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advices , opinions welcome.....(law school related)

hey guys....

well i write you because im mixed up.My desire has always been to work in the future in the US.At least to have an experience.
Studying law in france i thought i could easily finish uni , become a lawyer in france and then do a LLM in the US and after the bar become a lawyer....
unfortunately after having read on forums that a foreign LLM student lacks of knowledge of the anglo saxon system the bar seems to be a dream.....

so i guess to do a LLM is not what will make me closer to my goals....

so im thinking lately about law schools in US .....3 years of school is a big investment.....but even before that i checked the LSAT and i was wondering if any of you trained, practiced for it already?
or how did u practice for the GMAT , SAT...well all the kind of exams u go through before uni

a lawyer at my work told me i should try....i think it's what im going to do but considering its pretty expensive , the registration for the LSAT exam for example since im outside the US is about $ 300 and then gotta get the books and all....

so if any of you tried to integrate a law school in US could you share your impression , your story about how u prepared yourself ...

considering most of the law students in france want to work in france....it's hard to take an another way and im pretty much alone to collect all the infos

so guys if u have tips or whatever about uni in US that would be appreciated!!!

thanx in advance

marie

Bigfoot!

bouuhhhh ygrene u suck at hijacking my thread!!!!

i posted this on TA ...cuz most of the TA are in the US!

Hey i actually had a question for you.... Was going to facebook you tonight but might as well do it here. Remember that restaurant we went to with your bf and your friend? What was it called? Do you know the location? Do they have a website?

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Originally posted by CranberryJuice bouuhhhh ygrene u suck at hijacking my thread!!!! i posted this on TA ...cuz most of the TA are in the US!

I apologize. i really just kind of shouted that out unintentionally.

Let this thread proceed with no Bigfoot related posts!

mario you suck !!!!!

yes i do remenber perfectly it's a chain it's called nicolas

http://www.nicolas.com/fr/

the one we went to eat was this one

NICOLAS MARCHE ST GERMAIN
14 RUE LOBINEAU
75006 PARIS


Usually its just wine's shops.I regret that i didnt know the spots in paris i know now cuz i would have brought you to the Savour CLub you and Javi would have been crazy seeing all the wine and i mean good wine from all over the world they have!

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Originally posted by Ygrene I apologize. i really just kind of shouted that out unintentionally. Let this thread proceed with no Bigfoot related posts!

lol
nah but just that ....mmh u think im daily surrounded by american ppl that i could harass with my questions????

clearly not

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Originally posted by CranberryJuice mario you suck !!!!! yes i do remenber perfectly it's a chain it's called nicolas http://www.nicolas.com/fr/ the one we went to eat was this one NICOLAS MARCHE ST GERMAIN 14 RUE LOBINEAU 75006 PARIS Usually its just wine's shops.I regret that i didnt know the spots in paris i know now cuz i would have brought you to the Savour CLub you and Javi would have been crazy seeing all the wine and i mean good wine from all over the world they have!

Thanks, my dad is stopping in paris and i am going to tell him to have lunch there one of these days.

Crazy! You are. Stay in Paris.

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Originally posted by CranberryJuice hey guys.... well i write you because im mixed up.My desire has always been to work in the future in the US.At least to have an experience. Studying law in france i thought i could easily finish uni , become a lawyer in france and then do a LLM in the US and after the bar become a lawyer.... unfortunately after having read on forums that a foreign LLM student lacks of knowledge of the anglo saxon system the bar seems to be a dream..... so i guess to do a LLM is not what will make me closer to my goals.... so im thinking lately about law schools in US .....3 years of school is a big investment.....but even before that i checked the LSAT and i was wondering if any of you trained, practiced for it already? or how did u practice for the GMAT , SAT...well all the kind of exams u go through before uni a lawyer at my work told me i should try....i think it's what im going to do but considering its pretty expensive , the registration for the LSAT exam for example since im outside the US is about $ 300 and then gotta get the books and all.... so if any of you tried to integrate a law school in US could you share your impression , your story about how u prepared yourself ... considering most of the law students in france want to work in france....it's hard to take an another way and im pretty much alone to collect all the infos so guys if u have tips or whatever about uni in US that would be appreciated!!! thanx in advance marie

Just fuck the ratrace, sell everything and travel for 10 years and then settle down on some small coastal village somewhere on South-East Asia.

If 3 years and $300 are big investments for you, then law school is definitely not for you. These are major commitments. The rewards will be well worth it, but if you're unsure if you have the dedication... choose another path.

I haven't even applied to law school and I am working pretty hard to study just for taking the LSATs.

i mean the big investement of 3 years of school in the US

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For a dream, Marie, 3 years and three hundred dollars are almost nothing.

Go for it!

to fibonacci: my questions are not about if i have to work hard or not....
i know law is hard to study.Going to start my fifth year of law and it's harder every year but i knew how it was.
what i ask is more about EXPERIENCES do you prepare yourself through courses ...details like that!

As in after what 5-6 years in France another 3 then what is it 3 after that in some states to qualify? That's a huge investment!

marcus & andy.....nah it's not about spending 300 $ and then the fees it's just ....that im trying to think about the different opportunities i could get ....

i dont want to make any mistakes that is all

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There are five states (plus DC) where foreign law graduates may petition to practice law without taking the Bar: the District of Columbia, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin. There are twenty-two states (plus DC) where foreign law graduates may practice law after passing the Bar exam: Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.

>LINK<

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Originally posted by Dervish >LINK<

Well I'm an American and despite all, I do enjoy living here on a daily basis. I'm sure you can stomach it.

I wouldn't even put forth the investment unless it was a top 10 of a T1 school.

Debt to income ratios of anything but and you're screwing yourself.
Anyone telling you differently just never got in.

Study the past decade of US News and World Report rankings. There's a reason you see very little flux.

Why not move to the US region you want to practice in first?

You're crazy. Stay in Paris.

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[i][b] i dont want to make any mistakes that is all

I assume you're young.No offense, but FIFTH year? Jesus christ, I already smell a burnout. Take a year off, travel around the US.

Or... just stay in Paris.

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Originally posted by Pickles I wouldn't even put forth the investment unless it was a top 10 of a T1 school. Debt to income ratios of anything but and you're screwing yourself. Anyone telling you differently just never got in.

Meh, my mom went to a fourth tier school, started making a decent living shortly after she graduated and passed the Bar, and still does today...

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Originally posted by CranberryJuice

You should go to Harvard or Yale Law schools.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Meh, my mom went to a fourth tier school, started making a decent living shortly after she graduated and passed the Bar, and still does today...

I know, I know. How much did she have to throw down to live "decently?" 10x the amount of a graduate in the humanities, making 3x more, enjoying her work -5x less?

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Originally posted by Pickles I wouldn't even put forth the investment unless it was a top 10 of a T1 school. Debt to income ratios of anything but and you're screwing yourself. Anyone telling you differently just never got in. Study the past decade of US News and World Report rankings. There's a reason you see very little flux. Why not move to the US region you want to practice in first? You're crazy. Stay in Paris.

i think that's a little flawed. big firms in large cities know that local law schools do a great job educating students too. not everyone goes to the top tier, yet they still make a name for themselves.

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