[reproduced]MD/JD/MBA how to become a lawyer

The original address:MD/JD/MBA how to become a lawyer AmericanAuthor:Zhao Jianjun

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MD/JD/MBA how to become a lawyer American

If you look at the perfect drama "Law & Order" and "the Boston law" after you find a lawyer is very attractive to you, don't worry, before seriously considering becoming a lawyer tried to answer these questions:

1 you Is it right? Like close cooperation and jointly cope with major events, may affect the whole life
2 if you can place oneself in others'position for the sake of customers, while maintaining ability objective analysis of events, to understand the various results which events are likely to appear in the current law
3 are you willing to patiently major misunderstanding on one explain something he is easily ignored or things
4, whether written or oral, whether you can be concise and to the point, the paper analysis the clarity of a problem
5 you really love someone's spokesperson? You can focus on the same question from two opposite party debates are kept the same enthusiasm?
6 if you are careful enough, in the face of legal provisions can be strict in one's demands of tens of thousands of strip check carefully
7 do you like endless reading and learning?
If most of the answer is "Yes", you may become a good lawyer, at least you have become some of the basic quality of lawyers.
The actual work of lawyers is how? Their weekly working time, can earn much money?

The lawyer every working day state how? The answer may be all kinds of special you're in, according to the law: criminal law and civil law, personal injury litigation, litigation, product defect, investment and real estate transactions, tax law, litigation, employment and labor law, environmental protection law, patent and trademark law, civil law, law of special services you are engaged in the work you, working environment, target customers, compensation or even your whole life quality. So, in this whole concept of professional lawyer also have many different and more specific professional.
But generally speaking, the lawyers working time compared to other occupation is long, working in a big city lawyers (for example: New York, Losangeles and Washington) than their counterparts in other regions to work longer hours. In the work of a large law firm for the longest time, medium small firms then, finally in the nonprofit and government agencies working in the most relaxed lawyer. Of course, serving in the government sector income is proportional to the work, is the lowest.
In government agencies, weekly working time less than 40 hours, the average starting salary is 60000 to 80000 dollars a year; while in law firms, the weekly working time may be in 70 hours, have to pay a return, to enter the world's top 250 law firms, assistant job a year reached to 160000 dollars. In 2008, the average salary of all lawyers are $110590
As an international student, how to be a lawyer in the America?

In America, to become lawyers generally take 7 years: 4 years of undergraduate education and 3 years of legal professional graduate education, so that you can get Dr. JD degree in law (Juris Doctor). By now, assuming you have determined to become a lawyer, have a look we give you step-by-step advance step:
1 first completed 4 years of undergraduate education, bachelor's degree
Because American University in the undergraduate stage is not to provide legal professional, regardless of your undergraduate: history, economy, biology, anthropology, you can apply for a Juris Doctor Program, you can learn anything that you are interested in the subject. If you from the outset that my destiny is to become a lawyer, my advice is, those who can cultivate your reading, writing and critical thinking of the professional learning, for example: history, politics, literature, or Pre-law (pre law, provide the professional school rarely). Unless you are very interested in intellectual property law, through USA patent agent qualification examination (Patent Bar), a registered patent agent or registered patent attorneys, you need to get a degree in a technical or natural science disciplines (for example: biology, chemistry, electrical engineering, computer science, etc.). At the same time, you also have to know the one or two professors in the undergraduate stage, because the recommendation letter issued by them in the application of law school has the very vital significance.

2 participate in the LSAT test (Law School Admission Test)
Different from the school of business, working experience in applying to law school is not a necessary requirement, but there are still many law schools in recruiting more biased in favor of those applicants who have work experience, the most obvious example is the Northwestern University School of law (Northwestern Law). If you are going to college after graduation to enter law school, you have to take the LSAT test in three or four semester.
LSAT is a standardized entrance exam accepted by all America ABA certified law school and most of the Canadian school. The LSAT exam held four times a year, have a test in many countries in the world, but attention should be paid to China, only one point, but only held in December each year. Detailed information about LSAT can be found at the official:Www.lsac.org
Although LSAT does not measure the law professional future students in academic performance in school, but many school enrollment in the still very valued LSAT scores. So the reference must be fully prepared before the LSAT, than you pay more attention to SAT. If the law school application process is an important factor that concerns only if you can get the admission letter, it must be LSAT.
The application of ABA (3. USA Lawyers Association) accredited law school. The most basic common sense is apply the sooner the better, because most of the law school is a rolling admission, is also the first come first served.
4 be wise to choose a school, the law school is particularly valued ranking, occupation development of different schools or non elite born great, so there is a "Top 14" in the industry, "Top 6" or "Top 3" said.
The 5 law school the pressure particularly large, especially in the first year of the L1 (1st year of Law School). In order to survive in the law school, you can expect: the bubble in the study group together all day, reading the case with students, study the law, writing concise reports, prepare for classroom teachers at any time to question.

6. in the summer to practice law firm, whether as assistant, liaison, even a simple clerk. Don't wait until graduation she began to prepare, practice as early as possible, although students intern many of your favorite firm for law school the first grade position without salary, you have to try. Practice the second grade is more affect to get a satisfactory job when you graduate.

The jurisdiction of 7. research in your area, and in a fit state passed the bar exam. As an international student, if JD degree, you can participate in the examination for the qualification as a lawyer in the vast majority of state America (Bar Exam), some states even allowed to accept legal education in foreign lawyers to participate in the examination. Most of the students take the exam, in the summer after graduating from Law School of once through, you are America Lawyers Association certified genuine lawyer!

8 to find a satisfactory job lawyer, full understanding of life can be diverse, you finally chose to top law firms, or go to a non-profit organization, or to the government work, depends entirely on the personal attitude towards life and opinions, never blindly follow the footsteps of others, you can have your own success the.

Finally, a lot of people might be interested in such a question: have JD degree in American whether can Chinese while practicing? Generally speaking, to be a lawyer in the Chinese you need through the Chinese Bar Exam is also the national judicial examination, but many in the American accept legal education and now work in Chinese lawyer did not participate in the judicial examination Chinese, because they work for the Usa Inc or mnc.