fit with the normal recruitment for new graduates. However, this is flexible to accommodate different circumstances such as completion of a PhD thesis.
To train as a Patent Attorney you will require a good science or engineering degree. Many of our graduate trainees also have postgraduate degrees or doctorates and/or industrial or post-doctoral research experience. While this is by no means essential - many trainees also join straight after completion of their first degree - it does show that our definition of "graduate" is much wider than many other organisations! As a general rule, however, the longer since your first degree, the more relevant your experience should be.
Trade mark attorneys do not require any specific degree, although a law degree is probably most immediately helpful, while modern languages will also be of benefit.
All attorneys must be able to demonstrate strong communication skills: you will be advising clients orally and in writing, and must be able to liaise with people from many parts of an organisation, from individual inventors to managing directors. Strong, grammatically correct written English is therefore essential, as the "finished product" of much of our work is in writing. Good oral communication skills are also vital - the ability to explain, to probe, to discuss, to argue, to defend a position, but also the ability to make people like you and want to work with you!
See the “Current vacancies” section within Career opportunities at Withers & Rogers”. In the event of an advertised vacancy appearing, graduates can apply using the Graduate, Part Qualified and Qualified Application Form.
If no vacancy exists, you may register your interest in joining us by sending a message to Angela McCleave, the HR Manager (under the 'Who We Are' section), who will then respond to you with an email address to send your CV to. Alternatively, you can send your CV, with a short covering letter to the address given to the right.
"As a business focused on new technologies and products, it is vitally important that we protect any intellectual property generated by such innovation. Withers & Rogers understands our commercial needs and provides us with pragmatic, realistic and timely advice which gives us confidence in the security of our IP rights."
Caroline Davies, Senior Trade Marks Adviser, Akzo Nobel
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