Can I sit for the bar with three LLMs? Forum

[CPA]

I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) interested in studying law. I earned a 150 credit hour bachelors degree in accounting and finance from a top twenty five business school in the Midwest.

I want to study law but I need to work. I found a LLM program in Scotland at one of the top thirty universities in the UK.

Do you think I could take two LLMs at this university, one in medical law and the other in international commerce, plus a stateside LLM in US law for for international lawyers and then sit for the bar?

Thanks for any advice.

[cbbinnyc]

Pretty sure you could sit for the bar in certain states, but I've got to imagine having 3 LLMs and no JD is going to look mighty strange on a CV.

[Avian]

Why not find a part time program?

[CPA]

Im not sure where I will be living so two high quality online llm's then a competitive on-campus llm gives me greater flexibility. I don't mind if its unique and usual as long as I can sit for the bar and practice law.

[A. Nony Mouse]

I'm not sure that multiple LLMs is going to be more helpful than one? I don't think they stack to provide greater eligibility.

[RedGiant]

I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) interested in studying law. I earned a 150 credit hour bachelors degree in accounting and finance from a top twenty five business school in the Midwest.

I want to study law but I need to work. I found a LLM program in Scotland at one of the top thirty universities in the UK.

Do you think I could take two LLMs at this university, one in medical law and the other in international commerce, plus a stateside LLM in US law for for international lawyers and then sit for the bar?

Thanks for any advice.

I'd check the exact states you're interested in, but generally a US LLM makes a candidate eligible on top of an undergrad law degree. If you don't have the ugrad law degree, you don't get to sit.

If you are interested in UK law study, I would check RollOnFriday. The best UK law degree for post-baccs is the College of Law, and I believe they have an online/distance option, which might work for you. But that would qualify you for law in the UK. It still, per my above comment, might not make you eligible to sit the bar in a US jurisdiction.

Further, I wholeheartedly cosign the "don't get multiple LLMs" comment. It falls straight into the, "Why not do a night JD program?" There are a number of excellent PT/Night JD programs, especially Fordham and Santa Clara, if you need to work and want to be eligible to sit a bar in a few years. Good luck.