Hi
Just looking to know if anyone from Ireland or the Uk have recieved any admissions and if so where to? ALso if you have recieved any rejections etc.
For my part i have been accepted to Duke and waitlisted at penn and chicago
Any Irish or Brits
Posted Feb 12, 2009 10:29
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Hi
Just looking to know if anyone from Ireland or the Uk have recieved any admissions and if so where to? ALso if you have recieved any rejections etc.
For my part i have been accepted to Duke and waitlisted at penn and chicago
Just looking to know if anyone from Ireland or the Uk have recieved any admissions and if so where to? ALso if you have recieved any rejections etc.
For my part i have been accepted to Duke and waitlisted at penn and chicago
Posted Feb 12, 2009 11:05
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I got my applications to UPenn, Georgetown, Fordham, George Washington and UTexas in last month so I'm not expecting to hear anything soon.
Out of curiosity what are your stats?
LSAC gave me a 3.7 GPA (based on a 2:1 at LLB), an LPC and a Professional Skills Course; I'm 31 with five years as a qualified solicitor in England.
Congratulations on your Duke acceptance. If you accept it, take the time out to visit North Carolina's Outer Banks, they are so beautiful.
I got my applications to UPenn, Georgetown, Fordham, George Washington and UTexas in last month so I'm not expecting to hear anything soon.
Out of curiosity what are your stats?
LSAC gave me a 3.7 GPA (based on a 2:1 at LLB), an LPC and a Professional Skills Course; I'm 31 with five years as a qualified solicitor in England.
Congratulations on your Duke acceptance. If you accept it, take the time out to visit North Carolina's Outer Banks, they are so beautiful.
Out of curiosity what are your stats?
LSAC gave me a 3.7 GPA (based on a 2:1 at LLB), an LPC and a Professional Skills Course; I'm 31 with five years as a qualified solicitor in England.
Congratulations on your Duke acceptance. If you accept it, take the time out to visit North Carolina's Outer Banks, they are so beautiful.
Posted Feb 12, 2009 11:30
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i'm 22 i have a 2.1 too no idea about gpa i have two year taineeship top firm 3 year paralegal and i have the nybar
i'm 22 i have a 2.1 too no idea about gpa i have two year taineeship top firm 3 year paralegal and i have the nybar
Posted Feb 12, 2009 16:51
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i'm 22 i have a 2.1 too no idea about gpa i have two year taineeship top firm 3 year paralegal and i have the nybar
Wow. Very impressive credentials at 22! Now we're looking to move Stateside I really do regret wasting all my PQE experience in conveyancing.
How did you study for the NY bar and how difficult was it? My current thoughts are taking the BarBri course before July's exam.
<blockquote>i'm 22 i have a 2.1 too no idea about gpa i have two year taineeship top firm 3 year paralegal and i have the nybar </blockquote>
Wow. Very impressive credentials at 22! Now we're looking to move Stateside I really do regret wasting all my PQE experience in conveyancing.
How did you study for the NY bar and how difficult was it? My current thoughts are taking the BarBri course before July's exam.
Wow. Very impressive credentials at 22! Now we're looking to move Stateside I really do regret wasting all my PQE experience in conveyancing.
How did you study for the NY bar and how difficult was it? My current thoughts are taking the BarBri course before July's exam.
Posted Feb 12, 2009 17:58
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don't worry people always buy houses shops etc
i did the ny via bar bri dvd course provided by friarylaw in ireland
lots of work takes a big committment esp if you're working but very passable
talking 4hrs every night mon to fri and 8 each weekend day for 3-4 months to ensure a pass
where you wanting to do llm
don't worry people always buy houses shops etc
i did the ny via bar bri dvd course provided by friarylaw in ireland
lots of work takes a big committment esp if you're working but very passable
talking 4hrs every night mon to fri and 8 each weekend day for 3-4 months to ensure a pass
where you wanting to do llm
i did the ny via bar bri dvd course provided by friarylaw in ireland
lots of work takes a big committment esp if you're working but very passable
talking 4hrs every night mon to fri and 8 each weekend day for 3-4 months to ensure a pass
where you wanting to do llm
Posted Feb 12, 2009 18:54
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The BarBri endorsement is encouraging. Thanks.
Probably Fordham because its in New York and therefore gives the best option of finding a NY law firm afterwards. But, with UPenn being Ivy League, I wouldn't really be able to turn it down if offered.
Which do you prefer?
The BarBri endorsement is encouraging. Thanks.
Probably Fordham because its in New York and therefore gives the best option of finding a NY law firm afterwards. But, with UPenn being Ivy League, I wouldn't really be able to turn it down if offered.
Which do you prefer?
Probably Fordham because its in New York and therefore gives the best option of finding a NY law firm afterwards. But, with UPenn being Ivy League, I wouldn't really be able to turn it down if offered.
Which do you prefer?
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Posted Feb 12, 2009 19:37
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I got my applications to UPenn, Georgetown, Fordham, George Washington and UTexas in last month so I'm not expecting to hear anything soon.
Out of curiosity what are your stats?
LSAC gave me a 3.7 GPA (based on a 2:1 at LLB), an LPC and a Professional Skills Course; I'm 31 with five years as a qualified solicitor in England.
Congratulations on your Duke acceptance. If you accept it, take the time out to visit North Carolina's Outer Banks, they are so beautiful.
Did you receive a high 2:1? A 3.7GPA is really good! :)
<blockquote>I got my applications to UPenn, Georgetown, Fordham, George Washington and UTexas in last month so I'm not expecting to hear anything soon.
Out of curiosity what are your stats?
LSAC gave me a 3.7 GPA (based on a 2:1 at LLB), an LPC and a Professional Skills Course; I'm 31 with five years as a qualified solicitor in England.
Congratulations on your Duke acceptance. If you accept it, take the time out to visit North Carolina's Outer Banks, they are so beautiful.</blockquote>
Did you receive a high 2:1? A 3.7GPA is really good! :)
Out of curiosity what are your stats?
LSAC gave me a 3.7 GPA (based on a 2:1 at LLB), an LPC and a Professional Skills Course; I'm 31 with five years as a qualified solicitor in England.
Congratulations on your Duke acceptance. If you accept it, take the time out to visit North Carolina's Outer Banks, they are so beautiful.</blockquote>
Did you receive a high 2:1? A 3.7GPA is really good! :)
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Posted Feb 12, 2009 19:39
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i'm 22 i have a 2.1 too no idea about gpa i have two year taineeship top firm 3 year paralegal and i have the nybar
Hiya, do you think it's better to get experience after an LLB to be able to work in America (NY, for example) following an LLM?
<blockquote>i'm 22 i have a 2.1 too no idea about gpa i have two year taineeship top firm 3 year paralegal and i have the nybar </blockquote>
Hiya, do you think it's better to get experience after an LLB to be able to work in America (NY, for example) following an LLM?
Hiya, do you think it's better to get experience after an LLB to be able to work in America (NY, for example) following an LLM?
Posted Feb 14, 2009 18:35
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I got my applications to UPenn, Georgetown, Fordham, George Washington and UTexas in last month so I'm not expecting to hear anything soon.
Out of curiosity what are your stats?
LSAC gave me a 3.7 GPA (based on a 2:1 at LLB), an LPC and a Professional Skills Course; I'm 31 with five years as a qualified solicitor in England.
Congratulations on your Duke acceptance. If you accept it, take the time out to visit North Carolina's Outer Banks, they are so beautiful.
Did you receive a high 2:1? A 3.7GPA is really good! :)
Yes, just a few points away from a first. But knowing very little about the American education system, I don't know how a GPA of 3.7 will be viewed by colleges like UPenn, Fordham and Georgetown.
<blockquote><blockquote>I got my applications to UPenn, Georgetown, Fordham, George Washington and UTexas in last month so I'm not expecting to hear anything soon.
Out of curiosity what are your stats?
LSAC gave me a 3.7 GPA (based on a 2:1 at LLB), an LPC and a Professional Skills Course; I'm 31 with five years as a qualified solicitor in England.
Congratulations on your Duke acceptance. If you accept it, take the time out to visit North Carolina's Outer Banks, they are so beautiful.</blockquote>
Did you receive a high 2:1? A 3.7GPA is really good! :)</blockquote>
Yes, just a few points away from a first. But knowing very little about the American education system, I don't know how a GPA of 3.7 will be viewed by colleges like UPenn, Fordham and Georgetown.
Out of curiosity what are your stats?
LSAC gave me a 3.7 GPA (based on a 2:1 at LLB), an LPC and a Professional Skills Course; I'm 31 with five years as a qualified solicitor in England.
Congratulations on your Duke acceptance. If you accept it, take the time out to visit North Carolina's Outer Banks, they are so beautiful.</blockquote>
Did you receive a high 2:1? A 3.7GPA is really good! :)</blockquote>
Yes, just a few points away from a first. But knowing very little about the American education system, I don't know how a GPA of 3.7 will be viewed by colleges like UPenn, Fordham and Georgetown.
Posted Feb 14, 2009 20:22
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Hi Durham Red,
Just wondering, what was your LLB average in terms of percentage (e.g. 6_%)? I am also from the UK, but did not get a LSAC GPA so was wondering where I stood on the American system.
Hi Durham Red,
Just wondering, what was your LLB average in terms of percentage (e.g. 6_%)? I am also from the UK, but did not get a LSAC GPA so was wondering where I stood on the American system.
Just wondering, what was your LLB average in terms of percentage (e.g. 6_%)? I am also from the UK, but did not get a LSAC GPA so was wondering where I stood on the American system.
Posted Feb 15, 2009 13:27
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Hi Durham Red,
Just wondering, what was your LLB average in terms of percentage (e.g. 6_%)? I am also from the UK, but did not get a LSAC GPA so was wondering where I stood on the American system.
Sorry, fidu992, I don't know because my transcripts and recommendations went straight from my universities to LSAC so I never saw them. I conservatively estimate that I was in the top 10% and I got either 68 or 69% on my LLB.
<blockquote>Hi Durham Red,
Just wondering, what was your LLB average in terms of percentage (e.g. 6_%)? I am also from the UK, but did not get a LSAC GPA so was wondering where I stood on the American system.
</blockquote>
Sorry, fidu992, I don't know because my transcripts and recommendations went straight from my universities to LSAC so I never saw them. I conservatively estimate that I was in the top 10% and I got either 68 or 69% on my LLB.
Just wondering, what was your LLB average in terms of percentage (e.g. 6_%)? I am also from the UK, but did not get a LSAC GPA so was wondering where I stood on the American system.
</blockquote>
Sorry, fidu992, I don't know because my transcripts and recommendations went straight from my universities to LSAC so I never saw them. I conservatively estimate that I was in the top 10% and I got either 68 or 69% on my LLB.
Posted Feb 15, 2009 14:55
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I can say.. LSAC 'A' grade with superior = 68/69.99% ...As same i got for my credential analysis... But i am from India..
I can say.. LSAC 'A' grade with superior = 68/69.99% ...As same i got for my credential analysis... But i am from India..
Posted Feb 15, 2009 15:07
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Does anyone have info about how UK grades are translated into US grades by LSAC?
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Does anyone have info about how UK grades are translated into US grades by LSAC?
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A-: ?
B+: ?
B: ?
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C-: ?
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Posted Feb 15, 2009 15:20
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Durham Red,
That's a really great average. But how did you end up with a 2:1 if your average is so high? A 68 or 69 average suggests that you got a bunch of first class marks (e.g. Four 70s and four 67s).
Durham Red,
That's a really great average. But how did you end up with a 2:1 if your average is so high? A 68 or 69 average suggests that you got a bunch of first class marks (e.g. Four 70s and four 67s).
That's a really great average. But how did you end up with a 2:1 if your average is so high? A 68 or 69 average suggests that you got a bunch of first class marks (e.g. Four 70s and four 67s).
Posted Feb 15, 2009 15:34
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An average of 70%+ is/was needed in 1999 when I took my LLB so I just missed out. LSAC says a 2:1 is an A-/B+ and although I was in the upper reaches of an A+ they still only rated me as above average rather than superior. A superior would only go to my head so LSAC have probably done me a favour!
An average of 70%+ is/was needed in 1999 when I took my LLB so I just missed out. LSAC says a 2:1 is an A-/B+ and although I was in the upper reaches of an A+ they still only rated me as above average rather than superior. A superior would only go to my head so LSAC have probably done me a favour!
Posted Feb 15, 2009 15:50
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Thanks for the info Durham Red. Just wondering, where did you go to uni?
Thanks for the info Durham Red. Just wondering, where did you go to uni?
Posted Feb 15, 2009 16:26
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Thanks for the info Durham Red. Just wondering, where did you go to uni?
Northampton. Sheffield for LPC. Northumbria for Professional Skills Course.
<blockquote>Thanks for the info Durham Red. Just wondering, where did you go to uni? </blockquote>
Northampton. Sheffield for LPC. Northumbria for Professional Skills Course.
Northampton. Sheffield for LPC. Northumbria for Professional Skills Course.
Posted Apr 14, 2009 21:11
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Hi Everyone,
How do UK citizens go about obtaining a visa to work in the US providing they have passed the NY bar? My understanding is that you first of all need to get a job as an attorney with a US firm who can then act as your sponsor and a visa will be issued. Anyone have any experience of this? My concern is would firms hire someone who is not yet eligible to work in the US?
Hi Everyone,
How do UK citizens go about obtaining a visa to work in the US providing they have passed the NY bar? My understanding is that you first of all need to get a job as an attorney with a US firm who can then act as your sponsor and a visa will be issued. Anyone have any experience of this? My concern is would firms hire someone who is not yet eligible to work in the US?
How do UK citizens go about obtaining a visa to work in the US providing they have passed the NY bar? My understanding is that you first of all need to get a job as an attorney with a US firm who can then act as your sponsor and a visa will be issued. Anyone have any experience of this? My concern is would firms hire someone who is not yet eligible to work in the US?
Posted Apr 14, 2009 23:39
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Hi Everyone,
How do UK citizens go about obtaining a visa to work in the US providing they have passed the NY bar? My understanding is that you first of all need to get a job as an attorney with a US firm who can then act as your sponsor and a visa will be issued. Anyone have any experience of this? My concern is would firms hire someone who is not yet eligible to work in the US?
Hello Buttons
You've hit the nail on the head. Unless you have American relatives the only likely way of getting a visa is through the H1B scheme which requires you to have a job offer and the company has to sponsor you. The visa lasts three years and you can get it extended (as long as you're still in employment there) for an additional three years - by which time you have had time to get a Green Card application in.
Now the reality check. Unless you're really lucky (seriously, I mean REALLY lucky) and you bump into a legal recruiter who loves you, you're going to be way down in the employment pecking order behind American JD graduates, foreigners with a Green Card and foreign lawyers with a JD; during a recession.
I spoke with the LLM careers officers at University of Texas at Austin and Boston University and they have both had no UK graduates from their class of 2009 who found employment in the US (none of the Texas graduates got a job offer in America, though there were no Brits on their course. They did say being British/Irish is an advantage over other foreign nationalities).
Why do you say you're not eligible to work in the US if you have passed the NY bar? That would be a good advantage I'd think.
What course did you take to study for the NY bar?
<blockquote>Hi Everyone,
How do UK citizens go about obtaining a visa to work in the US providing they have passed the NY bar? My understanding is that you first of all need to get a job as an attorney with a US firm who can then act as your sponsor and a visa will be issued. Anyone have any experience of this? My concern is would firms hire someone who is not yet eligible to work in the US?</blockquote>
Hello Buttons
You've hit the nail on the head. Unless you have American relatives the only likely way of getting a visa is through the H1B scheme which requires you to have a job offer and the company has to sponsor you. The visa lasts three years and you can get it extended (as long as you're still in employment there) for an additional three years - by which time you have had time to get a Green Card application in.
Now the reality check. Unless you're really lucky (seriously, I mean REALLY lucky) and you bump into a legal recruiter who loves you, you're going to be way down in the employment pecking order behind American JD graduates, foreigners with a Green Card and foreign lawyers with a JD; during a recession.
I spoke with the LLM careers officers at University of Texas at Austin and Boston University and they have both had no UK graduates from their class of 2009 who found employment in the US (none of the Texas graduates got a job offer in America, though there were no Brits on their course. They did say being British/Irish is an advantage over other foreign nationalities).
Why do you say you're not eligible to work in the US if you have passed the NY bar? That would be a good advantage I'd think.
What course did you take to study for the NY bar?
How do UK citizens go about obtaining a visa to work in the US providing they have passed the NY bar? My understanding is that you first of all need to get a job as an attorney with a US firm who can then act as your sponsor and a visa will be issued. Anyone have any experience of this? My concern is would firms hire someone who is not yet eligible to work in the US?</blockquote>
Hello Buttons
You've hit the nail on the head. Unless you have American relatives the only likely way of getting a visa is through the H1B scheme which requires you to have a job offer and the company has to sponsor you. The visa lasts three years and you can get it extended (as long as you're still in employment there) for an additional three years - by which time you have had time to get a Green Card application in.
Now the reality check. Unless you're really lucky (seriously, I mean REALLY lucky) and you bump into a legal recruiter who loves you, you're going to be way down in the employment pecking order behind American JD graduates, foreigners with a Green Card and foreign lawyers with a JD; during a recession.
I spoke with the LLM careers officers at University of Texas at Austin and Boston University and they have both had no UK graduates from their class of 2009 who found employment in the US (none of the Texas graduates got a job offer in America, though there were no Brits on their course. They did say being British/Irish is an advantage over other foreign nationalities).
Why do you say you're not eligible to work in the US if you have passed the NY bar? That would be a good advantage I'd think.
What course did you take to study for the NY bar?
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