Hello everyone, I have a question about the New York Bar Exam. How can i know which schools approved by examiners for L.L.M. ? or every school in USA okay for the NY exam ? Thanks and appreciate!

[Edited by Enesyildirim on Sep 25, 2017]

Thanks a lott. Also do you have any idea about the shifts of the programs ? I mean full time-Part time. Both of them approved by ABA and New York Bar Examiners right ?

Anyone knows about the Skills requirement for LLM 2018 students? How will students fill that new requirement, will the universities allow us to do more credits and will send us the pathway 1 certification?
This is an extract from Georgetown's website:

SKILLS COMPETENCY REQUIREMENT

In December 2015, the New York Court of Appeals adopted a Skills Competency Requirement for admission to the New York Bar. However, this requirement does not apply to foreign-trained lawyers who need an LL.M. to establish bar eligibility until the class beginning LL.M. studies in 2018.(Note that this is a requirement for admission and not for bar exam eligibility.)
https://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/academic-programs/graduate-programs/us-bar/New-York-Bar-Examination.cfm

Adding to this thread.

Does somebody know if I am eligible for the bar exam with a LLM from the National University of Singapore?

Thanks!

Adding to this thread.

Does somebody know if I am eligible for the bar exam with a LLM from the National University of Singapore?

Thanks!

[Edited by LLMSherpa.COM on Nov 07, 2017]

Anyone knows about the Skills requirement for LLM 2018 students? How will students fill that new requirement, will the universities allow us to do more credits and will send us the pathway 1 certification?
This is an extract from Georgetown's website:

SKILLS COMPETENCY REQUIREMENT

In December 2015, the New York Court of Appeals adopted a Skills Competency Requirement for admission to the New York Bar. However, this requirement does not apply to foreign-trained lawyers who need an LL.M. to establish bar eligibility until the class beginning LL.M. studies in 2018.(Note that this is a requirement for admission and not for bar exam eligibility.)
https://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/academic-programs/graduate-programs/us-bar/New-York-Bar-Examination.cfm

As an LLM student, typically only pathways 4 and 5 will be possible. This is mainly due to a lack of offers from universities for this short period of study.
But it is particularly important to bear in mind that the requirement can still be fulfilled up to three years after the examinations.

(Unfortunately, it is especially annoying that you can't add the necessary times through different stations.)

[Edited by AdmissionLLM on Feb 20, 2018]

Adding to this thread.

Does somebody know if I am eligible for the bar exam with a LLM from the National University of Singapore?

Thanks!

Where did you complete your undergraduate legal studies? If you completed your undergraduate legal studies from a school that teaches the common law (e.g. England, Australia, New Zealand), you can take the New York Bar - if you did not, your LL.M. from NUS will not make you eligible.

as an international student desiring to pass my llm degree in american universities, do you think I will be allowed to the NYK bar exam?

as an international student desiring to pass my llm degree in american universities, do you think I will be allowed to the NYK bar exam?

as an international student desiring to pass my llm degree in american universities, do you think I will be allowed to the NYK bar exam?

Depends. Are you licensed to practice law in your home country? Is that home country’s law based on common law or civil law?

Scotland and Quebec are both combined civil law/common law legal systems and graduates with degrees in Quebec or Scottish law are both allowed to take the NY bar exam without an LLM. I have advised them. In order to get permission, you need to do some paperwork for Board of Legal Examiners that costs no money except for postage and copying. I wrote a how-to guide for this that is on LinkedIn but I cannot post links here so google my name and find my profile.
I knew a guy who I worked with a Legal Aid who was from the Philippines and was in the process of moving to Arizona with his doctor wife and was planning to do immigration law out there. I don’t know if he had an LLM or just sent his transcripts in to the BOLE and took the exam.

[Edited by jwpetterchak on Apr 25, 2020]

Scotland and Quebec are both combined civil law/common law legal systems and graduates with degrees in Quebec or Scottish law are both allowed to take the NY bar exam without an LLM. I have advised them. In order to get permission, you need to do some paperwork for Board of Legal Examiners that costs no money except for postage and copying. I wrote a how-to guide for this that is on LinkedIn but I cannot post links here so google my name and find my profile.
I knew a guy who I worked with a Legal Aid who was from the Philippines and was in the process of moving to Arizona with his doctor wife and was planning to do immigration law out there. I don’t know if he had an LLM or just sent his transcripts in to the BOLE and took the exam.

I had scheduled a conversation with one of the barbri international legal advicers and over the course of the conversation, I was told that the pathway to register for the NY Bar without an LLM requirement for Indians is more valid in theory than practice. However, the University in which I am pursuing my bachelor degree in law does satisfy the requirements set out on the BOLE website for foreign graduates intending to register without an LLM Degree. Any further information on registering for the NY Bar Exam without an LLM, particularly for Indian applicants, would be helpful.

I had scheduled a conversation with one of the barbri international legal advicers and over the course of the conversation, I was told that the pathway to register for the NY Bar without an LLM requirement for Indians is more valid in theory than practice. However, the University in which I am pursuing my bachelor degree in law does satisfy the requirements set out on the BOLE website for foreign graduates intending to register without an LLM Degree. Any further information on registering for the NY Bar Exam without an LLM, particularly for Indian applicants, would be helpful.