The Classroom Experience includes IP Students from around the U.S. and Dozens of Other Countries With A Wide Variety of Academic and Professional Backgounds : The Pierce Advantage
Being an IP student at Pierce Law is a life changing experience. Pierce IP students are among the best and brightest in many ways.
- IP students are from many academic disciplines
- Many IP students hold advanced degrees in engineering, science, technology and business
- IP students are from a wide variety of colleges and universities
- IP students come from dozens of countries around the globe
- iP students include those coming from an undergraduate education to those with decades of advanced education and experience
- IP students speak dozens of languages
- IP students include
- IP students are proud of their cultural diversity sharing their perspective on IP and culture in and out of the classroom at celebrations such as Diwali and the Lunar New Year
IP includes patent, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, trade regulation and related commerce and technology topics. Patent lawyers who practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office require technical degrees. Those IP students who choose not to practice before the USPTO hold degrees in a wide range of non-technical areas. This mix of interdisciplinary students provides an intellectually challenging and rewarding experience.

Pierce Law patent students with technical backgrounds include the full range of degrees, including:
Engineers
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Agricultural Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Ceramic Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Electrochemical Engineering
- Engineering Physics
- General Engineering
- Geological Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Biology
- Biochemistry
- Botany
- Computer Science
- Electronics Technology
- Food Technology
- General Chemistry
- Marine Technology
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology
- Organic Chemistry
- Pharmacology
- Physics
- Textile Technology
Sit in a classroom with global IP professionals that can lead to lifetime friendships, professional and social netoworking
Graduate Students often include:
- foreign IP lawyers
- corporate professionals
- government officials
- policy makers
- non-governmental organization leaders
- academics


