Location: Munich
Duration: max 4 months
Application deadline: No application deadline, applications can be filed any time
The EPO offers legal internships as part of your Rechtsreferendarzeit (period of practical training between first and second state exam for law students in Germany). The legal internship takes place at the EPO in Munich.
Requirements
You must
- be a national of one of the EPO member states;
- have successfully completed the first state examination in law (erstes Staatsexamen)
- have a very good knowledge of one of the EPO's official languages (English, French and German) and a good knowledge of one of the others
- be in possession of a valid passport or national identity card and produce a certificate of good conduct
- have customer service, organisational and prioritisation skills, very good communication skills, capacity to analyse problems and find appropriate solutions, ability to work independently as well as within a team, responsibility, professionalism, flexibility and self-initiative, personal integrity, discretion and respect for confidentiality
Selection procedure
Preselected candidates will be invited to an online interview.
Application
Please apply by completing the online application form, making sure to include the documents indicated below:
- CV (specifying your language levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
- Degree obtained on completion of the first state examination in law (erstes Staatsexamen)
- Motivation letter
In your motivation letter, please indicate your first and second choice of EPO legal department where you would like to work
- Patent Law
- European and International Legal Affairs, PCT
- Legal and Unitary Patent Division
- Institutional and general legal matters
Please note that applications are accepted all year round for this rolling vacancy. Candidates will be contacted as soon as need arises in the relevant department.