Hi, i will be doing the bptc at city next year, ask me anything you want!!

Ps: have you decided on the provider yet?

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Provider???... not yet... which is better??

I'm a law graduate stateside and my specialism is International human rights law. I'm hoping to work for an NGO like Amnesty or even The UN. Would an LLM(public international specialism) from an UK University increase my chances of getting hired by that type of organization in The UK? Or is there a better way to do that. I have no desire to work in a private firm.
-Kayt

No, it wouldn't help. In order to work for the UN you have to have many relations! Many! otherwise, you'll just be an intern...and unpaid.

I'm a law graduate stateside and my specialism is International human rights law. I'm hoping to work for an NGO like Amnesty or even The UN. Would an LLM(public international specialism) from an UK University increase my chances of getting hired by that type of organization in The UK? Or is there a better way to do that. I have no desire to work in a private firm.
-Kayt

Well, I have 4 Bachelor's Degrees (Political Science, International Relations, English, Theatre). Each qualifies as Top Honors as my lowest GPA is 3.89. I'm wanting to work in international human rights (specifically educational issues for women and children who victims of human trafficking). I'm looking to apply to QMUL or UCL. I have an internship with the UN right now working at the International Criminal Court. I'm also hoping to teach law in the future.

Great background. UCL is great, Cambridge is famous for Public International Law and Essex is known world wide for its human Rights programs. So, apply to several places and see what the odds are. Consider scholarship programs as well - Weidenfeld scholarship at Oxford is truly amazing and focused on people who are into human rights!

I received the Queen Mary LLM (international) scholarship for my LL.M in Computer and Communications Law this year - will be joining the classes at QMUL from mid-September hopefully. I pursued my Bar Vocational Course (presently known as BPTC) at City law School and was subsequently called to the Bar in 2009. Thereafter, I came back to my country, Bangladesh and got my enrollment with the Bar Council here. I have been working at a set of chamber for about four years - mostly specializing in telecom and IT laws which actually inspired me to pursue this LL.M.

Now, my question is: as a lawyer who is practicing in a different jurisdiction, although all my degrees are from the UK, what is my prospect of getting at least a placement in a law firm such as Bird&Bird in London having a practice in telecom and communications laws? I understand that securing a pupillage in the UK for a non-resident Barrister like me is near to impossible - that's why I never even aimed for that. Besides, I eventually want to set up my own chamber in Dhaka.

However, it would be really very beneficial for me if I could make some liaison with an international telecom law firm in London by working there for sometime and open up my own practice in Dhaka in affiliation with that firm, given the fact that the second largest growing industry in Bangladesh at present is the telecommunications sector and is expanding very fast.

Thanks!