International Student GPA Above average/170, T14 chances? Forum

[yvettebread]

Graduated in 2014 with LLM from lower T14 and passed NY Bar.
LSAC international education evaluation "Above Average".
Having been working as a lawyer outside US since 2014.

Working full time as a lawyer with monthly billable hours of 200 and at the same time preparing for the LSAT is killing me.

Hope to attend a T14 and ideally T6. Much appreciate it if can get some help regarding my chances on the basis of the current numbers.

(Still hesitate whether to take the October test, though law firm always get extremely stressed out in September and October. ）

Thanks to all who could help

[QContinuum]

I'm very confused. It sounds like you're already admitted to the NY bar as a practicing lawyer. You're working at a law firm. You even have a T14 degree already. Why would you want to go back and get a J.D.?

Also, do you already have a 170 or is the 170 a predicted/hoped-for score?

[yvettebread]

I'm very confused. It sounds like you're already admitted to the NY bar as a practicing lawyer. You're working at a law firm. You even have a T14 degree already. Why would you want to go back and get a J.D.?

Also, do you already have a 170 or is the 170 a predicted/hoped-for score?

Hi! Sorry if I caused any confusion. I am an international students so I enrolled in a lower T14 LLM 5 years ago and admitted to NY Bar in 2016. I am currently working at a law firm outside US. J.D is door to more practice area and global pay... to be honest...

I already have a 170, but hesitate whether to sit for the October test cuz working while preparing for the test really stresses me out...

Thank you very much for the reply and much appreciate it on any analysis on my chances to T14/T6.

[icansortofmath]

I can tell you some JD students were in the same situation as you and they did really well but also a lot who never did JD and just leveraged their "international legal consultant", or whatever the office calls the international associates, positions to become a first year associate in a few years.

A lot (maybe majority?) of the latter group first transferred to HK (most common for Chinese) or UK (everyone, Chinese included) before making their way to US. You definitely have to hustle.

And yes, you should try to improve the 170. Every point between 170 and 176 matters.

[yvettebread]

I can tell you some JD students were in the same situation as you and they did really well but also a lot who never did JD and just leveraged their "international legal consultant", or whatever the office calls the international associates, positions to become a first year associate in a few years.

A lot (maybe majority?) of the latter group first transferred to HK (most common for Chinese) or UK (everyone, Chinese included) before making their way to US. You definitely have to hustle.

And yes, you should try to improve the 170. Every point between 170 and 176 matters.

Thank you for introducing the career path for people like me... I actually have tried to transfer to HK but nowadays JD holders are quite common in HK and most of the time LLM holders are often the last choice when there is no suitable JD holders...

Thank you so much!