Has anybody done this?
LL.M. in UK then NY Bar
Posted May 16, 2010 07:34
Posted May 16, 2010 08:58
I think it is impossible unless you have three years of studying in a common-law country.
Posted May 16, 2010 09:11
BPP seems to be providing New York bar training in London as well as LLM. Check with them. http://www.bpp.com/courses/cpd--professional-development/law-1/new-york-bar-course.aspx
Posted May 16, 2010 09:28
I have an LLB from the UK and I took NY last summer. Where is your first degree from? It says you must have an education of sufficient duration in a common law jurisdiction (which is typically three years). If you like, you can apply to the examiners for advance notice of eligibility, and they'll give you a certificate thing you can send in with your application to take the exam.
You can also cure a substantive or durational deficiency by legal study in the States, meaning that LLB candidates from civil law countries usually take a U.S. LLM and then sit the Bar.
You can also cure a substantive or durational deficiency by legal study in the States, meaning that LLB candidates from civil law countries usually take a U.S. LLM and then sit the Bar.
Posted May 18, 2010 05:29
Yes ive heard this too,,,you have to study your LLM in the States and take the bar exam
Posted May 18, 2010 16:19
That's true for some states in the US only right know I can only remember NY and California, but other states may accept this as well.
Posted May 18, 2010 20:50
It's relatively easy to be admitted to the NY Bar or Cali Bar (though the latter is quite a tough exam), but actually putting the credential to use is quite another matter.
Posted May 19, 2010 05:43
It's relatively easy to be admitted to the NY Bar or Cali Bar (though the latter is quite a tough exam), but actually putting the credential to use is quite another matter.
That's right. It's the worst legal market in, quite literally, decades.
Also, the New York Board of Law examiners may allow you to write the exam based on your undergraduate law degree. You should investigate that first. If your undergraduate degree is non-qualifying as far as the Board of Law Examiners is concerned, however, I'm not sure a U.K. LL.M. will change that. A U.S. LL.M. would, I think, but not one from the U.K.
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That's right. It's the worst legal market in, quite literally, decades.
Also, the New York Board of Law examiners may allow you to write the exam based on your undergraduate law degree. You should investigate that first. If your undergraduate degree is non-qualifying as far as the Board of Law Examiners is concerned, however, I'm not sure a U.K. LL.M. will change that. A U.S. LL.M. would, I think, but not one from the U.K.
Posted May 19, 2010 17:49
I think an LLM from a UK university wouldnt do you much if what you wanted was to sit for the NY bar exam. Im pretty sure only an LLM from US universities would allow you to skip a JD and sit for the bar
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