I'm contemplating doing my LLM from LSE,KCL or UCL after my LLB in India...but i'm quite confused about where to venture after that. Too many people have told me that getting a work permit is next to impossible for most people in Britain, so what do most international students do?
Someone talked about coming back to India and becoming an advocate for 2 years in the High Court and then applying for the British equivalent in order to practise in the UK. But that seems so absurd!
Should I really spend so much money on my Masters , only to come back and practise litigation in India?
And if not litigation, what's the normal course of action?...do people apply to recuitment agencies and then wait..because obviously after studying from abroad, you lose out on the prospects of garnering a college placement also...

hi boddhi. i'm going to king's this september for LLM and i'm as completely clueless as you. but the way i see it, even if i don't immediately get work in England, just studying there for a year is going to add to my skills. as you probably know, most of the senior advocates in the supreme court, have studies abroad at some point of time, and it make a definite qualitative difference.

also, if you go abroad, you are not really missing that much in terms of college placements. in fact, the placement bracket that you are looking at may possibly improve if you apply to firms seperately after your LLM.

so, either way, an LLM will be a definite plus for you, even if you just come back to India.

:)

Hello there,
It basically depends on the subject you intend to pursue, what scope does it have in future, either in practice or job. Further more, it's not just LL.M that contributes, its the practical experience which is more necessary and to use the knowledge which has been massed while studying and implementing it in the way, it requires.

Best wishes to both of you

Yogesh