Hi. Hopefully Im in the right forum to ask this. I (living in California) and my girlfriend for 6 years (lives in the Philippines) are planning to get married. She is a licensed lawyer in the Philippines for about a year now. We are planning to reside here in the U.S. So my question here is what are her options for her to be able to practice here in the U.S? What are the requirements or prereq's she has to take before taking the U.S. bar exam?
Any comment or advice will surely be appreciated
Foreign lawyer question
Posted Sep 16, 2007 15:23
Hi. Hopefully Im in the right forum to ask this. I (living in California) and my girlfriend for 6 years (lives in the Philippines) are planning to get married. She is a licensed lawyer in the Philippines for about a year now. We are planning to reside here in the U.S. So my question here is what are her options for her to be able to practice here in the U.S? What are the requirements or prereq's she has to take before taking the U.S. bar exam?
Any comment or advice will surely be appreciated
Any comment or advice will surely be appreciated
Posted Sep 16, 2007 22:47
You are lucky. Because your girlfriend is a licensed foreign attorney, California will allow her to take the bar exam without any further legal education. If she passes the bar exam, MPRE and character and fitness, she will receive a license to practice law in California.
http://calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/admissions/77sf.pdf
You are lucky. Because your girlfriend is a licensed foreign attorney, California will allow her to take the bar exam without any further legal education. If she passes the bar exam, MPRE and character and fitness, she will receive a license to practice law in California.
http://calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/admissions/77sf.pdf
http://calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/admissions/77sf.pdf
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