Foreign Student wanting advice regarding a JD and US visas

aunt_bea
Fri, 01 Jan 2016 02:45:26 +0000

@GMTplus7, is absolutely correct. My sister’s corporate multistate law firm is not hiring. There just aren’t the client loads compensating for continued increases in staff. This and the fact that more people are utilizing internet sites, and trying to save costs, has decreased the need for new staff.

(Currently there is a lawsuit in San Diego, whereby former law school students are suing a competitive law school because they cannot find employment as attorneys. Their argument is that placement numbers were misrepresented.)

Competition for jobs should continue to be strong because more students graduate from law school each year than there are jobs available.

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/legal/lawyers.htm

I would have to pay for law school in full.

Yes. This is true for most applicants. There are very few scholarships available for law school. Thousands of law school students have huge loans to repay.