Good evening all,

I have recently decided that I would like to continue my legal studies after finishing my JD. I wouldn't mind getting one in the States, but for now the focus is on the UK, hints the name. I would like to focus on Business/Economics, and I would love to end up at LSE. But I am certainly open to other places. Let me know what you think about my chances, and feel free to make suggestions. Also, if you are a JD student looking at US schools, feel free to suggest them to me. I am extremely new to the LLM process. Also, I am currently a 2L, so I have plenty of time. My relevant stats and information is bellow. Thanks for taking the time to help.

- As of January, I am in the Top 25% at a Tier 2
- GPA is around a 3.34 (almost straight B+s with a few Bs a couple As and one B-)
- I am an intern for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in the Legal and Compliance Devision and I will have been there for 2 years at Graduation (Currently working on a major class action against the firm that is on appeal to a federal circuit)
- Moot Court Honor Society
- My team won a competition (not sure if this helps)
- Dean's list
- Some work experience in sales before law school (not much, and I doubt this helps me at all)
- Economics major with a poor undergrad performance (thank god for the LSAT).

My current internship is the reason I want to get an LLM. Securities work, and much business law is complex and requires a lot of experience. Hopefully this list is longer come application time, but assuming this is where I stand after this semester, what do you all think? Thanks for your time with this long first post.

If you haven't graduated, I'd recommend you concentrate your efforts on pushing up your GPA. It's a little on the low side for LSE (and other top London colleges). I think LSE has a min. requirement of 3.5.

I will be concentrating on my grades for sure, and I expect my gpa to raise significantly now that curved class are over with. I do know that the top 25% after 3L is around a 3.5, so hopefully I stay around that number.

So a 3.34 is low for an LLM? Or one worth my time and money at least. I figured as much, but I didn't know if soft factors helped much. Thanks for the reply.

3.34 isn't low, but you'll need to higher to be confident of a place at LSE.

3.3 to 3.7 is generally regarded as equivalent to a British Upper Second Class degree (some guides say 3.2-3.7 or 3.0-3.7). Generally 3.7 or above is equivalent to a British First Class degree.

Soft factors will help, but generally UK universities rely predominantly on grades.