California law uni??

Question

hey i live in england and looking to do a law degree in california is it possibly to go there

need help with universities etc thanx x

Answer 1

Good  law schools in California:

1. Stanford.

2. Boalt Hall - at University of California Berkely (Cal Berkely).

3.University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

4. Pepperdine

5. University of California at Davis (UC Davis).

6. University of California at Irvine (UC Irvine).

7. Loyola University

8. University of Southern  California (USC)

I believe all of them will accept foreign students.

If you have a foreign law degree already, they have a degree program called LLM - that is geared primarily for foreign law grads - and typically takes one or two  years, I believe.

If you just take the US course of study - you get what is called a JD degree (Juris Doctor) in three years of study.

All of these schools are good school - the schools that start with "University of California" are state schools - the others are private (USC is private).

All will be pricey.  The state schools might get cheaper after a year - because California has relatively easy rules about getting residency for  tuition purposes.

California has alot of lesser law schools - but these, I believe, are all of the good schools.  They are listed in what I believe are rough order of reputation.  UC Irvine is brand new - but they hired a very good dean - and it is in a wealthy community - so I imagine that it's reputation may be good - or will soon be good.

You should also be aware - that law here is a strictly graduate course.  People attending already have at least a bachelor's degree before entering.  I don't know about England, but I know that in Germany, for example, people study law right out of high school - doing a six or seven year course of study.  Here - people get a regular bachelor's degree first - doesn't have to be in law, and in fact almost never is - since there is really no such thing as a bachelor's degree in law in the US.

So if you have a college degree - and want to study law in the US - you will study here for a JD degree.  If you have a law degree from another country - that would work too - you would apply for an LLM program.

Good Luck.