1.你是如何在这个领域开始的？
由于另一个Wellesley Alum，2012年的班级，我开始了专利法。她在决赛期间发短信给我，问我是否还需要一份工作。我对专利们一无所知，但她告诉我，他们训练了每个人从那里划伤所以无所谓。这项工作对我来说听起来很有趣，所以她帮助了我的求职信并定制简历。然后，当我在我的申请中发送时，她为人力资源标记了，我邀请采访。一旦我在那里，我有机会联合面谈法律助理职位，他们称之为练习系统，他们告诉我基本上是相同的，除了建立申请我将审查他们的准确性。我同意对两者进行采访，我最终得到了实践制度的工作。我开始校对专利，同时学习专利起诉的复杂性。

你是如何推进的？
就像我说我开始校对，而我正在接受过更多复杂的任务的培训，该部门处理过。我被分配了一个导师，我很幸运，因为她是一个伟大的。她讲了我这么多，我努力尽快学习。当我去问她的东西时，我一定要注意到她去哪里看起来或者她跑来检查的东西。在向她寻求帮助之前，我开始遵循这种模式。我学到了很快，即获得培训和提前的最佳方式是主动。如果他们知道你有动力学习，那么人们会更有动力来帮助你，并且你试图自己努力解决问题。一旦我有基础知识，我会试图使他们适应更复杂的东西。作为船坞，我会带上邮件和码头纸，并在这是邮件，这是我输入的是那样的吗？我会得到一些编辑并进入那些，然后进行下次进行调整。 The secret really is to just be considerate of you coworker’s time; making an effort goes a long way with people. After just two years, I was acting as the senior docketer, and I had trained everyone below me in the department. Everything I learned there was the foundation for my success at my second job where I was hired me for my patent prosecution experience. I continued to thrive there by following that same pattern of taking initiative.

3. What is your day-to-day like?
So, my days vary quite a bit. On slow days, I focus on the mail, working ahead on the docket, and any projects or requests I receive. There are always a lot of demands on my time. My last role was supporting the practice of three attorneys whose dockets included both patent prosecution and litigation, so it was important that I track the things they needed and get those to them as quickly as possible. When you work in a support role, your day is subject to the changing needs of the people who you support. Flexibility is important along with the ability to quickly transition between tasks. Strong organizational skills are important to facilitate this. I use a combination of to-do lists and calendar reminders to help me to stay on top of things. At the end of every day, I make a to-do list with anything that I need to work on or on-going tasks that I am carrying over into the next day (mail to be reported, projects that are in progress, etc).

Then there are busier days where it’s necessary to clear out your schedule for something you are working on. For example, I recently coordinated some large scale IPR/CBM filings that involved seven secretaries three QC people, three attorneys, and a cite checker across three different offices. During those filings, I needed to be available to everyone on the team plus work on the petitions, so those consumed all of my day. Some standard tasks for those are formatting, uploading, entering edits, keeping the team updated on the progress, and distributing tasks to the team.

4.当前学生应该努力成为成功申请人的技能？
这些类型的职位的大技能是团队合作，注意细节和组织。您是一支与您支持的律师和办公室中其他人的团队，共同努力，以确保练习顺利运行。能够在各部门无缝接口，使工作更容易。任务跟踪和管理是作业的重要部分，正在组织是实现这一目标的唯一方法。最后但并非最不重要的是，关注细节很重要，因为你工作的案件具有真实的世界后果，以及你工作的人必须能够相信你的工作。

5.你职业生涯的下一步是什么？
我的下一步将于8月开始法学院。在法律行业工作五年后，我觉得自信地是法律的做法是我想做的事。但我也意识到我想继续采取更复杂的工作，唯一的实现方式是获得法律学位。下一章和新挑战我很兴奋。

6. Is there anything you wish you had known back when you were graduating?
You already have everything you need to be successful. It’s not that I didn’t know that already, but I wish I had believed it more. It’s great to come from a place like Wellesley that has a tradition of excellence, but it can be easy to forget that every alum has gone through the same thing you are going through right now. The best thing I have heard since graduating was from an alumnae panel for the Wellesley Effect. The panel discussed the uncertainty and difficulties they faced in building their careers, and how it’s only by looking back on their careers that they can create truly polished narratives.

7.威尔斯利在您的职业生涯中发挥了什么作用？
就像我说的,韦尔斯利连接帮助我get my first job out of college, and that was an important foundation for me. But the value of Wellesley is so much more than that. Having a Wellesley degree on my resume has helped me in every interview I have had since graduating. The reputation that Wellesley has for producing smart, dedicated alums is always helpful. It’s also great knowing that there are always alums available and happy to give advice. I love seeing Wellesley Alums help each other with anything from career advice to sunscreen recommendations.