Fish & Richardson Supports Post-Grant Pro Bono Project at North Carolina Central University School of Law For Minority Law Students

DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- North Carolina Central University School of Law's (NCCU) Intellectual Property (IP) Law Institute has launched the Post-Grant Pro Bono Project, with the help of Fish & Richardson and Jones Day, to provide minority law students with immersive, hands-on training in prosecuting post-grant matters. This first-of-its-kind program was created to encourage true innovation, support a more diverse bar, and provide minority law students with valuable skills that have broad applicability for today's employers.

Experienced post-grant practitioners from Fish, Jones Day, and SAS will share their in-depth experience with NCCU law students and provide direct training in post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) as part of NCCU's "Post-Grant Clinic and Practice" course.

"We are very excited to be a part of this program," said Fish principal Tom Rozylowicz. "Fish is the most active firm in post-grant proceedings at the PTAB, so we have a wealth of knowledge and real-world experience to share that will help NCCU's IP Law Institute achieve its goal of expanding the pool of minority, STEM-trained IP attorneys."

SAS has provided funding to NCCU to support the work of the IP Law Institute, demonstrating its commitment to educational initiatives that prepare students for the 21st century workforce, with a particular focus on efforts in its home state of North Carolina. In addition to SAS, Google, Epic Games, and Netflix are supporting this unique effort.

North Carolina Central University School of Law was founded to provide opportunities for African Americans to become lawyers. Embracing our heritage, our mission is to provide a high quality, personalized, practice-oriented, and affordable legal education to historically underrepresented students from diverse backgrounds in order to increase diversity in the legal profession.

Fish & Richardson is a global patent prosecution, intellectual property litigation and commercial litigation law firm with more than 400 attorneys and technology specialists in the U.S. and Europe. Our success is rooted in our creative and inclusive culture, which values the diversity of people, experiences and perspectives. Fish is the No. 1 U.S. patent litigation firm, handling nearly three times as many cases as its nearest competitor; a powerhouse patent prosecution firm; a top-tier trademark and copyright firm; and the No. 1 firm at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, with more cases than any other firm. Since 1878, Fish attorneys have been winning cases worth billions in controversy — often by making new law — for the world's most innovative and influential technology leaders. In addition to its expertise in intellectual property law, Fish boasts a robust pro bono program, and encourages all of its legal professionals to take on pro bono matters as part of their professional lives. Fish lawyers average 56 pro bono hours per year representing clients on a range of public interest and social justice issues, leveraging its greatest resource – Fish attorneys – to address the widening justice gap. For more information, visit https://www.fr.com or follow us at @FishRichardson.

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