Originally Posted by
Youpaiyou
The first hurdle you'll encounter is that to practice law you must be licensed in a state(s). Consequently, you will not leave the state(s) you are licensed in very often, if ever. You can get a job with the Feds, but the Fed usually wants its people to use the Fed credit card.
You can be admitted
pro hac vice in virtually any state to try one case once you are licensed in one. And once you have practiced five years you can get reciprocal privileges with lots of states depending on where your original license is.
Many people will take more than one bar when they graduate, even if they have to do so over the course of a year. I think you only need to take the multi-state once if your score is high enough. For example, I know people who passed the Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana bar in the year after law school. This gives you a pretty huge region, and then when it comes time to get reciprocal privileges you ought to be able to join as many state bars as your wallet can handle.
p.s. I think WestLaw only hires lawyers to sell at least some of its products, for what it's worth. I could be wrong on this.
p.p.s. I also just saw you are from the U.K. Perhaps I should learn to read.