Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala

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The selection of a law firm for articling or summering is one of the most important choices that you will make in the early phases of your legal career. At Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP, students are an integral part of our professional team and a key source of our firm's ongoing growth. We provide a flexible and hands-on articling experience that exposes students to all aspects of intellectual property law practice. While students are assigned a principal, they work closely with all of our lawyers over the course of their articles. You may already know some of our lawyers, since many teach intellectual property law courses and seminars at both the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. Most of our lawyers, which currently total seventeen, articled here. We do not have a structured rotation system, but ensure all our students have a well-rounded articling experience. Every effort is made to accommodate specialized interests. Many of our students have clerked with the British Columbia or Federal courts prior to commencing articles. Secondments may be arranged for students who desire some exposure to legal work outside the intellectual property field. As an articling or summer student with our firm, you can expect to be involved in: Our lawyers appear before the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Federal Court Trial Division and the Federal Court of Appeal. We also represent clients before the Trademarks Opposition Board and the Patent Appeal Board. Our client base is diverse, ranging from individual inventors and entrepreneurs through to universities and large multi-national corporations. We also act on behalf of a large number of Canadian and foreign law firms. Our practice encompasses a wide spectrum of high-tech sectors, including telecommunications, optics, mechanical and chemical engineering, medical devices and biotechnology. As an articling or summer student here, you will be asked to contribute to the development of legal arguments and strategies. You will also have close contact with clients and meaningful input into the management of files. Qualifications Our practice is demanding and challenging, and our lawyers have extensive technical expertise in fields outside law. This includes electrical engineering, chemical engineering, physics, chemistry, and biotechnology. Ideal articling and summering candidates typically have these qualifications: For more information on our articling program "“ or on the experience of practicing at Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP or within the intellectual property field generally "“ please contact Thomas W. Bailey or any of our other lawyers or former articling. Former Students: Craig A. Ash , Richard A. Johnson , David H. Takagawa , Amy M. Fong , or Jennifer A. Marles . Our Current Students Michael G. Fink Salary and Benefits We offer salary and benefits that are competitive with those provided at other downtown Vancouver firms. Salaries are paid during the full articling year, including the time spent at the Professional Legal Training Course. We also pay PLTC and call fees.

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