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alaska1986

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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?

Thanks
 
AlterEgo

AlterEgo

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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.
 
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ExtremeR

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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.
 
Hillbilly

Hillbilly

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All of the above and from UTESA even more so...that is a "for profit" institution.

HB
 
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