Go to America to study law. If you want to develop in the direction of scientific research, you can go directly to the United States to study LLM after graduation, then study SJD, or study JD directly. LLM (English: Master of Law) is a one-year crash course in American law, which is equivalent to the master's degree of law in the career development direction of American master of law. American students are basically studying JD(Juris Doctor) when they study for doctor of law. It can be said that LLM is a one-year course specially prepared for international students, strictly speaking, it is nine months. Anyone with a bachelor's degree in law or above can apply for LLM in the United States.
JD degree is very valuable in America (both academically and professionally), and LLM is less and less valuable now. For China applicants, it is only a matter of time before they plan to stay in the United States all their lives, and it is impossible to stay in the United States for a long time simply by LLM. If you plan to return to China, don't learn JD. LLM is more affordable and economical, and knowledge LLM is definitely enough in China.
China students, as the main force of international students, study in the United States. After studying law, they generally have eight employment directions:
1, go back to China to be a lawyer. This is the choice of most law students. Lawyers with work experience usually choose to return to China, while LLM without work experience is difficult to find a job in the United States, so they choose to return to China.
It is very difficult for 2.LLM to find a job in the United States, especially for students who have no experience to study law directly. Even among those who find jobs, a large part have all the work experience at home and abroad, and have reached an agreement with the American branch of the institute in advance to work or practice there for a period of time. Therefore, if you are an undergraduate, you should basically prepare for the worst: if you can't find a job, you may come back after taking the bar exam. Similarly, internships are difficult.
3.LLM to JD. So many undergraduates go out and decide to make a bigger venture capital under pressure, that is, transfer to JD. Some schools, such as Columbia University, Cornell University and University of Pennsylvania, allow excellent LLM to transfer to JD. But some schools, such as NYU, are not allowed.
4. Reporter: Countless well-known journalists, radio reporters and pioneers of TV figures have all studied in law school. For example, geraldo rivera, the channel host of Fox News Channel, graduated from Brooklyn Law School; Jeff Green Field, a former senior political journalist of CBS, studied at Yale Law School; Cynthia mcfadden, host of ABC's evening news and prime time program; Graduated from Columbia University Law School; There is also the star Jones, the former host of Viewpoint and a contestant of Celebrity Apprentice, who received her doctor of law degree from Houston Law Center.
5. Real estate: Sam Zell, a well-known real estate tycoon, graduated from Ann Arbor Law School in Michigan. You can also invest in real estate by law, because in law school, you will learn systematic thinking to minimize risks, maximize benefits and maximize taxes as efficiently as possible in negotiations and financial transactions.
6. Non-profit management: Curtis Welling, a graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School, is currently the president and CEO of AmeriCares Foundation; Another national director of Anti-Defamation League (ADL) (ADL), Abraham Foxman, graduated from new york University Law School.
7. Entrepreneur: Lawyer-trained entrepreneurs Gong Ruxin and Tim Zagat set up Zagat Investigation Company. Daniel Duran, the founder of online dating, graduated from Harvard Law School. What lawyers and entrepreneurs have in common is that they both need critical and creative thinking to solve challenging problems and create value with limited resources.
8. Art: Best-selling authors Scott Turow (presumed innocent) and john grisham (the company) graduated from Harvard Law School and University of Mississippi Law School respectively. Their legal background is of great help to their literary creation.