Exemptions to Kings Inn with New York Bar

mectavba

Does anyone know for definite if there any exemptions to applying to Kings Inn if you have passed the NY Bar. I have an Irish degree and Masters. Will I just be the same as any other graduates?
Checked the website and it only gives info re EU and British Barristers.

Cheers

Tom Young

Correct. Sit entrance exams, pay money. That is if you have a degree and subjects which is certified as acceptable to the HSKI as being allowed to automatically allow you to sit the entrance exams. Good luck.

PS: NY Bar .... Chocolate teapot

littlemac1980

I'm not sure what the 'Chocolate Teapot' reference means, but I think I like it.

FreudianSlippers

littlemac1980 wrote: »

I'm not sure what the 'Chocolate Teapot' reference means, but I think I like it.

Not very useful.

That may not be entirely accurate any more though. It seems that there is a reciprocity now between almost all the States in the United States (at least, seemingly, all the Continental States) where if you have, say the New York Bar exam done you can apply to, say, the Washington Bar Association for admission and they will evaluate your education and experience and decide whether or not you need to actually do the Washington State portion of the Bar exam or if you merely need a few hours of CPD to comply.

It's still totally worthless if you want to work in Ireland IMO.

dermot_sheehan

It used to be useful as there was a backdoor by which you could do the QLTT and ebcome a solicitor without Blackhall.

It's still useful in the sense of a qualification for qualification's sake, and learning knowledge for knowledge's sake.

Tom Young

littlemac1980 wrote: »

I'm not sure what the 'Chocolate Teapot' reference means, but I think I like it.

Taking the question asked by the OP the reference to the usefulness of the NY Bar examination qualification to exemptions to the King's Inns is useless. I take the point made by FreudianSlippers but that thread was very old. I don't apologise for my remark.

UL_LLB

Tom Young wrote: »

Correct. Sit entrance exams, pay money. That is if you have a degree and subjects which is certified as acceptable to the HSKI as being allowed to automatically allow you to sit the entrance exams. Good luck.

PS: NY Bar .... Chocolate teapot

Ok so I hate those people who pick on a random thing that another poster says but i cant resist the urge to reply to the chocolate teapot comment. Tom Young, did you do the NY Bar? Are you sworn in there? Because I am. Briefly, I went in a year from working in a dingy solicitors office in ireland to working in Tribeca, leading a pretty amazing life. Friends from college are not even on the roll in Ireland yet and even when they are finished their prospects are horrendous. Many of them are emailing me now about the bar exam and a move to NY. Also, with regards the qltt, the law society take it on a case by case basis - It would appear that if you have any proper experience over here, they'll allow you to do the qltt. There...vent over. I havent posted on here in ages but just had to today. NY bar - pretty amazing chocolate teapot if you ask me

FreudianSlippers

UL_LLB wrote: »

Ok so I hate those people who pick on a random thing that another poster says but i cant resist the urge to reply to the chocolate teapot comment. Tom Young, did you do the NY Bar? Are you sworn in there? Because I am. Briefly, I went in a year from working in a dingy solicitors office in ireland to working in Tribeca, leading a pretty amazing life. Friends from college are not even on the roll in Ireland yet and even when they are finished their prospects are horrendous. Many of them are emailing me now about the bar exam and a move to NY. Also, with regards the qltt, the law society take it on a case by case basis - It would appear that if you have any proper experience over here, they'll allow you to do the qltt. There...vent over. I havent posted on here in ages but just had to today. NY bar - pretty amazing chocolate teapot if you ask me

Law Society ≠ King's Inns.

This thread is about exemptions to the King's Inns and whether KI affords an exemption to those with NY Bar exam done.

Has effectively less than nothing to do with being on the roll or prospects as a Solicitor in Ireland.


As an aside, can you comment on my post here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=71053168&postcount=4 ?
Just wondering if there is any truth to this?

Tom Young

UL_LLB wrote: »

Ok so I hate those people who pick on a random thing that another poster says but i cant resist the urge to reply to the chocolate teapot comment. Tom Young, did you do the NY Bar? Are you sworn in there? Because I am. Briefly, I went in a year from working in a dingy solicitors office in ireland to working in Tribeca, leading a pretty amazing life. Friends from college are not even on the roll in Ireland yet and even when they are finished their prospects are horrendous. Many of them are emailing me now about the bar exam and a move to NY. Also, with regards the qltt, the law society take it on a case by case basis - It would appear that if you have any proper experience over here, they'll allow you to do the qltt. There...vent over. I havent posted on here in ages but just had to today. NY bar - pretty amazing chocolate teapot if you ask me

Did you actually read my post? The context of your reply there is out of context with the thread.

I will spell it out: The NY Bar exams are about as useful as a choclate teapot when it comes to gaining exemptions to the Honorable Society of King's Inns for the purposes of sitting the entrance examination.

I was in no way deriding the NY Bar exams, qualifications, practitioners or indeed the amount of study required to pass same. I think you really have taken my remark out of context and out of context with the thread.

So there you go. I don't apologise to you, I clarify.

Tom