The respondents:Wang Ruilv

The school:American Wake Forest University

Studying professional:Master of law LLM project, J. D. JD project

Overseas agent:To learn America advanced judicial system on the one hand, on the one hand to increase their knowledge.

My cow:Take the results directly to Dr. first students, to American New York lawyer license, in the local employment.

At present state:Return to employment.

Student perception:To cherish in USA learning opportunities, take part in local activities, more experience of life.

Wang Ruilv Law Department of Zhejiang University after graduation, went to Wake Forest University (America national ranked twenty-seventh) read the master of law (LLM), after the helicopter the law, high gold content of (JD), and obtain the USA lawyer's license in the local employment, now back development. When Wake Forest University LLM program has enrolled 9 students, 4 students for China. The LLM project aimed at students want to go to USA learning USA one aspect of the law. In most states, LLM graduates are not allowed to test the lawyer license.

 

Question: you choose the Wake Forest University, at the beginning of USA read law also adapt?

Wang Ruilv.USA Wake Forest University is a focus on elite, small schools. So it was not for the majority of the students, the parents know Chinese. But it is in the America is an old schools, whether to enjoy a relatively high position in the rankings, reputation. It is a comprehensive ranking of twenty-seventh, undergraduate education is good. The strengths professional legal, management, economy, accounting, medicine etc.. LLM master of law students apply for more projects, some of the relatively large size of the school may recruit hundreds of students. So teachers can not keep up with, the teacher-student ratio is not so high, even students LLM will separate class, not American local together with students in class. The learning America law in USA, want to improve their language skills, understand and integrate into the local culture is very bad.

Wake Forest University is a small scale of education, such as the students I was reading LLM project only 9. The students are having classes with local students, a class is twenty students. The school teachers than to keep up, the teacher has a very good understanding of each student. The student can always find the teacher for help. It is most important to me.

 

Question: when you first go to do not meet the place in the study?

Wang Ruilv.Just a few months to actually very does not adapt. First is the language. Don't look at the language test in China have passed, but really to foreign or will not understand. Law is also a language requirement is relatively high professional. Reading the daily volume of 100 pages or so, to read a large number of cases, the literature. Not only the amount of reading, but also very difficult to understand the material meaning, terminology and many local people do not know, but it is very difficult and the domestic learned Chinese terms on the number.

Two different teaching models. USA there class unlike the domestic to the teacher, many students are speaking. For example, a course arrangement 5 case, will find students stand up and talk about the general situation of the case, the teacher to supplement. Some teachers even will arrange students to the whole class, like bank law I is like this. The whole class is composed of 1 students, the teacher will make supplement or correct the wrong place. To host a lesson, students should be prepared. America classroom discussion quite are also many, some of course there will be a lot of discussion, all need to speak. Especially students have classes together with the American classmate, teachers are basically not do special care for you. The teachers will ask you to speak, if you don't speak good will ask you a lesson stood by, or ask you to leave.

So, just the past or have some challenges in learning, English. But the way to deal with. Our school is a writing center in academic settings. Students with their own writing, or reading, writing to request guidance center teacher or student volunteers. USA local people in general do part-time students, the teacher in the writing center is the literature department, students are in graduate school. The school also set up an English corner, this is a good place to practise oral English.

In addition, because fewer students, students have easy access to the teacher, could always find a teacher to ask do not understand the problem, also can make an appointment time to ask the teacher for you to explain.

 

Question: the life?

Wang Ruilv.In the life also is not very adapt to. USA except some big city public traffic system, most of the city, especially where I north card, no subway, there is no taxi, bus is 1 hour shifts, point to open, one day a few bus. Want to travel convenience will test the America driver's license, a car. Even in the domestic test a driver's license, but to drive their own cars or need to adapt to a period of time.

In life give me great help is Chinese senior, senior. Although Chinese students less, but China students very united, very good China student will. Say you just past, and as long as the student union, the students would give you arrange the pick up, no matter how late flight. I used to when he was a senior at the airport, second days with me to go to the supermarket to buy necessities, then will take me to the test American license, to buy a car, to do a phone card, a series of stable life mentor, she will help to do. I sighed and said that: "be strangers to each other so help me, good move, I don't know how to return." She said to me: "when she comes, a sister school is also so for her, so she can so help me, if I can be handed down from generation to generation is good." I was in New York also lived for a period of time, many Chinese New York, but did not feel the small city of Chinese cohesion so strong.

Of course, the school student center has a special life teacher, every week the teacher will organize students to go shopping in the big supermarket local.

 

Question: American safety or not?

Wang Ruilv.I personally feel that America is still a very safe place. The North Carolina have "Doors are unbolted at night." feeling.

Although American gun, but the local people do not indiscriminately shot. Of course, you can't break their bottom line. The first, is not casually to the home to others. As he drove the wrong, want to fall into the family's yard. You may think this is very normal, but they may not understand, they feel like outsiders in their home, they have the right to defend himself, and will take a very dangerous way.

Malignant events may be heard in the big city is more, probably because of the large city population cardinal number is big. When living in New York, I walked on the road did not feel safe. The only danger is in the parking lot, where looting and other malignant event probability larger. If you encounter robbery, as long as you are with him, don't resist, give him the money, basically gunmen took money to go, generally do not. My friend suffered theft, but after the alarm, like a car that is easy to keep track of things are back.

 

Question: how do you live? The cost of living is not big?

Wang Ruilv.The accommodation of each school is not the same. Like my school, undergraduate freshman must live, then can choose to live in or outside school. You can apply for graduate school, also can not live. I suggest the first year just past the application in a school, their benefits are nearer to the school, school bus, school is convenient, can focus on learning. Second years if life has adapted to consider renting apartment outside the campus. Off campus accommodation is good to pick their own roommate, living environment will be more comfortable than the student dormitory, cheap price. Living off campus, if you drive, or 5 minutes, 10 minutes.

The cost of living is mainly for food and lodging. The city of Windsor is North Carolina's fourth largest city, the price is not high. Their fees are $500-600 a month, bag check. An apartment, a world average of $500 a month, the best apartment is $750 a month. Two of the world average is $600 a month, the best month for $900. In general than the school dormitory cheap. Dinner, the school has a canteen, a $15. If you eat fast food around a $10, about $20 Western-style food eat meal; they buy food to cook, $20 can eat for 1 weeks, and meat.

 

Question: communication and USA local students have what difficulty? The local people is how to treat the Chinese students?

Wang Ruilv.This is I have not done enough. I think the local people without rejection, also there is no hope you go into their. USA spirit quite independent, if you come to my friends I do not exclude, but you don't come I will not take the initiative to approach you. Look at the main Chinese students attitude. I contact with Americans more in study. For example, group cooperative writing an essay, or moot court. This is from the beginning of academic exchanges, slowly contact, understanding, Internet will be interactive.

To better integrate into American circles, the best way is to exercise. Americans pay attention to exercise. Americans will often go to the school to participate in sports, sports up Friday, in the sports and the local people well up, become good friends.

The second is to go to a bar. Americans after 21 years old can drink, they like to go to the bar. Week six is fixed to the bar. Like our law school always send the invitation mail to students.

Our school has a very good place, the school the student center to each student to find a local family pairing. International students can in the student center registration. Relationship between good words will directly call father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, call like members of the family. I have a matching one family relationship is very good, every major festival, Thanksgiving, Christmas, will invite me to go to a family party. I can also understand the local local customs and practices to take this opportunity to. Until now we have contact, their children every year to China comes to see me.

 

Question: read the legal profession in the USA employment is good? China students looking for work in America convenient?

Wang Ruilv.AfterThe economic crisis America employment slowly going downhill. In fact, this America H1B (working visa) application rate can be seen. 2011 is when the worst America employment, April open H1B application, in November also did not apply for a full. When times are good, 1 weeks of 65000 applicants, 2 more than a higher degree quota was filled with. Recently, the employment situation again, I saw last year and this year, H1B application open, basically after 1 weeks at full strength. I just went to school at that time, the law is a very good job of the professional. Company law firm, the will to please the graduating students, hope they go to work.

The summer vacation will give their money to allow students to visit the company, tourism, the bag eats. They don't require students to do what work, is the hope that after graduation the students can leave. After the economic crisis of this situation will change. The lawyer industry relatively saturated, affected by the economic crisis will be the first to bear the brunt of law is relatively large, a not so good job professional. I feel the law itself, you want to test each state of the lawyer's license in America employment. My graduate project is mainly oriented to foreign students, is to America details a law, it only in seven or eight states (such as New York) in American judicial examination, and must be a few schools USA Lvxie recognized master, other states (such as California) are not eligible test USA lawyer license. Failed to qualify for the judicial examination, you will not be able to become a lawyer, it is difficult to find suitable work. Although you can as a legal assistant, but after all, not a long-term development direction.

But JD (Doctor of laws), it is a system of training law education, so each state is recognized, can participate in the judicial examination. If you want to read the master returned, then read a LLM project is enough; if you want to stay in American lawyer, so more suitable for JD project.

On the judicial examination, if you won the New York state attorney's license, you will be in New York state court litigation, for customers to debate, but there is a state license may engage in non litigation legal services and immigration in the USA. In USA as long as you get a law license state, exemption can apply for other state judicial examination of part of the project. For example, Washington D.C., you hold the other law license state can directly apply for license, no longer participates in the judicial test. Difficult, like California, even if you have other law license state, but also to re take the exam over. The employment of words, the geographical position is very important, your school is basically in the local is influential in the field. Where to go to school, where good jobs. I feel USA is a fair society. On the revenue side, lawyers and the salesperson is actually not too bad. Average wage per state USA is not the same. Such as New York, the average starting salary is $80000 a year. Recently there should be some decline, the annual salary of between 60000 and 80000 dollars. But I know, in USA hotel service personnel, they each month can also get a $five thousand or six thousand tip.

The only difference is that social status, Americans still more value. For example, the possible occupation, wages are not high. Law School professor a year salary is about $150000, of course no lawyer when salary is higher, but Americans are more willing to choose when the professor.

 

Question: you employment in USA also, can you talk about your job experience?

Wang Ruilv.America good job interview will be divided into several rounds, the first round is HR people to interview, and then the middle managers, high position may be more competent to interview. The interview is rarely asked very professional issues. But a dialogue, understanding your personal ability. Need to pay attention to is, must be fully prepared before the interview. I feel quite good interview several times, all the companies know it very well before I. For example, the law firm which is founded, why that name, who are partners, they are what school, what the hair. All I read.

A little help is prepared, the first round of interviews, the recruitment company will tell you second round interview who is your supervisor, so that we can advance the interviewer know the information is complete. If you have read the interviewer's article, you can tell him you see he had sent the article, I think so, but also to do so. You don't have to wait for him to ask you, you can take the initiative to prepare their own direction. This will allow the examiner to shine at the moment, he will think you know him deeper than his own. This will give him leave a good impression.

In second, the interview to know what they want, to learn empathy. Not with the interviewer said, I want to increase work experience, I want to get some professional knowledge is enough. You should think about, the main is to help the interviewer wants to help him, thinking he needs what kind of person. For example, he find you Is it right? To develop China market ah, still he values your certain aspects of the practice ability. If you find, you have to go this way, let him know that you are in line with the requirements of the. You want to hit on what one likes, knew he wanted to find what kind of people, tell the interviewer that you are very suitable for this post.

Third, American is the spirit of confidence. In the interview, don't have any hesitation. To make the interviewer feel you are very confident, think you are very suitable for this post. Then, to highlight the advantages of your own. If there is like no other place, it must be shown to the interviewer.

 

Question: would like to find a job in American after graduation, the visa to do what?

Wang Ruilv.OP T is American to students after graduation to find work, a practice time. General professional is 12 months, some science and technology class specialty such as computer, physics, may be extended to 29 months. Students between 2 months after graduation can be ready to apply for 3 months before graduation to. The OPT procedure takes about 1 months, so the best time is on your student visa for graduation time before 1 - 2 months for the beginning.

The OPT application is relatively simple, the school the student center will help students to apply for. During the OPT 1 years to find a job, then handed the work visa application.

 

Question: when you come back, in Shanghai a large law firm, what is the difference between domestic and foreign work?

Wang Ruilv.China students in American lawyer when development is not very good, influence factors by language, race and so. But back to the Chinese will have an advantage, because you have USA license, you know USA law.

Now, many America companies to Chinese development. 85% of my clients are foreign companies. Foreign companies to Chinese investment, they will hire a lawyer to help them two background for China business. Because they need to understand the legal person to give advice, there is the language of communication will not be a problem. So, after I return home to find a job very well.

 

Question: what advice do you have to want to American law students?

Wang Ruilv.I think to go abroad before and after going abroad two aspects. I think to study abroad, to advance to prepare. I at that time is early, because it can learn more American school. Abroad and back to school, and then change the major is very troublesome thing. Read the JD degree, both foreign and Chinese, are eliminated. No matter how much each exam score is, as long as in the bottom row, will be eliminated. And if you must less than 66 points, average less than 78 points will be quantui. More training in English, English ability can be adapted to life there to learn faster. After the first semester America, great pressure. Since the beginning of the past have a process of adaptation, the legal profession and the language requirement is very high. It is recommended when to build fewer credits, to adapt as soon as possible. Wait second years to repair a bit, or consider summer courses, the lack of credit repair back.

In addition, I think we should cherish the time studying abroad. Every summer to experience life, look for more internship opportunities. Especially the master, to the other side to start thinking about the internship, employment problem. A chat with the students, contact and experience life. So it doesn't make a go by go overseas.

 

Study abroad experts:

[The new study planning expertsHu Jiaxi ] first saw Wang Ruilv classmates, the first impression is a very quiet girl. Contact after the discovery of her inner energy is very strong. She is a lot of students are to have clear goals, ambitious. From Zhejiang University law so excellent background after graduation, we help her choose legal professional strong American read Master of law, Wake Forest University. She is also very good, in continuous efforts to get the doctor of law and made American, lawyer's license. The America local students, the difficulty is very big. Now she has returned to the development, we look forward to once again hear her award success message.

 

Study tips:

LLM is America College for international students a one-year master of law course. Those with bachelor degree or above can apply for. And American local students basically read JD (Juris Doctor), the doctor of law visa difficult, cost is high, but the degree very high gold content. If you intend to return to China, read the LLM more affordable, more economical. In general, only J D can participate in the America bar exam.

 

The Introduction of School

Wake Forest University (Wake Forest Universit y, Vic Fries University) was founded in 1834, is American South can comparable with the Ivy League elite institutions, over the years in the university ranking in the top 30. For nearly a century, Wake Forest University enjoys a high reputation in the America, small scale and resource extensive academic will American elite of the elite university style and top research university combination of strength, encourage students to pursue truth, emancipating the mind, tolerance of dissent, make it become one of the most famous university in North america.

Wake Forest University is located in the historic city of Windsor American North Carolina (Winston-Salem), from the USA second financial center in Sherlock, about an hour's drive. The school's Calloway School of business at Businessweek University Business School ranked 14, the quality of teaching a long time with the Walton School of business at the University of Pennsylvania tied for the first place. The master of professional accounting rate of the famous, through the examination of Certified Public Accountants is the first (97%) and close100% of the employment rate of graduates, be way ahead in the national average level.

 

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