Cook Group Partners with Indiana University School of Law to Create Innovative Intellectual Property Internship.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington and Cook Group Incorporated are pleased to announce the establishment of the Cook Group Incorporated Intellectual Property Internship, which will provide an exceptional opportunity each year for a student in the School of Law to acquire real-world skills and experience in the practice of intellectual property law.

Cook Group, based in Bloomington, Indiana, is a global leader in developing health care devices. With manufacturing facilities and offices worldwide, it is at the forefront of medical research and product development in minimally invasive medical device technology for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. As both an innovator and a manufacturer, the company is intensely involved in the management and protection of its intellectual property.

The internship participant will be employed in the legal department of Cook Group or one of its subsidiaries for a 10-week period during the summer following the first year of law school. During the internship, the participant will be exposed to a wide variety of intellectual property projects and will work directly with the attorneys of several nationally recognized intellectual property law firms.

The internship participant will be selected by the general counsel of Cook Group during January of each year, beginning in 2006, from among those first-year students who have submitted applications. In order to be considered, a student must be qualified to sit for the examination for admission to the patent bar, based on an undergraduate degree in engineering or science, equivalent education or equivalent experience.

Selection will be based on first semester law school grades, undergraduate major, graduate study in engineering or science, related work experience and an interview. Preference will be given to students whose undergraduate degree, graduate study and work experience are in disciplines related to Cook Group's products and current research.

The program's organizers expect that the participant will be a highly competitive candidate for the summer associate programs of the intellectual property law firms representing Cook Group. Cook will ensure that the participant is able to work directly with all or most of these firms during the internship period and will encourage the participant to apply for those firms' programs in the summer after the second year of law school.

"The Intellectual Property Internship will provide highly motivated and well-qualified law graduates who are seasoned in both the theory and practice of intellectual property law and are immediately prepared to provide effective representation to their clients," said Pete Yonkman, general counsel to Cook Group.

"The School of Law extends its thanks to Cook Group for its generosity and foresight in the establishment of this internship," said Dean Lauren Robel of the I.U. School of Law.

The world's largest privately held manufacturer of medical devices with international headquarters in Bloomington, Ind., Cook(R) Group Inc. (www.cookgroup.com/) is a leading designer, manufacturer and global distributor of minimally invasive medical device technology for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The company also owns interests in biotechnology product development and manufacturing, commercial real estate development, aviation, and in the hotel and hospitality industry.

Founded in 1842, the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (http://www.law.Indiana.edu/) ranks among the top 15 public schools in the nation and in the top 20 percent of all accredited law schools nationwide. Its graduates are managing partners of national law firms; state, federal and international judges; as well as professors, business leaders, and accomplished public servants throughout the nation and the world. Its faculty members are outstanding teachers and path-breaking scholars whose work impacts legal conversations worldwide. And the credentials of its students are the strongest in its history.