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Hello all
I have met a girl in the DR and we have been talking for a little while. I am visiting the country in December and we will be spending some time together travelling throughout the country. She studied and got her bachelors at UTESA in Santiago and later got her license as a lawyer and she works at a law firm in Santo Domingo. I want to better understand the educational system in the DR in regards to becoming a lawyer and how it differs from that of the US. Assuming she got a visa and moved to the US what would be chances of her working a similiar occupation here in the US?
If she wanted to be a lawyer in the US, she would probably have to apply for, be accepted at and graduate from a law school in the US and then pass the bar exam. DR law is quite different than US law. Let's see if anyone has ever run across this situation before.
I can tell you that there are several Dominican lawyers working in housekeeping and in the cafeterias in Atlantic City casinos. Their degree is meaningless here.
What AlterEgo said is correct, the law system in the DR is based on the French model, if she wants to be a lawyer in the US she has to get a whole new degree there. In NY get a cab and if the driver is Dominican ask him if he is a lawyer, their answers will be striking.
One other point. I think she would also have to be fluent in English to become a lawyer in the US. I believe court cases in the US are conducted in English only. (At least I hope that is still the case.)
and work for a law firm in that capacity. But yes, she would need English. Her Spanish would be a real plus, though.And as a paralegal she could make a good living.
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