Hi, everybody,

I am from a tier 1 IP law firm of China and planning to obtain an IP LLM in US for future development, but i am not sure how the US law firms or companies would valuate their counsels/partners when it is strictly in terms of academic background of them? I mean, as an attorney specializing in IP field, what kind of my educational background would make the US law firms or companies feel good, say, if I achieve an LLM in IP law in Yale whose IP ranking is not so high as for example as Cardozo-Yeshiva whose IP ranking is top five as i know but overall ranking is far away from the Yale.
I sincerely need help in career development, any of your advice will be really appreciated! Thanks a lot.

If you plan to work in a US firm and already have background in IP, it will likely be much better to choose a traditionally well-regarded school, such as Yale, over any school that merely has a high "specialty" ranking.

The only reason you may want to consider a specialty program is if you plan on doing academic research and want to work directly with a professor who is a known expert in a particular niche. If you're just going to practice, go with the a well known firm. Most people don't pay much attention to those specialty rankings.

I absolutely agree. Why everything in black or white? Many of the top schools are very strong in IP: stanford, berkeley, etc.
You can achieve both goals in 1 llm

It strikes me that the answer to this question changes significantly depending on which word you actually meant to have in the title. Most people will probably assume you meant "important", which is fair, but dull. I'm electing to go with "impotent", since that makes the question entirely awesome.

My answer: leave "the ranking" alone - it's under a lot of stress, and besides: it's a very common condition!

Thank you very much, it's a quite clear answer and helpful, I really appreciate it.

If you plan to work in a US firm and already have background in IP, it will likely be much better to choose a traditionally well-regarded school, such as Yale, over any school that merely has a high "specialty" ranking.

The only reason you may want to consider a specialty program is if you plan on doing academic research and want to work directly with a professor who is a known expert in a particular niche. If you're just going to practice, go with the a well known firm. Most people don't pay much attention to those specialty rankings.

Hi,
Sorry for causing the feeling of the "awesome" "impotent", and I promise I did not mean to bring that, :)...^_^, thanks for your answer, by the way, I hate the rankings, too....

It strikes me that the answer to this question changes significantly depending on which word you actually meant to have in the title. Most people will probably assume you meant "important", which is fair, but dull. I'm electing to go with "impotent", since that makes the question entirely awesome.

My answer: leave "the ranking" alone - it's under a lot of stress, and besides: it's a very common condition!

Agree, that is what i am aiming now. thanks buddy.

I absolutely agree. Why everything in black or white? Many of the top schools are very strong in IP: stanford, berkeley, etc.
You can achieve both goals in 1 llm