I am in Pennsylvania and I have heard there are many law schools here which "export" lawyers all over the East Coast. A. Does this mean that finding a job here would be too competitive, if there are a disproportionate number of law students in the area? Ideally, I want to stay in Philadelphia. B. Do schools train for a particular bar exam? Will a PA school train me for the PA bar? C. Is there a type of federal law training you can get and a bar exam for that? Do you also have to have state licensing? What sort of jobs are there in federal law? Here, we have branches of the Federal Reserve, and probably other federal offices.
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A. It means that because attorney jobs are so scarce people will move to another state in order to get a job in their profession. For those who get attorney jobs in a Federal agency, their home office may be in another location. It is not unusual for law students to come to a big city for their education and then go back home to practice law. The law schools in larger cities have the advantage of being closer to the courts and therefore closer to law firms who hire. Getting an attorney job in any major market (big city, concentrations of courts) is competitive. Law school is competitive. B. The Bar Exam is made up of 2 parts. One is general or multi state and the other one is specific for your state. The vast majority of law school class are taught in generalities -- or more multi state. Some classes in law school will be directed at your state's laws. Remember law school classes teach the history of the law, the theory of the law, how past cases (sometimes back to the 1800s) have influenced the law. They do not teach you how to actually practice the law. You will probably not even know how to file a law suit when you graduate. C. Law school classes will teach you the federal law. Some law topics such as securities law, employment law, patent law rely very heavily on Federal laws. There are also other subjects that only rely on state law. You will probably take a Bar Review course after graduation from Law School and before taking the Bar Exam. The majority of people do. These classes will prepare you for the bar exam. After passing the bar exam you will have a license to practice law in that one state. If you want to be licensed in other states you will be required to take additional state bar exams. Jobs in the Federal sector see www.usajobs.gov
