# USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule. · Published 2016-05-27 · Effective 2016-06-27 · 81 FR 33591
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-12498
- **Category:** uspto-patent
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 33591
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 11
- **Publication date:** 2016-05-27
- **Effective date:** 2016-06-27
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No.: PTO-C-2015-0018
## Abstract

The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("Office" or "USPTO") is issuing a final rule to comply with a Public Law enacted on December 16, 2014. This law requires the USPTO Director to establish regulations and procedures for application to, and participation in, the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program. The program allows students enrolled in a participating law school's clinic to practice patent and trademark law before the USPTO under the direct supervision of an approved faculty clinic supervisor by drafting, filing, and prosecuting patent or trademark applications, or both, on a pro bono basis for clients who qualify for assistance from the law school's clinic.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/05/27/2016-12498/uspto-law-school-clinic-certification-program)
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