其实我想说,很多人崇尚美帝,然后走LLM/JD+Bar模式。其实,很多时候都是盲从,去美帝的,除了前5的学校或许保障大一些,其他学校怎么样以后的出路如何,是否一定比其他地方好很多,有多少人能够给出详细的证明?都是因人而异了。就拿香港打比方,就是很多local student,读了JD+PCLL,现在也并不一定就被HK的大所接受了。香港Mayer Brown JSM的partner告诉我:
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Indeed the job market in Hong Kong for trainees is not easy at all. Although the difficulty with getting a PCLL seat has already stopped a portion of law students from pursuing further with a legal dream, there are still too many PCLL law graduates for the market in Hong Kong to absorb. And honestly, the quality of students isn’t that impressive either and save for the so-called crème de la crème with offers from top firms, the others have to grab whatever they can get hold of. Even the so-called crème de la crème is often not so impressive either. _____________________________________________________________________
因此,以为在外面读个JD或者进一步拿到Bar就可以怎么怎么样的,其实挺不是那么回事的。据我亲身的体会是,LLM不是没什么价值,大陆Bar+LLM在HK只要你competitive enough in English,同样充满竞争力。