University of Iowa offers Advanced Standing JD for Foreign Lawyer

Degree Overview

The University of Iowa College of Law offers an Advanced Standing JD for Foreign-Trained Lawyers.
This program offers a number of advantages, including:

• First-rate training in legal writing and legal research; ideally, students graduate with professional communication skills equal to those of American students.
• Integration with American students and immersion in English-language legal education.
• Potential to complete the program in two years of study at Iowa Law (provided students enter with 28 hours of transfer credit and complete all other JD requirements).
• Choice to take another semester or year to complete the JD if students select to take valuable courses that are not required but are important for the career they want to pursue.
• By earning a JD through this program, students satisfy the legal educational requirement to sit for the Bar exam in any state in the United States.
• Affordable option for earning a JD, especially during those semesters when students qualify for in-state tuition rates by working as Research Assistants.
• Opportunity to study at one of the best public law schools in the United States and in one of the best college towns in the United States (Iowa City is a friendly and diverse town within driving distance of major cities like Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Louis).

To learn more about this program see the website
 https://law.uiowa.edu/international-jd-2-year-program/degree-overview