Hey thanks for the reply.
Can you explain what you mean by the patenting side?
My main questions was that if i had B Med Sci from UNSW and then go on to do graduate law at Usyd I would in essence have a med sci/law degree.
Would these two degrees combine to give me some unique job?
I ask because uts offers med sci/law so i was wondering why they do that and considering it as an option if i cant make it into grad med.
survivor has answered most of it. Just wanted to add more detail.
By patenting side; I mean you can become a patent attorney. Its probably the only unique job. I guess going into policy making as well in the science or medical field is an option as well where you'll use a little knowledge from science and law together. But in general; no. You won't come out with a unique job (unless you yourself get innovative - let us know how that goes
). It just means you can either go down research or being a lawyer (atleast thats what I've been told about double degrees from a guy doing comm/law).
As a patent attorney; You read through alot of inventions/novel ideas that are filing for a patent. You also consult with the inventor on the best way to go about patenting their idea or whether the idea is patentable or not.
If it is; you go and file for the patent and see how the app goes. Usually; there is alot of conflict about patents infringing each other. Its up to the attorney and the scientist to go about defending it. After about 1.5-2 years -> the patent gets approved and it becomes intellectual property of the scientist. In a nutshell; The patent attorney is valuable at he beginning of the commercialisation process. Scientists need expert knowledge on these kind of legal matters.
who cares what uts offers. In all honesty - medsci/law is like a sci/law degree. It looks like a marketing gimmick if anything. You can do a bsci/law at unsw and just do medical subjects for the science part. I know of one girl who does this - and she is thikning about going down corporate law (the last time I spoke with her).