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<p>Hello everyone.</p>

<p>I am about to graduate from an overseas university and have been looking into Law Schools. </p>

<p>As an American, I figure I need to go somewhere that will let me practice in the US. However, I don't really want to pay for a JD. I'm fairly sick of overpriced, underwhelming US education in general. </p>

<p>So I had this idea, which is probably farfetched. There are 2 year LLb programs offered by reputable institutions for graduates. These are about 1000000 times cheaper. </p>

<p>(Accelerated</a> LLB Degree for Graduates, Edinburgh Law School for example)</p>

<p>I was wondering if I could get something like this, then get an LLM in the US, then be able to practice law (preferably in NYC). </p>

<p>I know this is a very specific question, so I appreciate anyone who has comments on the wisdom of this. Or the foolishness of it. Thanks!</p>

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<p>I won't pretend to be very knowledgeable on this subject, but everything I have heard has said this is not really a viable option. I studied abroad as an undergraduate for a semester and loved it, so I looked into it (for an unrelated reason, but still). Everyone I talked to said it was not a smart move, and that getting the foreign degree to count in the United States was just not worth the hassle. Plus, Law is different enough in different countries that it makes some difference where you are trained (from what I have been told) so even if you were able to get the degree to transfer easily, you would have a lot of relearning to do. I was successfully dissuaded and am now looking to possibly do just a summer program at Oxford or somewhere like that.</p>

<p>Anyway, that is just what I heard. Take it or leave it.</p>

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<p>Here are the requirements for a graduate of a foreign law school to sit for the New York bar exam:
Foreign</a> Legal Education</p>