Dear all,

I am a non US citizen, holding an LLB from my home country (a civil law country) and have been admitted to an LLM program in US, starting this fall. I would like to know my chances to work in US, so here are my questions:

1. I know that by finishing LLM I am qualified to take NY bar exam (and CA too, if I'm not mistaken?). However, I have heard also how US law firms prefer to recruit someone with a JD rather than someone with credentials like mine (a non US first degree in law). So how is my chance, actually? I would like to hear the stories from people with credentials like mine who landed a job in NY law firms.

I know that the current job market is tough, but maybe there is somebody who have managed to pass the bar and landed a job before the recession? Say, 5-10 years ago?

2. How about the legal staff jobs in companies? Do I need to sit in bar exam for these kind of jobs?

3. Also, how about jobs in international organization like UN? Is there any requirements that I need to fulfill with regard to my status as a non US citizen?

Thanks in advance. =)

Anybody?

Forget about it. "The market is in its worst condition since the great depression" This is what I was told by one of the recruiters in NY.

Which country are you from?

in my opinion....it will take about a year or a year and a half for the market to be where it was before the global market

from what i hear-there are indeed very few recruits.....but i think that it will get better within the next year.....

I am from Indonesia. I just want to know what are the options that I will have after I finished my LLM. Let's put aside the economic recession for a while (although we should not put it aside when talking about job market).

Never ever dream of landing a decent job upon LLM in this crappy economy. Before the crisis it seemed like the West Europeans, Chinese and South Americans were more able to secure job positions - probably their home countries had more trading relations with Uncle Sam.

You may wish to take a trip to the Sillicon Valley and get a sense of how many JD graduates and Biglaw laidoffs are willing to do part-time jobs - who are almost all Americans though.