I took law for my A-Levels and i want to study farther with law.Will usa be the best place for me to study ?

Question

I am from bangladesh and i just completed my olevels exam.I am going to sit for my A-Levels in jan 2009.I took three subjects for my A-Levels and those are maths,government politics and law.I want to study law farther after my A-Levels and i want to practice it abroad.I have already decided to study in Canada.So will uk be a better place for me to study law or USA will be better?And if i do go to USA for doing farther law after A-Levels then will i face any problems?

Answer 1

To add to what the other poster said - in addition, the study of law in the US is not done at the undergraduate level. It's done at the post-graduate level only. So you actually need to have a bachelor's degree in order to apply to a US law school. You can't study law in the US as an undergraduate.

In addition, many US states do not allow foreign educated attorneys to take the bar exam, which is what you must do in order to practice law in that state. Some do - NY and Texas, for example - but many do not. In addition, even in the states that do allow foreign educated attorneys to take the bar, many law firms strongly prefer US educated attorneys, because they were educated in US law. The exception is if they are hiring an attorney who will be focusing on international or country-specific law. In that case, they may hire someone who was educated in that foreign country/region.

It may be possible for you to do your JD in Canada, and then your LLM in the US, and perhaps then be hired by a US firm interested in hiring an international specialist.

So, in other words, if you study law in Canada, you'll probably end up practicing law in Canada. Not in the US. But this might not be such a tragedy. Canada is a nice country to live in, and gaining a work permit for Canada is often a bit easier than doing the same for the US.

Answer 2

The best place to study law is the country where you plan to practice - because laws are different in every country. Why learn a whole bunch of stuff that will be inapplicable once you start working? Plus you'll almost certainly have to do still more courses to switch from one country's qualifications to another.