🚨 Reed Smith has just announced its Direct Training Contract route!
The deadline is 20th June.

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kablahc" data-source="post: 41728" data-attributes="member: 7444">No problem <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Since it seems like you are exclusively interested in practicing in NY I can tell you 100% that you will not be able to sit the bar exam post-degree alone as the GDL is always ineligible, no exceptions. <a href="https://www.nybarexam.org/eligible/eligibility.htm" target="_blank">https://www.nybarexam.org/eligible/eligibility.htm</a> However, all is not lost!!!!! You have lots of options if you're interested in US law and practice so don't get down about it at all! You could also look at other jurisdictions like California which requires you to be qualified in your home jurisdiction - so after you've completed your SQE - or done a US LLM. I dare say working at a large firm's office in California would be broadly similar to working at a large firm's office in NY <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> If you applied for a US law firm, for example, as long as they have offices in the US you can ALWAYS request a secondment as a trainee (provided the firm does them lol). You'd just be working on UK law work or whatever you're qualified for while you're geographically in the US haha. So you'd get plenty of exposure to US law that way - and I'd argue you'd get quite a lot of exposure just from working at a US firm's UK office if the firm does a lot of international work too! Firms who train you will be spending a LOT of money on you so they're surprisingly flexible when it comes to professional development because everyone likes returns on their investments hahahahaha.</blockquote>

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