<p>how do you plan to pay for LS? As an international, i assume that you are ineligible for federal loans, which is how nearly all US students pay for LS. Even with free tuition, you still needs room and board and books, which in NYC, is mighty expensive.</p>
<p>Echo the others – the chance of finding a US company willing to sponsor an international JD, just becos, are really low. There are thousands of American citizens who earn a JD every year that cannot find a legal job – approximately half of the grads. It makes little sense for a company to pay extra for visa fees when there are plenty of JDs available who don’t need visas, and many of those are from much better schools than you have a choice of.</p>
<p>An MBA is a much better ‘fall back’ option.</p>