Hi everyone,

I want to apply to some LLM programs in the UK. I am a third year at a US law school right now. I could use some advice on the following:

1. What schools should I apply to?
2. What do different schools think about american applicants?
3. Should I be looking to get a BCL or an LLM?

Any advice would be great.

1. Depends on what substantive area you'd like to study, what your career goals are, what kind of setting you'd prefer and so on. Having said that, these boards are a very good source of information on different programs (but have plenty of grains of salt ready!).
2. I think UK schools generally value US students a lot. For one, they pay more than UK/EU students. And (at least in theory) they should not have any trouble with the language of instruction. Also, US students (unlike those in most other jurisdictions) will have completed a full undergraduate degree, in addition to three years of legal studies. While I am not sure whether UK law schools give any special weight to this distinction, they should. If you feel like your undergrad background bears any relevance to what you're doing (or hope to do) in the legal field, emphasize this in your applications.
3. The BCL is only offered by Oxford -- it is basically their equivalent of an LLM, so no real difference.