Due to the poor and low stipend most law graduates and practicing lawyers make in Nigeria, most lawyers have resulted in practicing law abroad some of the countries where Nigerian international lawyers practice is the United States and Canada.
One important criteria to practicing law as an international lawyer in the U.S is that such person must sit for the American bar exam and must have graduated from an American Bar Association accredited school. Only the state of California and New York allows people who did not school in the United states to sit for their bar exams. After passing the bar exams you become licensed, and can now practice in the United States after obtaining the minimum employment authorization. Some lucrative aspect of the law to specialize in the United State are Commercial Law, Divorce Law, Entertainment Law etc.

Canada attracts many immigrants. Many of these immigrants have have earned a law degree and have practiced law outside of Canada.
Using Ontario as a case study, the practise of law in Ontario is governed by the Ontario Law Society Act. The Law Society Act governs both lawyers and paralegals. The regulations require that in order to be a lawyer one must complete the “lawyer licensing” process. The “lawyer licensing process” is composed of approximately ten months of “articling” (working under the supervision of a lawyer) and passing two exams. In some cases the requirement of “articling” can be either waived or abridged. In order to complete the “lawyer licensing process” one must be allowed to enter the lawyer licensing process.
NOTE: Graduates of law schools located outside of Canada are required to get a “certificate of qualification” from the National Committee on Accreditation to be allowed to enter the “lawyer licensing process”
There are various Nigerian International law firm in Canada we have firms like Kingsley Jesuorobo & Associates, Ayodele Akintunde & Co. These firms specialize in immigration laws, commercial law etc

Pls help me...I would love to practice in canada...mikebassey@gmail.com

MSEdLAW:
Pls help me...I would love to practice in canada...mikebassey@gmail.com

Are u a practicing lawyer in Nigeria?

Yes

ERONX:
Due to the poor and low stipend most law graduates and practicing lawyers make in Nigeria, most lawyers have resulted in practicing law abroad some of the countries where Nigerian international lawyers practice is the United States and Canada.
One important criteria to practicing law as an international lawyer in the U.S is that such person must sit for the American bar exam and must have graduated from an American Bar Association accredited school. Only the state of California and New York allows people who did not school in the United states to sit for their bar exams. After passing the bar exams you become licensed, and can now practice in the United States after obtaining the minimum employment authorization. Some lucrative aspect of the law to specialize in the United State are Commercial Law, Divorce Law, Entertainment Law etc.

Hello Eronx, please I need some guidance as to how to apply for the New York or California bar exams. I am a practising lawyer in Nigeria with a 2:2 in my LL.B and B.L and a distinction in my LL.M from the UK. Please, I will appreciate your kind feedback. Thank you.

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