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Job Description:Cooley LLP is recruiting 2L students (JD 2029) to join its Palo Alto, San Diego and Washington, DC offices as summer associates in its Intellectual Property Litigation practice for the 2028 Summer Program. Applicants must submit a cover letter describing their interest in Intellectual Property Litigation, resume and undergraduate transcript. A 1L law school transcript is also required but can be submitted later if it is not available at the time of application. Please only apply to one office.
Cooley's intellectual property litigators win cases across the US and UK. We are experienced in all types of IP disputes – including patent, , trade secret, , Section 337 investigations, and domain name and licensing matters. We have experience across all venues – including district and appellate courts, international arbitration forums, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), , the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US Supreme Court.
As trial lawyers, we focus on preparing a case from beginning to end. A majority of our IP litigators have technical backgrounds in science and/or engineering, so they are adept at crafting compelling and persuasive stories about our clients' technology. Our trial teams draw upon the experience of first-chair trial lawyers, as well as 50+ former judicial clerks and litigation support professionals with deep discovery and case management experience.
Our goal is simple: to swiftly get our clients back to business while positioning them for long-term success. And we deliver on that goal every single day. As a result, we have earned the trust of industry leaders seeking to maintain their market positions, along with high-growth companies looking to bring disruptive technologies to market. Many of the cases we litigate involve key products, technologies and brands fundamental to our clients' businesses.
This is a summer associate position, and the expected salary is based on an annualized rate of $235,000, with semi-monthly base pay of $9,791.67, subject to payroll withholdings and deductions.
