To those of you who are currently working, how are you going to tell your boss that you plan to leave for studies (keeping in mind that the boss is probably going to figure out that you registered a few months before).
Any advice will be appriciated.

It depends whether you wish to join him after your masters or not.
I do not .
I am leaving for states day after . Will give him a call and tell him I had applied but could not arrange for the finances.
I had also applied for a loan which was not materializing. I got a email 2-3 days back saying my loan has been approved. It all happened in a hurry .
So Bye - Bye for now. Life is long and the world is a small place . Hope to see you some day .

I'll tell my boss bye bye my friend, even because why coming back with an LLM in your CV with the same salary?

You made me laugh.
It is good to hear that I am not alone on this boat. As you might say - who cares what the boss think when this boat is
sailing to London...

I know exactly how you feel an77 - I am in your boat and just resigned two months ago having received final news on all my offers + funding. I just went in and graciously thanked him for all the learning opportunities and then told him that I've decided to go ahead to do my masters - i told him that this would be the right time for me to do it because if I left it later then it would be difficult to do - tell him its been a REALLLLLLY difficult decision to make because you have really enjoyed your time with him/the firm to date. This worked for me - and I have a really tough boss to deal with! He's been very nice about it. I agree that you shouldn't care too much what you say because chances are that you are not coming back - I guess thought that it may also be useful not to leave with a bad taste in your/his mouth - leave on a positive note. I got along quite well with my boss and colleagues and am really truly going to miss them so I didn't want to leave on a bad note because I do want to keep in touch and meet up with them. However, I appreciate that this may not be the case across the board - so on a practical level, I suppose you may still need work references etc from your boss/firm members so may be good to maintain a good relationship for this simple reason if there is no other reason.

Thank you very much for your response. I am afraid that unlike you I already knaw for a few months that I got accepted and still has not told him. Anyway, hope I will pass this event without crying...

Hi an77,
I know how you feel. I have been driving myself nuts, trying to figure out how to come out with it. I am really fond of my boss and my work place. i think i'd like to come back after LLM. Ofcourse with the new debt I dont know....
i think i'll have to tell him soon, tho..let me know how it goes for u!
Good luck and sure he'll understand:)

"Hi boss... I have some great news! Some months ago I applied for an LLM, just for fun, I didnt expect that they would accept me, but now a great university has made me an offer, and I know that you would feel very happy for me thats why I ran here to tell you so! And since I know what a generous and far-seeing man you are, I would like to ask you whether you are interested in making the certain investement of financing my LLM and ...Boss..? Boss......??! "

:-))

:-) Nice one, Thess.

Of course, in the above scenarios, your boss will be deeply suspicious in a year or so, when you go to work with the rival firm accross the street ;-)

I wish you all the best of luck when you come hand in your notice.

(-: it is nice to see that there is always a different (and funny) point of view to everything. Be shure that I will let you know how it went.

Hi, I had to deal with this situation last week. I was terrified as this is my first job and my boss is sometimes a difficult person to read.
However, it went quite smoothly. I told my boss that I've accepted an offer and intend to start my LLM programme in September. I wrote a letter outlining everything and specified that I wanted to maintain a harmonious relationship with the firm.
I was amazed after it was over, that I had panicked for no reason.
My advice to you would be to write a formal letter to your boss.

Thank you for your advice Vyana.

Hi an77!

I believe that if you have a good relationship with your boss you should talk to him face to face. The idea of a formal letter sounds too impersonal (at least to me). I dont know where Vyana is from, maybe this way of communication is common there, but here nobody would actually appreciate a piece of paper saying "I am leaving". It would make the impression that you are afraid of sth or that you are frigid as a person. But this is only my opinion, so good luck!!!

Hi an77

I agree with Thess - it's much nicer to tell your boss personally. He will probably appreciate if you tell him face to face. There's also less danger of him getting your tone wrongly.

Don't worry, you'll be fine
Nicky

My offer of scholarship came in just as I was expecting a decision as to whether the law firm where I was interning woulod make me an offer of associate position. So my boss called me on the phone and said: "Congratulations! We've decided to make you an offer" And I had to admit at once I could only stay till September.
But she took it very well, since she herself did a degree abroad, and everyone in the firm wasquite thrilled, actually.

Well, An77, simply tell your boss. Go ahead. You'll have your entire life to work... your chance to get your LLM is once in your life.... so don't care what your boss think about. Who knows what is going to happen?? Neither you nor your boss have have crystal ball to see the future, so, simply say good bye boss I spent a great time with you!!!!!!!

Thanks JP

Hi An77,
Did u tell ur boss of ur plans? How did it go?
i just told am boss, i think it went off alright. He was happy for me....

In case u have friendly relationship with ur boss, it is better to keep him informed in advance and take his recommendation letter also, I did this, though it was quite difficult for my boss to accept that I was going, informing earlier made parting smother. Just tell him U had a great time working with him.