Company: Carpmaels & Ransford
Locations: London
Event: Black Heritage Insight Event
Date of Event: 13/02/2025
Application Deadline: 07/02/2025
Who are Carpmaels and Ransford:
- Carpmaels & Ransford are a leading European intellectual property law firm.
- Through their passionate and award-winning team of life scientists, engineers and regulatory experts, they advise some of the world’s leading healthcare companies.
- Each year, Carpmaels recruits a number of exceptional STEM graduates, supporting them through to qualification as a UK and European patent attorney. Opportunities exist within their Chemistry, Biotechnology and Engineering & Tech practice groups.
The Event:
Carpmaels and Ransford are hosting a Black Heritage Student Insight Event for STEM students from all year groups – ranging from first years to those undertaking further study, including PhDs.
You will hear from a variety of people at different stages of their career journeys, receive helpful hints and tips for joining the profession and participate in practical activities which offer a taster of the day-to-day role. This offers an invaluable opportunity to explore the profession and discover more about life at the firm. The agenda for the day will involve:
- 13:00 – Student Arrival
- 13:20 – Welcome and overview of event
- 13:30 – Patents - what are they and why do we have them?
- 14:00 – Panel discussion and Q&A
- 14:45 – Break
- 15:10 – Interactive group workshop
- 16:40 – Career Insight & applications
- 17:10 – Closing remarks and networking
- 19:00 – Finish
Event attendees will also be offered the opportunity to undertake a pre-recorded trainee video interview and receive personalised feedback.
By completing the video interview, you will receive a useful insight into the types of questions that you will come across when applying for trainee patent attorney positions. For attendees who would like to be considered for Carpmaels’ 2024 trainee intake, this will also allow you to bypass the initial application stage of the process.
If you are interested in exploring career options outside of the lab, whilst putting your degree to good use in a rewarding and intellectually stimulating profession, Carpmaels would love to meet you.
Why should you attend:
- You will have the chance to ask any questions you have about the firm or roles within the company before potentially submitting an application to become a graduate trainee with them.
- In addition to working on cutting-edge technologies and landmark cases, graduate trainees enjoy a culture of inclusivity and collaboration.
- Carpmaels employs a fair and barrier-free recruitment processes to ensure everyone feels valued and supported.
Who can attend:
- The event is open to black heritage STEM students from relevant technical disciplines and the firm welcomes interest from individuals in their first year of undergraduate study and beyond.
- You must have achieved a minimum of AAB at A-level - please include this in your CV.
Accepted Universities:
- You must attend one of the following Universities:
- Aston, Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Dundee, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Heriot Watt, Imperial, King’s College, Lancaster, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool, Loughborough, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Queen Mary, Queen’s Belfast, Sheffield, Southampton, St Andrews, Strathclyde, Surrey, UCL, Warwick, York
Accepted Degrees:
- You must be studying one of the following subjects: Electronics and/or electrical engineering
Computer science
Physics with a strong electronics focus (not so much theoretical or astrophysics)
Chemistry
Natural sciences (chemistry options)
Biological sciences
Biomedical sciences (including biochemistry and molecular biology)
Natural sciences (biological options)
