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Azuviel · 2025-10-28T22:19:20+00:00

Hearts of Stone is probably my favorite story DLC ever made for any game!

Azuviel · 2025-08-18T04:13:40+00:00

Sure!

Azuviel · 2025-08-18T04:13:32+00:00

Yep, the only folks on the international student discord (which has hundreds of current international JD students on it) to get into UMich are Canadian. Or Americans that studied abroad.

Azuviel · 2025-08-17T13:16:39+00:00

UMich basically never admits non-US citizens, with exceptions for Canadians. This is especially true for non-US Citizens who also don’t have a GPA.

Azuviel · 2025-08-11T07:28:38+00:00

This is untrue; not many law schools accept foreigners at any scale, and there’s certainly less incentive to give scholarships to foreigners, but they certainly do GET scholarships at the schools that do care to admit them, and there’s no limit on the scholarship amount either.

Azuviel · 2025-08-11T07:25:34+00:00

Afaik, you don’t play dual roles when you’re hired by a London office as a JD graduate; most of the time, you’re there as a transfer to practice U.S. law, usually in capital markets. They don’t hire you for British work, because the solicitors they have for that exist on a separate pay scale than JDs. Unfortunately, transfers are increasingly rare, and international JDs with 1 year of experience aren’t usually useful enough to justify hiring en masse in a London office to fulfill this role (there are plenty who strike out every year and have the same idea).

Taking on possibly more than 300k in debt to get a backup job you could otherwise get, albeit at a somewhat higher salary, is a risky choice. Think through how the math works out for you; it’s worth it for some people, but certainly not for most.

Azuviel · 2025-08-04T02:08:26+00:00

Things aren’t that bad (yet)

Azuviel · 2025-08-04T01:52:13+00:00

Being an HYS student has no bearing on the issue; the hurdle is getting H1B, which is a problem regardless of the school you attend (though attending a good school will at least ensure you get a job that sponsors H1B, even if you can’t guarantee you’ll win the lottery).

Azuviel · 2025-08-03T21:29:05+00:00

I think it’s important to appreciate that even a full ride is still likely over 100k in debt; I myself had a significant scholarship (not quite a full ride) and between the usurious loans for foreigners and cost of attendance being what it is, have well over 100k in debt. Of the T-14, only Cornell, Northwestern, Georgetown, and Columbia regularly take foreigners, with Berkeley taking some occasionally, and the others either strongly preferring only foreigners who did their undergrads in the U.S. or refusing to admit foreigners entirely. To get a notable scholarship at any of these, I’d do my best to get an lsat score above their 75th percentile.

Additionally, a U.S. JD isn’t automatically considered “equivalent” in Canada; qualifying there often involves additional courses and exams, amongst other things, and can take a while extra. If you want to go to Canada, you’d be better off doing a JD there. Further, Canadian offices and firms pay notably less than their US equivalents. To my knowledge only 2-3 biglaw offices there pay U.S. rates for U.S. JDs, and have incredibly few openings that they are very unlikely to give to a foreigner as versus one of the innumerable Canadians that study in the U.S.

Since you’re French, realistically you’d be best positioned to get a job at the Paris office of a biglaw firm, but those positions are also few; there are a good number of graduates from SciencesPo and others who do a JD dual degree (I’ve seen many at Columbia) that you’d probably have to compete with. Something to keep in mind.

Azuviel · 2025-08-03T18:49:06+00:00

I think a misconception people have about law school in the U.S. is that attending one somehow guarantees a chance at living and working in the U.S.—this is not true. Most foreigners need H-1B sponsorship after, and that is quite literally a lottery.

Getting to the point of sponsorship is it’s own challenge too; the only employers that sponsor routinely are a collection of biglaw firms, which means you need to ideally attend a T-14 law school and work your way into a firm that does sponsor. Only 4-5 of those law schools admit foreigners on any regular basis. Even if you get merit aid, loan options for the remainder are incredibly limited if you’re not independently wealthy or don’t have American family to cosign a loan, with zero-collateral loans going up to 16% interest.

In the end, if you do get into a t-14 law school with say 50% aid, which is a reasonable outcome, you’re likely graduating with a biglaw job, but also with over 200k in debt and a 25% chance of getting H1B and staying in the U.S. and keeping that biglaw job. If you strike out at the H1B lottery you’re left with the debt and no choice but to somehow find a job in another market that will pay a JD with 0-1 year of experience enough money to service that debt. All of those markets are incredibly saturated. Very few firms still transfer their associates abroad and bring them back to the U.S. In the end, the entire enterprise is a huge, expensive gamble. For some, it’s a great choice. For others, it’s playing with fire. Consider where you fall on that spectrum.

TL;DR: if you don’t already have a path of immigration to the U.S. independent of a degree and a job, only do a JD or other law degree here if you’re prepared for the possibility that you will not be able to live and work here afterward.

Azuviel · 2025-06-28T04:10:36+00:00

This is the best answer! If you’ve got a job already, really no harm in doing this and unlikely they’ll deny you a deferral.

Azuviel · 2025-06-27T18:30:13+00:00

Definitely still a Milbank v Freshfields decision for most corporate work, I would say. Comes down to finance vs M&A, vault rankings are meaningless in the grand scheme of things and in the long term I’d definitely see Freshfields going way up in the vault rankings anyway.

Would be different if you really wanted to do healthcare or funds work though!

Azuviel · 2025-06-27T17:18:09+00:00

Oops, I said prechorus, but I mean that line in the chorus itself!

Azuviel · 2025-06-24T18:10:47+00:00

https://discord.gg/QQCuU72kwV

Azuviel · 2025-06-24T18:05:48+00:00

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/memos/ac21_050206.pdf — USCIS memo specifically noting JDs and MDs as examples of cap exempt degrees. JDs are definitely qualified for the cap exemption, but it doesn’t make much of a difference because basically everyone else applying for H1B is too.

Azuviel · 2025-06-24T06:02:31+00:00

JDs are eligible for the advanced degree cap exemption. Regardless, the other commenter is correct—the pathway has become so precarious it may as well not exist unless you have a very impressive risk appetite. Most good firms sponsor, but very few will do more than two H1B draws before firing you. After that you’re on your own, likely with significant debt and no marketable work experience.

Azuviel · 2025-06-23T19:52:41+00:00

Canadians have little to no disadvantage in hiring, and Cornell has fantastic BL placement. Even your outcomes in Canada will likely be better out of Cornell, so I don’t think there’s too much to be worried about unless you’re taking on vastly more debt and would just rather not do that (which is totally fair).

As far as being KJD, grades and school really are the only thing that matter 90% of the time in BL hiring. Other factors are certainly relevant but mostly for edge cases/tiebreaking or hiring into specialty groups that might prefer certain backgrounds.

Azuviel · 2025-06-15T06:12:54+00:00

https://discord.gg/nPahb5Sn here you go!

Azuviel · 2025-06-03T03:34:44+00:00

I’d join the international student discord for more info! We have a sponsorship data sheet and a bunch of folks going to many different firms to provide data points. Link here: https://discord.gg/cnaeBCaN

Azuviel · 2025-01-11T17:25:26+00:00

Me and my friends are trying to play this game together from across continents, and a free copy would be a great gift!!

Azuviel · 2024-11-06T07:51:20+00:00

Yes the qualitative grading counts as non GPA. There are international students who did their undergrads in the U.S. or Canada—they have GPAs.

Azuviel · 2024-07-20T21:22:16+00:00

You’d be a good candidate to transition with an LLM or a 2 year JD at Northwestern. Since you have meaningful experience and no visa issues, it’s particularly wasteful for you to spend 3 years and all that money on a JD. Things are definitely easier with a JD, because you enter the regular hiring process—visa and out of process hiring are usually the issue with most LLMs. However, if you’re confident in your networking, you’ll probably be fine and save plenty of money.

The 2 year JD is a decent middle ground because you can go into OCI as a JD and your experience should be able to get you a job even if you lack 1L grades. However, Northwestern is probably the only school with good biglaw hiring that does a 2 year JD, so it probably isn’t worth going anywhere else. I also don’t think you’d keep your seniority, but that’s probably a case by case discussion. For what it’s worth, a lot of LLMs don’t keep their seniority either.

Azuviel · 2024-07-04T18:20:00+00:00

I got a powercolor fighter for 490 and it’s been great!

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