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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Adam Gilchrist" data-source="post: 41800" data-attributes="member: 5820">@Kablahc’s advice is good.However, I’d just add on one or two warning notes. Law school in America is not cheap at all - a couple of years of it will easily bring you into a six figure debt. Once you’re applying to US firms (or US offices to be precise) you’ll have the trouble that you don’t have a Green Card or US citizenship, which means that you need to persuade the firm why sponsoring you for the relevant visa is a wise investment on their part.What I’m getting at is that if you wish to go down the US law school route, then it’s likely only worth it if you go to one of the top 15 law schools.  Anything below that, firms will be unlikely to see the value in sponsoring you for a visa over the glut of American candidates already with the relevant right to work. I know people who went down this route successfully, but the difference was that they had all been to Harvard/Yale/Berkeley/Columbia law school.The same sort of argument applies to doing the JD overseas - for example at Sussex, which used to offer it - then applying to US offices.If you’re desperate to work in the states, then unless the law school offer route works out for you, secondments/transfers is the way forwards.Note that transfers are more common the more senior you are. For now, your best bet is to work as hard as you can at university. Get the best scores possible on your modules. Get a first. Good grades at university will definitely help lessen the problems bad a level grades cause. US law school application decisions are based to no small extent on GPA, and for that matter firms like S&M (if you stay in the U.K.) will place a lot of importance on university grades.</blockquote>

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