A bad idea, mate. Use the easier access your U.S. passport gives you to move to a third country, e.g., magic circle placement in London. Plenty of people have done that, figure out their path. You can either remain at your T1 NLU and go from there itself, or possibly even leave and get a British undergraduate degree. TBH, in your case, unless you are really concerned with saving money, I'd suggest you get the British UG degree. That's because, if you play your cards right, you could potentially fulfil your dream of getting your American JD, through the British. That's because a number of their unis have tie-ups with American universities, that means that you study two years in Britain, two years in the U.S., achieving both an LLB (British qualifying law degree) and JD (QLD for an American state). For example, King's College London (for whose admission taking the LNAT is necessary, which shouldn't be hard for you to do okay in) has such a tie-up with Georgetown (and these aren't the scam-like tie-ups that Jindal has, they are long-term, subsisting relationships). This kind of a qualification, along with your U.S. passport, should, if your CV is otherwise good and you perform well at their interviews etc, make you quite compelling for a MC or biglaw firm.

The British are making it harder to settle permanently, almost doubling the the qualifying period needed to get permanent residency (or ILR, as they call it). So if you get an MC kind of a job and they aren't willing to sponsor you in the UK for that long, make another move after some UK experience.

For example, move to Ireland. Maybe pick up a second citizenship, i.e., in our example, Irish (or if your law firm is really willing to sponsor visas for you for around ten years, and you are happy to keep staying in Britain too, British). Then once the U.S. returns to a state of sanity, go back.

This way of doing things gives you what you want in terms of leaving India for a life overseas. Additionally, it gives you a safety net/insurance mechanism. What if what is happening in the U.S. happens again? You always have a visa-free, easy-access country to go back to, should you desire it. Also, most other citizenships don't have double-taxation bullshit, like what the U.S. does (ie, they aren't taxing you on worldwide income and you wouldn't get taxed unless you were tax resident). Therefore, it might be stupid (from a tax perspective) for somebody who, let us say, had become a British, to then also become a dual American citizen (especially if she wanted to live in Britain), because, even if she had a safety net, that would come at a huge price (taxation from the British, who tax very highly, as well as from the Americans). However, for an American to pick up let us say an Irish passport would be very cool for them, because Irish passport not only gives safety net (and due to being English-speaking country, does not pose disproportionate difficulty), but also because of how the EU concept of free movement works, means you have the right to live visa-free, forever, in any EU27 member state other than Ireland, for as long as you wish. So, for example, if you wanted to live in Austria, you could, without any trouble. In addition, because of the CTA between Ireland and UK, Irish passport could mean you can live, work, use the health system (NHS), claim benefits, even vote in some British elections, if really you so much want to live in Britain.

With a British passport, however, your options would be a little bit more restricted. You can visit most EU countries for either three or six months (I forgot which) visa free, but you'd need to get something similar to what British citizens (who are, of course, part of the Visa Waiver Programme (VWP)) get for going to the U.S. Additionally, due to the CTA, you could live, work, get healthcare, claim benefits... freely in Ireland, just like you could do in Britain with an Irish passport. However, the British passport just doesn't give you the same level of EU visa free access as the Irish one does. Plus, as was said by the deep-voiced actor on John Oliver's show about the British national mood, "We have not even begun to fuck ourselves". Their determination to fuck themselves yet hasn't exhausted itself (just like that of your fellow Americans), which has resulted in the weakening of the passport due to BREXIT.

Hope this helps. If anyone finds any inaccuracies in these suggestions, please do not hesitate to correct, but also don't jump on me, because trolls won't be fed.

if you have an US passport why worry about relocating there? take a partner along with you, too many people in India.

just hop on a plane and go, nujs is fine but you have to do an LLM in NYU <https://www.law.nyu.edu/graduateaffairs/handbook/new-york-bar-eligibility> and then pass bar there <https://www.nybarexam.org/eligible/eligibility.htm> or you can work at a tuck shop and do JD from any of the state unis there, tuition fee is minimal if you can show some residency, esp in mid west, and pass bar and open an immigration shop, lots of business I hear.

i have a US passport and originally planned on going there and doing my undergrad and jd, but my plans were disrupted. now im in a 5 year undergrad at a t1 nlu, and i want to eventually move there. im on the corp track and building my cv akin to seniors who've gotten tier 1 placements in india. do i go to the US for higher education or can i directly pass the bar and try for a job? what situation is doable, realistic and won't cost too much?