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<p>Unfortunately, the legal market in the UK is actually worse than in the US, if you can believe it. In the UK lawyers do basically the analog of a residency after undergrad. Last year there were 4x as many law undergrads as available placements. Since those placements are required to get a job, that means at best 25% of UK law grads turn into lawyers. I have a friend who is a lawyer in the UK telling me even their lateral market is frigid. </p>
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<p>I think your desire to plan ahead is admirable. The problem is mostly that your plans are being upset by the realities of the economy and its effect on the legal market. Don’t feel too bad about this, it blew up everyone’s plans. You face an additional problem: you’re not a US citizen. That means you and your employer need to apply to USCIS for a work visa. That’s a headache for them they can avoid by hiring an American, and you’ll have plenty of them for competition. </p>
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<p>Most schools offer scholarships to some degree or another. However, even with hefty scholarships the schools are expensive, and many have stipulations to make as many students lose them as possible. Getting a scholarship is definitely better than not, but they will only help a bit.</p>