Trainee Patent Attorney

• Sep 2021 - Present

Forresters is a leading firm of UK and European patent and trade mark attorneys with an international client base. We provide clear, sensible and practical advice to clients looking to protect their intellectual property, including patents, trade marks, designs and copyright. Our broad range of technical expertise means that whatever your area of technology, we will be able to give you sensible and practical advice in a language you'll understand. Forresters is a leading firm of UK and European patent and trade mark attorneys with an international client base. We provide clear, sensible and practical advice to clients looking to protect their intellectual property, including patents, trade marks, designs and copyright. Our broad range of technical expertise means that whatever your area of technology, we will be able to give you sensible and practical advice in a language you'll understand.

Industrial Placement Student

• Oct 2020 - Jun 2021

Consultancy Work Experience

• Sep 2019 - Sep 2019

2 week consultancy job-shadowing placement with B2B CFO Partner in California. - Visited and gained an insight into the operations of numerous high-end clients including Coronet Lighting, IgniteRx and Morrissey Associates - Learnt about the methods used in consulting to reach a firm’s goal from a financial point of view, as well as the overall business strategy 2 week consultancy job-shadowing placement with B2B CFO Partner in California. - Visited and gained an insight into the operations of numerous high-end clients including Coronet Lighting, IgniteRx and Morrissey Associates - Learnt about the methods used in consulting to reach a firm’s goal from a financial point of view, as well as the overall business strategy

R&D Summer Intern

• Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

A member of the Materials Engineering team. Tasks included: - assisting with manufacturing and applying a patented thermal history paint - using cutting-edge technology to take lifetime decay measurements - working safely with furnaces and precision cutters - carrying out an intellectual property patent search on thermoluminescence - presenting regularly to the rest of the company to strengthen my presentation skills and ability to communicate my findings clearly across to the team Show less

Headstart Computer Science Residential Course

• Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

- Learnt how to use Python to create a robot-maze game. Used this new knowledge to develop a password generator with a team of five and present it in front of a panel including the Head of the Engineering and Computer Science Department. - Attended workshops in computer security and debugging. - Taught me about learning quickly on the go, as well as improving my analytical, time-management, presentation and public-speaking skills. - Learnt how to use Python to create a robot-maze game. Used this new knowledge to develop a password generator with a team of five and present it in front of a panel including the Head of the Engineering and Computer Science Department. - Attended workshops in computer security and debugging. - Taught me about learning quickly on the go, as well as improving my analytical, time-management, presentation and public-speaking skills.

Work Experience

• Jul 2015 - Jul 2015

- Job-shadowed a wide range of departments every day including Equity Sales, Trading, the Global Family Office team and Marketing. - Presented my findings to one of the teams on a company looking for investment - Job-shadowed a wide range of departments every day including Equity Sales, Trading, the Global Family Office team and Marketing. - Presented my findings to one of the teams on a company looking for investment

Work Experience

• Jul 2015 - Jul 2015

- Gained an insight into the different sectors of the Client Services and IT Support department. - My role involved recording client details in Excel spreadsheets and being on-hand to help solve IT problems any of the internal clients had as well as promoting the newest devices and software available to them. - Gained an insight into the different sectors of the Client Services and IT Support department. - My role involved recording client details in Excel spreadsheets and being on-hand to help solve IT problems any of the internal clients had as well as promoting the newest devices and software available to them.