Should I give up an LSE offer to afford law school in the US

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I also understand that it’s much harder for a non-citizen even with a US JD to get a job in the US

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<p>It’s hard for an AMERICAN citizen with a US JD to get a job in the US. Do you not follow the news? There is a lawyer glut in the U.S. Since there are lots of unemployed lawyers in the U.S. to hire cheaply, why would an American law firm go to the hassle to sponsor a work visa for a Canadian? </p>

<p>Because of cheap telecommunications & globalization, many law firms in the U.S. and Canada are outsourcing work to an army of English-speakers in India (just like the call-center industry). U.S. & Canadian law firms then only need a few high-paid American or Canadian lawyers to sign off the work after it’s done in India for less than a 10th of the cost</p>

<p>[Some</a> Toronto law firms and in-house lawyers send work to India | Toronto Star](<a href=“http://www.thestar.com/business/personal_finance/2013/05/13/some_toronto_law_firms_and_inhouse_lawyers_send_work_to_india.html]Some”>Some Toronto law firms and in-house lawyers send work to India)</p>

<p>[Law</a> School Applications Are Collapsing (as They Should Be) - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic](<a href=“Law School Applications Are Collapsing (as They Should Be) - The Atlantic”>Law School Applications Are Collapsing (as They Should Be) - The Atlantic)

…unless you’re graduating from a truly top program – and then, only if you graduate reasonably high in your class – going to law school has turned into professional Russian Roulette. If it works out, you survive to pay off a truly enormous debt burden. If you don’t make it on the job market, you’ve just spent three valuable years of your life sweating through deadening lectures and high-stakes finals for nothing, probably consigning yourself to a quarter-century loan payments the process.

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<p>I think you are dreaming if you think an American law school is going to give a scholarship to a Canadian.</p>