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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m dual qualified, started in the UK and then took the bar exam here. The LLB doesn’t in itself qualify you to practice law in England. Kid would need a further year of law school and then 2 years of trainee-ship in a law firm. If the end goal is practising in the US and to do a JD in the US, I don’t see any real value to it, and it might be very boring and repetitive as they would end up doing 6 years of law. If the plan is to qualify in the UK as outlined above and then move to the US and take bar, skipping the JD, that is doable but kid will find it much harder to find a job in the US because most firms only want to hire JDs. I don’t think a UK law degree on its own is of much interest to international law firms. Even being dual qualified, as I am, is of limited interest! If kid really wants to study in the UK, I suggest something other than law as undergrad. [/quote]

Curious. So you did a 3 year LLB with an extra year (not working?) and two year paid traineeship? Guessing total tuition  for that (in current fees) would be $36,000 plus cost of the extra year and you started earning money three years before an American graduate? You’re probably working with American lawyers who paid about $350,000 in tuition fees and studied way longer. Do you have a view on whether which system produces better lawyers ? Or about the same? [/quote]

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