petaling

I have a dream,I got acceptance both a t Oxford to do 3 year law NOW,or 4 years liberal arts in Harvard with the hope of Harvard law(another 3 years),then maybe not , just PennState law.

Should I take Oxford law now and take 1 yr exam to qualify for law practice back home????????

whatever78

where would u be happier?

Globber

Well, Oxford law isn't American or Canadian law, I imagine, so you'd be in a bit of bind in terms of practice back home. The British and American legal systems are so different that you have to choose which side of the pond you want to work in too.

Phoenixy

Globber--
The situation is rather complex. It depends on the state you want to gain admission to the bar in. Some of them don't accept JDs from foreign law schools at all; most of them accept those degrees with a whole passel of conditions, which can range from nothing (if they have some kind of program with the school you studied at) to taking a test to having to practice law for years in another jurisdiction. Anyhow, the OP should consider that attending law school overseas instead of domestically will make him or her ineligible to practice law in certain states. Whether not being able to try cases in Nebraska is a significant hardship is another question...

I would recommend that the OP also talk to any lawyers of his or her acquaintance and make sure that studying law in England will not adversely affect his or her career plans. I would imagine that many firms would look askance at hiring a 20-year-old American who went to law school abroad. The OP will also not get to take part in much (if any) on-campus recruiting for American firms, which will definitely hurt.

petaling

I talked to a foreign trained lawyer practicing in toronto.
2 routes open to him :
(1)take exams where he maybe the only candidate,easier to fail
(2)take one year worth of credit courses at a U here to requalify.
He took the latter route,cuz harder to fail him ,he is one of many taking the U exam

If i were to return to practise law after Harvard law,still the above 2 routes to requalify.Then again,maybe they will recruit me right after Harvard,like they recruited Tom Cruise in the firm