I'm a student of the University of London International Programmes. I'm hoping to get a 2:1 and I really want to go to the US for my LLM.
I've done one month internships at three of the best law firms in my country. I will also be joining an international law research society in these summers.. Their work will involve writing articles for journals.
Is this sufficient work experience? Since I'm in a distance learning program I can not take part in any on-campus extra curriculars like other people. What can I do to enhance my experience and profile.
What law schools should I apply to? Also, what are my chances of getting into a tier 1 university because I need financial assistance (scholarships, aid etc).

People got into first tier law schools with much less than your credentials.
With regards to what school you should apply to, I'd say it depends on what field of law you like to pursue, whether you want to work as a lawyer or stay in the academia, what place in the U.S. you'd like to live at the most and so on...

Good luck!

People got into first tier law schools with much less than your credentials.
With regards to what school you should apply to, I'd say it depends on what field of law you like to pursue, whether you want to work as a lawyer or stay in the academia, what place in the U.S. you'd like to live at the most and so on...

Good luck!

People got into first tier law schools with much less than your credentials.
With regards to what school you should apply to, I'd say it depends on what field of law you like to pursue, whether you want to work as a lawyer or stay in the academia, what place in the U.S. you'd like to live at the most and so on...

Good luck!

From what I've heard you require a 1:1 to actually get into the top law schools. To what extent is that true? Its literally impossible to score that high in a distance learning programme :/
I'm more interested in staying within the academic field. Not so sure about practicing at the moment.

What do you mean by 'top law schools'? do you mean Yale Harvard Stanford? or do you also mean Columbia NYU Berkeley Penn Michigan Virginia Duke and so on? Maybe for HLS YLS and SLS you need high grades and extra curriculars, but I don't believe you need as high grades for the other schools.

Also, is GRE required for LLM in the States?

Also, is GRE required for LLM in the States

NO GRE is not required for LLM in the States

Also, is GRE required for LLM in the States

NO GRE is not required for LLM in the States

*phew thank you for that :)

Only toefl is required unless you have been studying in an english teaching law school. You would get to most schools you mentioned without problems, and you don't have to be 1:1 (i'm not 1:1 and I got into Penn Berkeley Cornell and UCLA).