Wednesday, November 16, 2011

I'm a college grad in the USA and want to pratice law in the UK, how do it do it, can I go to a UK law school


I'm a college grad in the USA and want to pratice law in the UK, how do it do it, can I go to a UK law school?

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You certainly can. Google for a list of unis that offer Law and their ranking. Then take a look at their criteria, many will actually give you the GPA they require. It is common for American graduates to apply to undergraduate school with senior status meaning that they are waived the first year. Alternatively, you can read Law as a postgrad. I suppose which way you go will depend on what you have studied so far.
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There are a few routes you could take: 1. You *could* do a law degree in the UK, however, law in the UK is an undergraduate degree. After completing your law degree you'd have to take either the BVC or the LPC (another year) and find pupillage or training contract (another year). 2. You could take that GDL (one year conversion course taken by UK graduates in non-law subjects) followed by BVC/LPC & Pupillage/Training Contract. 3. You could qualify in the US, then do and LLM etc in the UK 4. You could qualify in the US practice in the US for a few years and then attempt to do the QLTT (which has some further UK experience requirements). For law degrees and LLMs you'd be looking at universities in the UK, for GDL, LPCs and BVCs you'd be looking at attached or independent law schools like BPP, College of Law, ICLS etc etc



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