Trainee Patent Attorney, IT & Engineering

• Posted: 10th September 2024
• Deadline: 31st January 2025
• Type: Fee earner
• Location: London
• Salary: Competitive
• Hours: 35

We are looking for ambitious electronics, IT, engineering or physics graduates to join our successful IT & Engineering practice group to start in September 2025.

Becoming a trainee Patent Attorney at GJE will start you on a fulfilling career journey towards full qualification as a European and UK Patent Attorney. You will apply the technical knowledge and expertise gained from your degree to your role in which you will gain skills in patent drafting, filing and prosecution.

You can expect to work with a wide range of exciting clients right from the start of your training – Multinational organisations like Proctor & Gamble, Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation), and Oracle, alongside SME’s, start-ups and university spin-outs. You will be mentored and guided by our expert attorneys who are at the top of their game, and supported by friendly and collaborative colleagues.

About us

GJE LLP is one of the UK’s leading intellectual property firms and is consistently recognised by the leading UK legal directories. We are based in modern offices in London’s Broadgate Tower where the City of London meets vibrant Shoreditch. Our firm has a clearly defined strategic vision for where we are heading and an impressive track record to match. There are around 130 of us in our London office, so we’re small and friendly enough for you to get to know everyone – but big enough to offer you great career prospects.

Training and mentoring

Our exceptional training programme will provide you with valuable on-the-job learning before enrolling you for the Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law. Ultimately you will be working towards qualification as both a European patent attorney and a Chartered (UK) patent attorney. You will be exposed to real responsibility early on in your training, allowing you to acquire the skills you need to grow into a successful patent attorney and achieve great things.

We support you in these studies through external courses and our extensive in-house training programme. You will also greatly benefit from mentoring and coaching by our industry-leading and approachable senior attorneys, who are always happy to help.

For more information on the graduate career journey, visit our careers website.

Life as a Trainee Patent Attorney at GJE

Alongside working and studying for your professional exams we encourage you to get involved with areas of the business that interest you, be it helping with presentations and events, training and recruitment, writing articles or joining working groups to review internal processes and propose change. We support our people to play to their strengths.

We offer a competitive salary (reviewed annually and upon exam success), hybrid-working, great benefits & perks and a whole host of regular social events and wellbeing initiatives. We’re a friendly and supportive bunch and we think GJE is a great place to work.

About you

Our Trainee Attorneys are vital to our success.

We pride ourselves on our people and look for top graduates who demonstrate a passion for science and engineering and who can contribute to the continued development of our business.

As a minimum requirement, the successful candidates will fulfil the following criteria:

• Degree in physics, electronics, IT or engineering (2.1 or 1st or equivalent)
• A level physics (or equivalent qualification)
• High academic achievement in GCSEs and A Levels (or equivalent qualifications)
• Effective communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail

You will be exposed to a diverse range of cases and clients right from the start, so excellent communication skills are a must. You should also have the ability and confidence to build effective working relationships and be able to offer straightforward and practical advice to your clients.

Equal opportunities, inclusion and diversity are important values of GJE, and we encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race.

If you have any special requirements, please contact us to ensure that we can make any required adjustments for the recruitment process. You can contact us at careers@gje.com.

You will join a hard-working, professional and fun workplace, which will allow you to unleash your potential as a future Patent Attorney.

To apply

Ensure that you apply directly to us via our recruitment portal, which can be accessed from our website.

Your application should include the following:

• Your CV, with the following details:
  • your qualifications from school and university, including subjects studied and grades
  • a list of the modules studied in your degree
• A covering letter detailing your motivation for a career in patent law

Please apply as soon as possible, as we will assess applications when we receive them. 

We do accept applications via third party websites/job boards or from recruitment agencies.

Apply now