<p>I'm a US student getting g a bachelors degree in politics. I want to be a lawyer and I love the UK. Here law is a grad degree and you need a bachelors in something else before you go to law school. I know in the UK law is an LLB which is a bachelors degree and I was thinking that instead of going to a US law school, I could go to LSE or Oxbridge and study law there because it's my goal to live and practice in the UK. is this feasible? Will I be able to stay in the UK afterwards to be a trainee solicitor or will I just have to wind up going back to America with a foreign law degree which won't do me much good? will top UK universities accept an international student for a second bachelors degree? Thanks</p>
<p>You don’t actually have to have a bachelors degree in law to practice law in the UK. Many students get a bachelors in any subject, then they do a 1 year course called a law conversion. see link below for example.</p>
<p>[The</a> Conversion Course for Law | Law Conversion Course | All About Law | The Law Careers Website | Non-Law](<a href=“http://www.allaboutlaw.co.uk/index.php/non-law/conversion-courses/The-Conversion-Course-for-Law/]The”>http://www.allaboutlaw.co.uk/index.php/non-law/conversion-courses/The-Conversion-Course-for-Law/)</p>
<p>I have no idea if a US bachelors degree would get you onto this course, but I am pretty sure it would. You would have to check. on the website linked above there is also an international section which you should have a look at. basically law firms pay for top graduates to do the law conversion, and also if the student if foreign, sponsor their visa. That would be the problem staying in the UK after your course. You would probably need an employer to sponsor your visa. I think the prospects in law in the UK are not quite as grim as they currently are in the US (but you are likely to earn significantly less than a US lawyer), but you would still need a sponsor (note I work for a law firm and we do this all the time! So it’s not that big a deal IF you are hired. The problem is getting hired in the first place).</p>
<p>As far as I know UK law firms make no distinction between people with law degrees and law conversion courses. That said however it may be advisable to do a degree anyway because it would translate better to employers should you ever return to the US. Quite a few universities (including Oxbridge) offer a two year LLB (or BA in Oxbridge’s case) law degree for graduates - maybe something to think about?</p>