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UK Law student needs advice |
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Thanks. Few more questions |
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01/05/2002 |
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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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Thanks very much. I just have a few more questions.
Where was the bank that you worked for based (the one you did your graduate training), ie did you work in New York once you finished uni in Ireland? Also from my experience it seems that investment banks usually only employ economics/mathematic/business graduates, and seldom lawyers, so how did you manage to work for them.
Also which prep course did you take for the bar exam?
If possible can we talk more about this via e-mail? My address is:
jrmackay99@hotmail.com.
Thanks again.
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