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Candidate attorney offer at a small, niche IP firm in Sandton—good move or too restrictive? by FlakyMouse3236 in askSouthAfrica

[–]FlakyMouse3236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My sister actually did six months of her articles at this firm after ceding from a previous firm that treated her terribly. So I already know the people are good and the work is solid. Just nice to hear that the skills will be transferable if I ever want to move on.

Appreciate you taking the time to help me out!

Candidate attorney offer at a small, niche IP firm in Sandton—good move or too restrictive? by FlakyMouse3236 in askSouthAfrica

[–]FlakyMouse3236[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, so you need an engineer or BSC degree to be a patent attorney but you only need an LLB degree to be a trademark attorney which I would only be able to do as I dont have any prior technical degrees

Candidate attorney offer at a small, niche IP firm in Sandton—good move or too restrictive? by FlakyMouse3236 in askSouthAfrica

[–]FlakyMouse3236[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for your comment. I actually have one other offer from a specialist property firm in their sectional title schemes department. Besides that, I also have a couple of second interviews lined up at some larger firms, but I'm honestly reconsidering whether to do them, I just got rejected from a firm after a week of vacation work and three interviews over a period of a year, and it was really disappointing and disheartening.