<p>Was just wondering if anyone is on this course? Could you please let me know how you’re finding it (workload/social wise) and what are your plans after. Thanks.</p>
<p>For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about… this is a 4-year course. The first 2 years are spent at the University of London- either the London School of Economics (LSE), University College London (UCL) or Kings College London (KCL). After 2 years you would get a Bachelor of Laws degree from this insitution. The next 2 years are then spent at Columbia Law School where after completion one would obtain a Juris Doctor degree.</p>
<p>So basically you study for 4 years and get 2 degrees- an LLB and JD.</p>
<p>However to get onto this course you must first apply to the above-mentioned UK institution to read law. Only after your 1st year there can you ask to convert onto this program. Admission is not guaranteed and there are only about 6 spaces (2 from each of the above unis) each year= highly competitive!</p>
<p>Alternatively you can convert onto this program after getting admitted to Columbia Law, where the first 2 years are at Columbia and the next 2 at the UK institution. However this means more years of studying (4 yrs undergrad + 4 yrs law school = total 8 years! whereas if going to the UK first it only takes half the time)</p>
<p>But it’s risky, be careful. Also if you don’t get accepted to the specialized program from the UK, you can just finish your degree and then apply to JD programs. Essentially the same thing as if you were converting to the program from Columbia Law.</p>
<p>I know Harvard Law has a joint program with Oxford…though I think you get a BA in law rather than a LLB…but in the thread about UK law schools, someone else said there was no difference.</p>
<p>In any event, I don’t think that it’s hard to get into the program with Oxford once you get into HLS…so you might want to check the Harvard/Oxford program. It takes 4 years.</p>
<p>Harvard Law School does not have a joint degree program with Oxford. HLS did, however, recently establish a joint program with the University of Cambridge: <a href=“http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2003/11/17_cambridge.php[/url]”>http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2003/11/17_cambridge.php</a>. Basically, if you’re one of the six lucky second-year students chosen by HLS for recommendation to the Cambridge Law faculty, you’ll spend your first two years at Harvard working on your J.D. and your third year in England reading for the Cambridge LL.M. You then return to Harvard for one final semester so that at the end of three-and-a-half years, you graduate with a Harvard J.D. and a Cambridge LL.M. It looks really interesting to me. If you’re interested in the Columbia/University of London program, you might want to take a closer look at this one too.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your input. I think I’ll end up going to the UK first as there my undergrad degree IS my law degree. If I don’t get into the Columbia program then I don’t think I’ll apply to US law schools. The Columbia JD was more of a bonus to me.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that an English law degree is not as well respected as a Canadian or American law degree since you do not have to complete a first degree. Does anyone know if this is true?</p>
<p>I think you can study one year in an American institution and take llm. in one year then you can enter the bar exams. But you should ask it to the bar.</p>