Has anyone considered the possibility of doing the NY Bar Exam and then QLTT as an alternative way to qualification in the UK. Apart from the fact that you will be dual qualified, you will save thousands from not doing the LPC!

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have definitely considered that!
but i didnt know we could get dual qualification without doing the LPC! could you please explain??? thx...
(btw, what is QLTT?)

I have the same question. I am from India and was wondering if its possible to get the Indian qualification and then appear for the QLTT instead of going thru the LPC??

The basic postition is as follows: To be allowed to sit the QLTT in England, you will first need to gain two years of relevant post-qualification experience as an attorney in contentious as well as non-contentious matters in the jurisdiction in which you have been admitted to practice. Thereafter, you can apply to take the QLTT; as a qualified American attorney you will need to pass three of the four heads of the QLTT (property, litigation and professional conduct/accounts), while Indian Solicitors and Advocates are usually only required to take one head (professional conduct/accounts) unless their law degree was administered in a langue other than English.

Check the Law Society's website (www.lawsociety.org.uk) for further details.

I think Leo has covered your questions.

However, I would like to add that it is a much cheaper way to become qualified than the LPC.

interesting but what's LPC or the difference between the QLTT or the NY Bar Exams

@5legal - I agree that it is cheaper to take the NY Bar plus the QLTT than the LPC, but anyone considering this route to qualification in England will have to be very mindful of the practice requirement that I mentioned above; on the basis of what I have read in this forum I would venture to suggest that it is quite difficult for a foreign law graduate without an LL.M. from a top-notch US law school (which would obviously cost significantly more than the LPC) to gain two years of PQE as an attorney in NYC.