llm+绿卡在美国好找工作吗？

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colourfulday334 发表于 2016-3-11 09:14
Much appreciated! It just seems odd to me what a clerk will do if the clerk does not have a licens ...

A clerk cannot give legal opinions. But he can do research, draft an opinion which may form the basis for a licensed attorney's legal work sending to a client. His role is similar to that of a law student who works as an intern in a law firm setting. But the clerk gets paid and works full time.

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JD@UVA 发表于 2016-3-11 09:41
A clerk cannot give legal opinions. But he can do research, draft an opinion which may form the  ...

:victory: Thanks!

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可以找到工作。作为一个IT民工家属，我可以现身说法啦。身边的朋友这样的也不少呀。当然读个jd找工作会容易很多，路子宽不少。我感觉搞定第一份工作后攒个几年经验，再有Bar，别要求太高，工作并不难找。

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积极回答楼主攒人品哈哈。我LLM毕业曾经在纽约某美所做过law clerk。进去的时候无Bar,出来的时候有Bar。我觉得有没有Bar不是区分clerk最重要的。据我所知，有些所clerk和paralegal或者legal assistant一样是没有bar的，更多的所是已经考完Bar但是成绩还没出的时候title是这样。我们所中国业务不是重点，所以我直接就报给一个junior par和一个senior par，中间没有额外的asso。从体验的角度来说，我自己觉得养成比较多的好习惯。从pay的角度，够在曼哈顿养活自己，但是也不是很有结余，和asso的pay差别很大。后来，我自己有别的选择。走的时候，par叫我收简历的时候，收到过一个和你一样LLM+绿卡的学生。我觉得绿卡的优势是给了你时间，哪怕你是一开始clerk一两年，你还有机会在一个所内积攒关系或者继续寻找别的机会。但绿卡本身并不能给你带来JD那样直接asso的普遍机会，甚至相比其他LLM，如果硬件条件有差，绿卡不能帮到你什么。不过时间嘛，已经是最大的资源了。祝题主好运。

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Green card is a good insurance policy for an LLM's legal career: you do not worry if you have to leave the firm on two weeks notice. Working in a law firm is stressful enough. Worrying about your visa status would have added more stress on your shoulder.

One more wrinkle about the "law clerk" status: you have to CC an attorney licensed to practice in the same office whenever you communicate with a client regarding the client's legal right . . .  Otherwise you might be accused of unauthorized practice of law in certain jurisdictions.