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States Side Story: Career Paths Of International Ll.M. Students, Or "I Like To Be In America", Carole Silver
States Side Story: Career Paths Of International Ll.M. Students, Or "I Like To Be In America", Carole Silver
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This Article draws on an empirical study of the careers of international law graduates who earned an LL.M. in the United States, and considers the role of a U.S. LL.M. as a path for building a legal career in the United States. It identifies the institutional, political, and economic forces that present challenges to graduates who attempt to stay in the United States. While U.S. law schools prize the international diversity of their graduate students, this study reveals that the U.S. legal profession is most accessible to international students from English-speaking common law countries, whose language and background allow them …