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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 74656" data-attributes="member: 2672">You don’t need a JD, but most people you will be up against job entry level legal jobs will have one. So if you don’t, your CV is going to need to be exceptional elsewhere, and will probably still need a US LLM.The issue with working in the US is mainly visas though. Getting a visa isn’t straight forward nor necessarily easy, and this may restrict your ability to work in the US more than anything else.The way around these factors is usually to transfer from one office with a firm to the US office. It does happen - whether it be a secondment (eg a fixed period of time of 6 months or more) or a permanent move. However, these opportunities don’t happen a lot. Out of an office of 1,000 lawyers, only a very small number will move to the US each year, and by very small I mean you’ll be able to count on one hand. And you’ll be working in an environment where you’re unlikely to be the strongest contender for that opportunity.You ultimately will have to engineer your career to get as much exposure to US clients or UK/US matters. You’ll also need to ensure you think about which seats you did during your training contract carefully. Finally, you’ll need a fair bit of good fortune.So it is all possible, but not easy nor straight forward and will require a lot of hard work to get there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 74656, member: 2672"] You don’t need a JD, but most people you will be up against job entry level legal jobs will have one. So if you don’t, your CV is going to need to be exceptional elsewhere, and will probably still need a US LLM. The issue with working in the US is mainly visas though. Getting a visa isn’t straight forward nor necessarily easy, and this may restrict your ability to work in the US more than anything else. The way around these factors is usually to transfer from one office with a firm to the US office. It does happen - whether it be a secondment (eg a fixed period of time of 6 months or more) or a permanent move. However, these opportunities don’t happen a lot. Out of an office of 1,000 lawyers, only a very small number will move to the US each year, and by very small I mean you’ll be able to count on one hand. And you’ll be working in an environment where you’re unlikely to be the strongest contender for that opportunity. You ultimately will have to engineer your career to get as much exposure to US clients or UK/US matters. You’ll also need to ensure you think about which seats you did during your training contract carefully. Finally, you’ll need a fair bit of good fortune. So it is all possible, but not easy nor straight forward and will require a lot of hard work to get there. [/QUOTE]

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