Do you want to take your scientific knowledge beyond the lab and into the real world? Imagine playing a key role in protecting andcommercialising cutting-edgetechnological innovations andworking alongside some of the leading scientists in their fields. If that sounds exciting, have you considered a career as a patent attorney? It’s a unique and intellectually stimulating role, combining deep scientific understanding with complex legal, strategic and commercial thinking.

Our Patent Career Programme offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of innovation and contribute to high-impact IP matters, all while studying towards your exams to become a qualified UK and European patent attorney.

Why Kilburn & Strode?

Kilburn& Strode is a leading firm of European patent andtrade markattorneys with offices in London, The Netherlands and San Francisco. We help protect the most innovative ideas and designs, in the most competitive markets, working for the world’s finest organisations – companies like Aston Martin Lagonda, Samsonite, Boeing and Reaction Engines. We have a culture built on diversity and are looking for people who share and demonstrate our ambition and commitment to our clients.

This is an exciting time to join Kilburn & Strode, we have just launched our 5 year strategy and have some exciting plans ahead! Not only that, we work closely with our clients on their biggest challenges and we need the brightest and most ambitious talent to help us do that. As one of our new trainees, join us as we set ourselves ahead in our field. Seize the opportunity to be part of an exciting firm where you will receive gold-star support as you kickstart and develop your career.

Our Tech + Eng team

We are recruiting for places on our Tech trainingprogramme to start in October 2026– where we will support, mentor and develop you into aworld classpatent attorney working on some of the most exciting new products and ideas from across the globe. Our Tech + Eng team comprises of over 60 individuals and we advise some very high-profile global clients across all fields of technology.

At Kilburn & Strode we offer a quality structured training programme and a dedicated people manager to help guide you through your traineeship. No two days are ever the same, throughout the course of your training you will master the fundamentals of UK and European patent law, learn how to draft patent applications, take part in opinion and opposition work and interact with clients.

Who can apply?

- Whether you are a new graduate or are looking for an exciting career change, we are looking for candidates with a solid scientific background, a strong academic record and a graduate degree in:

o Computer Science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Physics or other Engineering disciplines

o For those with a Physics or other Engineering disciplines at undergraduate level we are looking for candidates to also have a postgraduate degree focusing on medical technology, cleantech, or AI, or a postgraduate degree in computer science, electrical engineering

- We welcome applications from candidates who are on track to achieve or have achieved a 1 or 2:1 at undergraduate level.

Want to learn more before applying?

To find out more about the role of a Trade Mark attorney, then register for our webinar - Protecting Innovation: Where MedTech Meets Machine Learning - which will be held on Friday 24 October at 5.00pm – 6.00pm (GMT+1). The link to register is here.

How to apply:

Submit your application by following the link below by the closing date of Wednesday 29th October at 1pm (GMT) . We will ask you to submit a CV and covering letter and there will be a small number of competency-based questions for you to answer.

Successful applicants will then be invited to a first round online interview in November, followed by a final round in-person interview in our London office at the start of December.

Application deadline:
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 at 13:00 (UTC)
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