Looking for work in DR....various questions.

[americangirl]

I am an American Attorney, interested in living in the Dominican Republic. What sort of jobs do you think I should be looking at? I would like to practice law, but would need a license, etc. Are there any other type jobs I should be looking at, that may be related to law.

Also, what does an English Teacher get paid in the DR?

Do you need to get a visa?

Thanks

[mountainfrog]

Originally Posted by americangirl

.... I would like to practice law, but would need a license, etc.

Even with a license you'd compete with thousands (The DR is said to have the highest number of lawyers per capita.)
It seems to be the easiest diploma to get or buy...

Originally Posted by americangirl

Are there any other type jobs I should be looking at, that may be related to law.

Maybe you could work at a lawyer's doing translations, assuming that you speak Spanish fluently.

Originally Posted by americangirl

Also, what does an English Teacher get paid in the DR?

Differs and depends.
There are many threads about this.
Do a search.

Originally Posted by americangirl

Do you need to get a visa?

No, you travel on your passport....
Then you apply for residencia and cedula.

m'frog

[americangirl]

Thank you M'frog...

I speak spanish, but not fluently. I could be fluent in a few months of living there though. I wonder how I could find a law job like you mentioned.

[mountainfrog]

Originally Posted by americangirl

I wonder how I could find a law job like you mentioned.

Securing a good job here means to know the right people and do a lot of networking.
Can the Dominicans you know not help?
(I'm not referring to your sankie relationship...)

As your Father is Dominican, he may have some connection.

Will you be living in S.D.?

m'frog

[Hillbilly]

Your law degree is worth about as much as a row of pee pee holes in a snow bank here.

sorry to be so blunt, but the DR uses the French Napoleonic Code. PLUS, You have to be a Dominican citizen to practice law in the DR.

So, why do you want to come here and work for peanuts??

HB

[americangirl]

Well I have a very good job here in the states, but I would like to live in a Spanish speaking country to practice my Spanish and learn another area of law.

I actually have a Civil Law degree, so the law is very similar. I studied in Europe and Brazil during law school, which was a great experience. But, now that I am a practicing attorney, I would love to live in the DR and get a change of pace.

I actually spoke with my father last night and he said that he is going to get me a two month internship at either a law firm in Santo Domingo or with the Department of Interior and Police (I think), because my uncle is a Deputy Minster for that department of the government.

Anyway, I hope it works out....we will see. I do not even know if I can get an internship with the government, but my Father and uncle say they are going to try.

[Hillbilly]

Have them send you a copy of the new Código de Proceso Penal for your reading pleasure.

And civil Law in the US in NOT similar to what is practiced here, believe me.

If your family can get you an internship, that might be nice, but you won't be practicing. Oh, you'd just LOVE the Ministry of Interior and Police. So many nice people there, all of them honest Tongue firmly in cheek.

HB

[miguel]

Originally Posted by mountainfrog

(I'm not referring to your sankie relationship...)

m'frog

Why would ANYBODY, in their right mind, leave a high paying job in the greatest nation in the world to go to a 3rd world country and make in one month what she can make in 2 hours in the US?. Just sickening!.

I swear, I truly will make it a point to go to the DR and search for those "Choco friends" that she was talking about on her thread. Man, that guy must have GOLD on his "johnson", King Midas, perhaps?.

A non-perfect person told you the following, on your "Choco" thread:

"You are the perfect candidate. Next thing you will probably do...... is sell all your belongings, quit your job, leave your loved ones and go where he is at". I guess he was right after all!!!.

When I grow up, I want to be like CHOCO!!!.

Chocolate for Presidente!!.

I can already see his speech: "Another one bites the dust, and another one and another and another one.....".

First time I hear someone needing to relocate to a country in order to learn Spanish!.

Oh, btw, there are MUCHO Dominicans lawyers, in the US, working in factories and are still making more money than what they were making as lawyers in the DR, just in case you wanted to know. I wonder why?.

Good luck on your "job search". Hahahahaha, funny, "job search".

[El Tigre]

Originally Posted by miguel

Oh, btw, there are MUCHO Dominicans lawyers, in the US, working in factories and are still making more money than what they were making as lawyers in the DR, just in case you wanted to know.

I can attest to that. I have an uncle here that works at a factory in Brooklyn. He graduated from the UASD with a law deegre in the 90s. He was making peanuts and decided to come here.

I also know a few lawyers down there. They make very little money. The ones I know that are loaded are well "connected" if you know what I mean.

Think it over and over and over americangirl.

[HOWMAR]

I gotta ask. With a Dominican father, enabling her to claim Dominican citizenship, and an uncle who is a Minister in the government. What is she doing asking questions and looking for a job on DR1?