Does anybody have the 411 on transferring into the JD program after you finish your LLM (at the same school)? Do you have to apply again and/or take the LSAT's? Do most school's let you finish your JD in two years?

Hey, are you thinking about continuing for the J.D after you finish your LL.M at Wake Forest? I guess this would be worthwhile only if you are planning to remain in the US as a practicing attorney when you graduate. I know Underemployed Lawyer was able to get his LL.M followed by a J.D in three years at the law school he attended. You might PM him for further info regarding how he accomplished this. For some unknown reason, he is unwilling to disclose what US law school he attended. You would probably at a minimum have to attend at least one summer school as most LL.M programs require only 24 units while most 1st year J.D. student are required to complete 30 units. Whether this is possible would probably depend on your law school.

I am just playing with the thought. It depends on how much I like it there. I will have job opportunities in Norway when I get back, so you know, it is just to keep my alternatives open. I have already done 15 credits in an American law school, so I guess summer school is out ;) My old Uni said I could get my degree there with only 2 years, but that is in North Dakota. Brrr.

Plus Wake Forest has much more prestige than the University of North Dakota. I assume that is why you decided to get your LL.M at Wake Forest rather than continue at North Dakota for your J.D. It would be great, if you decide to stay, if Wake Forest would allow you to apply your LL.M units and North Dakota units toward the J.D. I work with an attorney who recently moved from North Carolina to California because of her boyfriend's job change. She misses NC alot and would love to go back.

I transferred after the first year (the LLM) year. At my school it was based on having a certain GPA at the end of the year. Once I had both semester results I applied to transfer. No LSAT required! I did this during the early part of the summer vacation.

Most LLM programs require at least 24 credits. I did 28 the first year, and so was able to catch-up by adding a few extra credits one or two semesters, and also by doing a summer externship the first summer which earned me another 6 credits. Most people don't cram much more than 15 credits into one semester, but my final semester I had to do 20 so that I could graduate. Happened to be my best grades.

That's wonderful to transfer from LL.M. to JD. However, i think that your being british and, therefore, having a native command of the English Language, had a weighty impact on your acceptance in the JD Degree.

I transferred after the first year (the LLM) year. At my school it was based on having a certain GPA at the end of the year. Once I had both semester results I applied to transfer. No LSAT required! I did this during the early part of the summer vacation.

Most LLM programs require at least 24 credits. I did 28 the first year, and so was able to catch-up by adding a few extra credits one or two semesters, and also by doing a summer externship the first summer which earned me another 6 credits. Most people don't cram much more than 15 credits into one semester, but my final semester I had to do 20 so that I could graduate. Happened to be my best grades.

UPENN lets you transfer from the LL.M. to the JD, but it´s supposed to be very competitive and only two are accepted each year (or so they say in their booklet). In Virginia´s website they state that foreign applicants to the JD program that already hold an LL.M. degree are not required to take the LSAT, but are encouraged to do so. Lewis and Clark accepts a 10 page publishable article from the foreign JD applicant if you are not able to take the LSAT because of certain reasons, like living in a place where it´s impossible to take the LSAT and you´re very far from the US. Hope this helps!

If you can get through 24 credits of regular JD classes and rank in the top 50%, then there's really no need to do the LSAT - that was/is my school's policy.

There were 3 of us admitted to the JD program, out of an LLM class of about 18 foreign students - me, a Chinese girl, and a Russian girl.

I went to BYU Law - it was ranked about 29/50 (tier one) at the time, circa 1999, but is now at about 34/50.

Ok, thank you for the info. I will of course ask them when I get there, so I will know the whole picture. My problem probably will be money. I got admitted with a tuition remission, which I needed to be able to go. I would of course rather get a job. But you never know...

BYU? Brigham Young? I was in Salt Lake last year. Pretty ok, except for the strict "party rules" ;)