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- Are you an Indian lawyer or law student who wants to migrate and work as an attorney in the US?
- Do you want to be a qualified US attorney and participate in the world’s largest legal services market?
- Do you want to do international remote work, and start to serve clients in the US? Maybe you are already doing some international remote work and realise that you can charge a lot more if you are a qualified attorney in the US?
- As an Indian lawyer, do you want to know which opportunities are waiting for you in US law practice if you qualify the California Bar?
- Do you want this career upgrade for yourself?
- Do you want to practice in a major US State and deal in US federal laws?
- If you want to know how, then you are at the right place.
- We have solutions to all these questions. This is India’s first bootcamp where you will get a personalised roadmap to become a US qualified attorney.
- Many people think that they have to do an expensive LL.M. from a big US law school to kickstart their US legal practice.
Well, that is not true.
The very first step to securing legal work and international legal opportunities in the US is cracking the California Bar Exam!
What opportunities can you get after passing the California Bar Exam
- California is one of the largest legal markets in the US and attorney fees are the highest in the state, which makes it a paradise for international remote arbitrage.
- As you know, it is home of Silicon Valley and the famed startup ecosystem, which is probably one of the most open systems for meritorious newcomers anywhere in the world. It has not only embraced remote work, they are the ones who are championing this around the world.
- Once you pass the exam, you can find employment as in-house counsel with a corporation, or you can work as an attorney for individuals and startups.
- Once you clear this exam, it will also be easy for you to get remote legal work in the US, which will help you build a network of contacts and immigrate when the time comes.
Why you should attempt the California Bar Exam
- California is a state that allows candidates to take the bar exam without going to a US law school for Juris Doctor (JD) or even a local LL.M.
- The State Bar of California permits you to appear for its bar exam even if you have completed your studies from India provided you have a right to practice law in India.
- You can prepare for this exam in 6-8 months by studying 3-4 hours per day.
- The California Bar Exam is held twice each year, so you can attempt it again soon, in case you miss out on your first attempt.
- California Bar Exam is most apt if your goal is to practice tech law, IP law, immigration law or even corporate law.
- California operates a relatively open policy in permitting foreign law graduates or lawyers to take the bar examination, which is designed to test a candidate's ability to think like a lawyer.
What you will learn at the bootcamp
Even if you have never read laws pertaining to the state of California, we will guide you through it and provide a narrative experience of the exam at our bootcamp. Following are some of the questions we will answer:
How to fulfil the eligibility criteria for passing the California Bar Exam.
What is the exam pattern and how to crack it?
What is the syllabus for the exam? What study material do you need?
How many hours do you need to study and what should be your study plan?
How to analyse past years’ question papers and detect a trend.
How can you find remote work as a paralegal or foreign attorney in the US while preparing for the California Bar Exam?
How to approach the exam and balance your time between your practice and preparation.
What is the benefit of clearing this exam? What career opportunities will open up for you?
What credentials do you need that will help you get a legal or paralegal job in the US?
How is it possible to attempt this bar exam without an LL.M. from a US law school?
Who should attend this bootcamp?
- Lawyers who want to migrate to the US.
- Law graduates who intend to do LL.M. from the US.
- The State Bar of California includes attorneys who have been educated abroad. They do not have to be citizens to be a licensed attorney in California, but they do have to fill out some extra paperwork. So, attorneys who want to migrate to the US or work remotely for clients in the US.
- Lawyers who are already in active law practice in a foreign country and are of good standing can take the California Bar Exam without any additional legal education.
- Law students who have just received their initial degree in law from a law school outside the US. They must establish their eligibility to take the bar exam by showing that their degrees are equivalent to a Juris Doctor (JD) degree awarded by an American Bar Association-approved or California-accredited law school in the US.
So register now and make sure you attend all three days for three hours each, from 31st May , 1st June , 2nd June 2024, 7-10 pm (IST) daily
Ready reckoner for how much you will have to spend in the process of obtaining California Bar Qualification
How to apply and get started
A checklist for your California Bar Exam preparation
Sample Papers
Question Bank for practice
A guide to getting remote paralegal work in the US
Once you register, you will receive these, free of cost
How to obtain a certificate for the bootcamp:
- Attend on all days (at least 2.5 hours each day, and log in from the trackable unique link sent to you via Zoom so we can track your attendance)
- Leave a review of your experience (good, bad or ugly) in comments to the Linkedin and Twitter post links (shared in the live session), at the end of each day. (If you don’t have an account on any of these channels, please create it right away. It barely takes a couple of minutes. We are sure you will agree that a good social media profile is critical for career success in this age.
- Send us a screenshot of your posts to [email protected].in and we will send you a certificate after 10 days. If you have questions about the certificate, write to [email protected]