USPTO Expands Patent Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program.  The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced that it will open the current Patent Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program to admit 10 additional schools for the upcoming fall 2012 academic year. This pilot program allows law students to practice patent law before the agency under the guidance of a law school faculty clinic supervisor.  Submissions from interested law schools will be accepted through Friday, June 1, 2012.

Participating Law Schools

University of Akron School of Law	American University, Washington College of Law
University of Connecticut School of Law	The George Washington University School of Law
Howard University School of Law	The John Marshall School of Law
University of Maine School of Law	University of Maryland School of Law
University of New Hampshire School of Law	North Carolina Central University School of Law
University of Puerto Rico School of Law	University of Richmond – Richmond School of Law
Rutgers Law School – Newark	Vanderbilt College of Law
West Virginia University School of Law	William Mitchell College of Law