Shanghai, Summer 2011

Netizen "the sun" message: "barrister, Hello! I am a trainee lawyer, would like to ask you a question: do lawyer in the high threshold? My major is English major, graduate reading is legal, want to be lawyers, don't know foreign lawyers asked the English level? I always insist on learning English, see English contract, listening to VOA,You think I this level do foreign possible? Want to become lawyers have to go abroad to study, get a USA bar? Look forward to your guidance. Thank you.

The simple answer is as follows:

Do foreign lawyers the threshold is not high, now pretend to play the Yu also many. However, to be a qualified attorney general, is not so easy. First of all, you must be in Beijing, Shanghai or Hongkong, any other place China almost have no ecological environment to cultivate and support qualified foreign lawyers. In the final analysis is a professional legal language, to do foreign law, English level should be at least a TOEFL score or close out degree, is the principal language of your access to information and communication should be English in daily life, you have to have confidence in the negotiations on the spot to modify English contract wording, can use language to the opposing lawyer he called to pour out a torrent of abuse. As for whether must go out to study abroad, get a USA license, you will probably want me heroes do not ask the source, why not to study abroad. But I can't muddled you, today, even the most loving Sing revolutionary songs people all want to put the child to send, everywhere the turtle, if you don't have a foreign degree, which foreign institute will hire you -- even if your dad is Li Gang. Not only must go out to study abroad, but also for the schools, take Dr., obtain the license, the best is still outside the working for several years, until the outside really stay boring, then go home (remember the overseas small stay), when a foreign lawyer, eat Chinese meal, foreigners earn money. I'm expecting your success.

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