Hello all,

I live in the US now, but I lived in London for two years of my undergraduate education. I finished my degree in the US. I have lived in several US cities now and find myself missing London terribly. I just took the LSAT and have been planning on a US law school, but I'm wondering what I would need to do if I wanted to practice law in the UK. Any advice would be greatly appreciated - I am having trouble finding information about this.

Thanks.

To become a solicitor in the UK you need to pass the academic phase of training; the vocational phase and then do two years' training. The academic phase is satisfied by a qualifying law degree (either undergraduate or graduate entry/senior status) or by doing the CPE/conversion course/graduate diploma in law (GDL). You then need to do the LPC and find a training contract. here's the websire of the relevant regulatory body:-
http://www.sra.org.uk/students/home.page
If you want to become a barrister, the academic phase is the same but you then do the BVC.
If you are already qualified in another jurisdiction with two years' experience then you can do the qualified lawyers' transfer test.
It is possible to qualify via being a legal exec I believe, but I also think it takes ages.