<p>So, I'm doing my A-levels (16,17 and 18 year old) and I am hoping to study law at Undergraduate level in England. After I've finished, I want to transfer to the US and go to law school. I hope to go to a T-14 school. I'm just wondering, how difficult will it be, what LSAT score is the 'bare-minimum' for a T-14 school? How would the Admissions office judge me me to the equivalent of your GPA? What else would I need? I'm not from a poor family, but I don't have $50,000 in my back pocket, would it lower my chances seeing I am an international student and in need of funding? </p>
<p>US law schools provide very little financial aid for internationals. Also, having an undergraduate UK law degree would hurt your chances for admission.</p>
<p>There are 2 alternatives I’d suggest. The first is to enroll in one of the joint programs where you get your legal degree for both the US and UK. See, e.g., that of Cambridge and Harvard. The other is to go for a LLM in the US rather than a JD. </p>
<p>I could do the first one, but my chances of getting on to that specific course would be low… As for the financial aid, I thought that something like 60% of students at one the T-14 schools were on scholarships…</p>
<p>First thing first, graduating from UK does not put you at a disadvantage when getting into American universities. Funding opportunities however will be minimal. You’ll be better off getting into an LL.M. program rather than a JD program. Many law schools will not ask you to take LSAT for their LLM programs. After that, you can sit for New York Bar exam and probably California bar as well.
Only the law school can tell you about grade equivalence and minimum LSAT score, so I would email them.
You are the not the first person from Britain wanting to study law in the US, so don’t worry.
Hope it helped. </p>
<p>Ah, the LLM wouldn’t enable me to take the Illinois bar, which is primarily my preferred destination. As with the NY, wouldn’t it be a serious disadvantage as I wouldn’t have what every other competitor has? </p>
<p>Why aren’t the schools very generous? It sucks.</p>
<p>Law schools are not “generous” because they have to pay the bills. They are not charitable organizations. What generosity they have tends to go to American students and not to students from developed countries like the UK.</p>
<p>Glenn, you might want to consider attending a Canadian law school, although I would recommend that you study something other than law in undergrad. Canadian grads are eligible to write the Bar in NY and MA, and with some caveats, CA. You can look into what it takes to write it in Illinois after having passed in NY and MA. It may provide you with an alternative plan, and Canadian law schools are less expensive than those in the U.S. The most expensive school in Canada (and the best) is Univ of Toronto and its international fees are roughly $38,000/yr which is $10,000 higher than domestic fees. All other Canadian schools are less expensive, some of them a fraction of that amount. Keep in mind, though, that it is much more difficult to get into law school in Canada than in the U.S. </p>