Advantages and challenges of sitting US bar exams
4 November 2019
Growing numbers of law students are aiming to become US-qualified, hoping to practise in north America or gain an edge in international legal practice. In an article by The Law Society Gazette, Anastasia Tonello and Kushal Patel discuss some of the advantages and challenges of being admitted to the US bar.
Anastasia explains that for a US law firm, hiring non-US citizen lawyers to work in the country means going through ‘a visa process which is very unpredictable’, but there are ways around it. Anastasia gives details of the different visa options in the full article, click here to read.
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