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will the job market for lawyers improve in 5 years time?
i always wanted to come to america because ideologically i am more american i like the diversity there,i didn't think it was safe to do my undergrad degree here because of the job market,i decided to do a 5 year integrated law degree here because that was the best option i had,i will have a good law bachelors of law degree from a good law school here which has a good record of students going to good law schools in america.
will new fields like space law,air and space law,sports law grow in 5-6 years time?where can i study them after complete my degree here.
if i do my post grad in a us law school in the top 50 rankings will i get any job in 5-6 time?
lawyers who graduate from india and other common law countries need to do an Llm degree for a year to get used to american law,
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- Ring0RosieLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
People who were lawyers in another country have extreme difficulty becoming a lawyer in the USA.
Basically, your education you received in another country will be worthless. It is NOT recognized in the USA and you'll have to go to at least an additional 3 years of schooling to get your JD (juris doctorate). It's also important to note that in the USA, lawyers go to school for 8 years, not 5 like many other countries. After you get done with school, you will have to pass the bar exam in your state.
The job market for lawyers is very bad right now. The USA has more people graduating from law school than we have jobs for people in law. I estimate that it'll take more than 5 years for this backlog to end.
- stephen tLv 510 years ago
The law market will only get worse in the US. There is a huge oversupply of lawyers in the US. It grows bigger every year. There are a lot of in debt, no job, law grads in the US. The US is opening up even more law schools because easy government loans means lawyer supply does not have to equal lawyer demand. Then there are all the non-legal groups, as an example "Legal Zoom" providing legal services. You could give it a shot. I went to a top 15 law school and it was not worth it at all. The legal profession really has gone to the dogs in the US.
