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[quote=Anonymous]I am a partner at an IP firm, so I have a lot of first hand experience with this situation.

My advice is take the PTO job so that you have that experience on your resume.  Go to law school while at the PTO.  GW is best for this locally and has strong IP program.  (Try hard to do well enough to go to GW or Gtown.  Going to GMU or AU means you have to do much better in law school to even have a chance at these jobs).  We and other similar firms do a lot of hiring from there.  Do well in law school.  (This is still important for good jobs).  After first year of law school, consider applying for job working during the school year at the firm where you are offered a summer job.  You can make good $$ doing this and get a head start at the firm.  As others have said, a few years at PTO is good, too many is bad.  You will still have to start low on the law firm totem pole (your colleague is nuts if he thinks you can routinely go from PTO to partnership by skipping associate years) so don't do it if you don't actually want to practice law.  If you do all of these things you can have a job in 4-5 years that pays $150K+ at a firm with a path to move forward.  [/quote]

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