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UK Law student needs advice |
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working in NY |
| Date Posted: |
01/03/2002 |
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Thanks very much. Another option I have been told about is to qualify (do the LPC - the UK rough equivalent of the US bar exam) and articles at a UK firm, and then work here in the UK for a couple of years. Then I would try to move to the US as a qualified attorney with experience in the UK and Europe (which I understand most top NY firms are trying to break into). However the problem remains, I would not have any experience in the US, and would still have to take the bar exam etc. There are some one year part time courses here in the UK (really expensive though, around ??6,000) that prep you on the NY bar exam, but still I would have no US work experience, and apart from my UK/Europe experience I would still not be attractive to a US firm. Thus another factor was the possibility of practising UK law in the US? Is that a feasible option that I should be entertaining? Any other suggestions?
Again thanks very much for your help.
My e-mail is jrmackay99@hotmail.com
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I'm an Irish qualified lawyer, I work as an inhouse lawyer for a US investment bank and I plan to move to NY at the beginning of next month.
If it is any help to you, I can tell you how I fell into this situation.
After I qualified, I spent a year on a graduate training program at the investment bank, I eventually wrangled my way into the legal department and have spent the last three years as an inhouse lawyer in London.
I took the NY bar exam last July (as long as you have a law degree from an Irish or UK university, then you can take the NY bar exam). I was given three weeks study leave, the course I took was paid for by the bank (by the way, any course asking for ??6,000 is ripping you off). If you are paying for everything yourself, then remember you also have to pay for flights to the US (twice - for the bar exam and the professional responsibility exam) and hotels when you stay there (foreign candidates sit the exam in Albany).
Most of the major London City Law Firms also have offices is in NY, and I'm sure you could arrange for a transfer from London to the US if you joined one of those firms.
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