<p>Ok listen up cause you may not find this anywhere else without paying for it and I am in pretty much the exact same boat as you:</p>
<p>The answer is simple:</p>
<p>L-school
[LLB</a> and Diploma in Law - University of London LLB - External System - Key points](<a href=“Study with the University of London, anywhere in the world”>University of London)
[note: Scheme A 12 3-8 years; Scheme B 12 4-8 years. If you intend on practicing law anywhere or don’t want trouble being accepted in to U.S. Graduate Schools take this route]</p>
<p>[Executive</a> LLM Program IE Law School](<a href=“http://www.executive-llm.ie.edu/]Executive”>http://www.executive-llm.ie.edu/)<br>
[Northwestern & Instituto de Empressa in 1 year – enough said]</p>
<p>B-school
[Global</a> MBA Online - IE Business School](<a href=“http://www.gmba-eng.ie.edu/]Global”>http://www.gmba-eng.ie.edu/)
[ ‘THE’ Top Dog for ROI of all B schools for 2008. Doubt if they have slipped that much in a year]</p>
<p>Now sure you can go straight through at U of L [that’s University of London, not Louisville] Complete with MBA and LLB do your 6 months to a year as basicly an apprentice or intern/ and sit for the British Bar for England and Wales. But if I remember correctly, you have to be licensed and practicing good standing for quite some time before you can consider applying for a Local Bar Association license state side – and even then you have to seek an LLM here in the states. </p>
<p>So why not do the LLB - which will qualify you for a LLM program pretty much anywhere [word is, there is zero mercy on U of London LLB distance learners in part because they expect you to be a better {read: BETTER or Meld yourself into BETTER – PDQ} student than your in-class cohort. They have a reputation as a good school system in general and great Law program, and they plan on keeping it that way so no free lunches here, kid], and then do the LLM & MBA from IE [the LLM is a joint program with Northwestern U]. The only caveat is the LLM is not as vacation friendly a distance learning course as the other two. The time away from work would probably kill you if you don’t have 5 weeks of vacation stored up. But it is all High-end, high ROI and barrier to entry for U of L is relatively low as respected law schools go [from what I have read]. But then, it is the getting out with a good GPA that matters - and might give you a heart attack in the process.</p>
<p>Again, you can go straight through with something similar from U of L, complete with LLB, MBA, and LLM but when it comes to MBA ROI, it is really hard to argue with Instituto de Empressa [I.E.]:</p>
<p>[Ranking</a> Return On Investment](<a href=“http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/roi_rankings/]Ranking”>http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/roi_rankings/)</p>
<p>And IE + Northwestern for an Extra year? I don’t think I need to tell you how good these schools are. And be sure to Look up U of L. You might be really surprised – ex: LSE is apart of that system.</p>
<p>I mean I am pretty sure you you could make a cost argument that would be fine if you stayed in London or the Carribean… but if you plan on moving or doing business in the states… well…</p>
<p>Anyhow. Do what you want. I’ll let you know how it goes for me in about a year when I enroll at U of L. Got to finish up some IT certs to make the leap though. And no, I am not yet a student, nor am I am employed by the school. </p>
<p>I am Technical Support Engineer for Veeam Software. Great title, lots of challenging work, but the pay is not on par for the title. Besides, I want to move into Financial Engineering for the Futures & Forex Markets [Think CTA, Managed Futures and Commodity Pools] sometime soon, and retire as a Securities Law Professor – so I kind have no choice…</p>