Re: LL.M degree will not get you bar admission
Posted by Michael T. on 3/22/08

Hi MATU-- sorry, I've been away.

I would advise that you not rely on the ABA site with regards to specific states'
admission requirements. You need to go to the state itself, as this info is always in
flux. Check here for CA-- http://calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/rules/Rules_Title4_Div1-Adm-
Prac-Law.pdf. You'll see with with a foreign LLB, you're going to need a year at an ABA
or "other approved" law school to sit the CA exam.

Read the NY, VA, and RI sites similarly, very carefully. Again, do not look at the ABA
site. The ABA does not determine state law.

If your LLB is from a distance learning school, you're going to have a really difficult
time with some work in an ABA school.

-Mike

On 2/14/08, MATU wrote:
> Hi Mike (the real mike). Regarding this topic, I just want to be clarified on some
> things. Hope you don't mind. First, can a foreign lawyer take the California bar
> exams even without getting an LLM degree? I read in the ABA website that in
> California, a foreign lawyer can take its bar exams. Did I get it correctly?
> Second, based on the internet forum such as this, in NY, VA and Rhode Island, after
> taking an LLM degree you can take the bar exams in those states. Is this also correct?
> Do you think that taking LLM for foreign lawyers like me could help us pass the bar
> exams?
> Thanks a lot.
>
>

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