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If you mean USA, then lawgrad and/or slypie may be able to help. 
It think some LLMs (Law masters) help you meet the requirements for the New York Bar but typically you have to do an American JD to practice in the States. The best option would perhaps be to look for an international law firm which recruits in the UK and gives you the opportunity of working as an English lawyer but in an American office.
Certain English LLBs (you must pass certain core courses) will enable you to sit for the New York Bar exams. If you pass this, you will be admitted as an Attorney at the New York Bar, which means that you can practice law in New York. This is a virtually impossible way to find a job with a US firm in New York.
The two more plausible ways are as follows:
1. Graduate with a high first class law degree from a top British university (and we are really talking Oxbridge or the three main London colleges here - these are the only ones that the Americans know!), then join a US firm in London. You will remain an English lawyer, but you have a good chance to work in their New York office. However, this is UNLIKELY to lead to a long term / permanent career in the US simply because you are an English lawyer.
2. Graduate with a high first class law degree from a top British university and do an LLM at a top US law school (and we are really talking about Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, NYU, etc.). During the LLM, if you are excellent, you can get a job with a US firm in New York. You will take the New York Bar after your LLM, and you will then begin work as a US attorney. You have a good chance to be seconded to their London office. This can lead to a more long term and permanent career in the US because you can actually remain long term in their New York office, or later join any other US firm in New York.
The two more plausible ways are as follows:
1. Graduate with a high first class law degree from a top British university (and we are really talking Oxbridge or the three main London colleges here - these are the only ones that the Americans know!), then join a US firm in London. You will remain an English lawyer, but you have a good chance to work in their New York office. However, this is UNLIKELY to lead to a long term / permanent career in the US simply because you are an English lawyer.
2. Graduate with a high first class law degree from a top British university and do an LLM at a top US law school (and we are really talking about Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, NYU, etc.). During the LLM, if you are excellent, you can get a job with a US firm in New York. You will take the New York Bar after your LLM, and you will then begin work as a US attorney. You have a good chance to be seconded to their London office. This can lead to a more long term and permanent career in the US because you can actually remain long term in their New York office, or later join any other US firm in New York.
I repost this from elsewhere:
Simply put:
There are the following routes:
1. Do your degree then do the LSAT and go to a US law school for 3 years, and sit the JD. - This is expensive and additionally VERY competitive. Getting into a tier 1 school is hard enough, but doing well at one - (and really you should aim for top 5 [Yale, harvard, Stanford, Columbia, NYU]) - is even harder.
2. Do your degree here, then do a GDL CPE, then do an LLM in the US (you will actually have to check which LLMs you will be able to sit, not having done an LLB). Again - more expense, and further - many Biglaw dont really care about LLMs, aside from perhaps a tax specialisation (if so go to NYU).
3. Join a US firm in the UK, qualify in NY as well, and after a few years, ask for a transfer to NY.
4. Just sit the NY bar if you are able to after your conversion (Im not sure if you can though - but if you had an LLB you certainly could).
Now... the fact of the matter is that getting the degree or being ABLE to practice in the US is neither here nor there. What DOES matter is being able to find a good job afterwards. Without a JD and/or STELLAR grades over here for a TOP uni, and a GREAT LLM in the US (again see top 5), you will find it very hard indeed to get the best jobs, or for that matter, any of the mediocre ones.
IMO - and this is a route I have taken - the best thing to do is get very very very good grades over here, and join a US firm in the UK to begin with (choice 3). This is more stable, cheaper (by far) and far less risky.
Hope that is of some help.
Simply put:
There are the following routes:
1. Do your degree then do the LSAT and go to a US law school for 3 years, and sit the JD. - This is expensive and additionally VERY competitive. Getting into a tier 1 school is hard enough, but doing well at one - (and really you should aim for top 5 [Yale, harvard, Stanford, Columbia, NYU]) - is even harder.
2. Do your degree here, then do a GDL CPE, then do an LLM in the US (you will actually have to check which LLMs you will be able to sit, not having done an LLB). Again - more expense, and further - many Biglaw dont really care about LLMs, aside from perhaps a tax specialisation (if so go to NYU).
3. Join a US firm in the UK, qualify in NY as well, and after a few years, ask for a transfer to NY.
4. Just sit the NY bar if you are able to after your conversion (Im not sure if you can though - but if you had an LLB you certainly could).
Now... the fact of the matter is that getting the degree or being ABLE to practice in the US is neither here nor there. What DOES matter is being able to find a good job afterwards. Without a JD and/or STELLAR grades over here for a TOP uni, and a GREAT LLM in the US (again see top 5), you will find it very hard indeed to get the best jobs, or for that matter, any of the mediocre ones.
IMO - and this is a route I have taken - the best thing to do is get very very very good grades over here, and join a US firm in the UK to begin with (choice 3). This is more stable, cheaper (by far) and far less risky.
Hope that is of some help.
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