if you are going back to China and join the local law firm, well, good luck.
Almost every major law firms in US are expanding in china, they are paying US salary for people working in China. No, they are not handling Chinese local cases (yeah, Baidu paid 10,000 RMB for illegal download, the lawyer is going to starve to death), they are handling cases between US and China, and on the court of US where the big money laid. Guess who can qualify for these jobs?
Chinese, good english skills, ABA member.
And guess where they look for these people? American Law School.