To Anita :
I received the email re: my complete application on Jan 23. The admission email on Feb 6th.

To Bug :
I have 4/5 years of work ex (3 years in finance in NY). I have a French law degree.

I did a VIE and got hired here at the end of my contract.

News form YALE?

I have to accept or refuse Penn, Columbia and Chicagos offer by the end of March, so I hope to have Yales news sooner.

Yesterday I saw a program that I recorded some time ago about the Skulls and Bones, that shows Yale campus Oh how lucky will be thus who get an acceptance letter!

Hello fellow LLM candidates,

This is my first post to a thread on this site. I just wanted to join in on the misery we feel during this period. I wish all of you the best.

Unfortunately, I have already received a rejection letter from my "safety" school - Fordham. I graduated #1 in my class with a J.D./M.B.A., law review, moot court, published law review article, judicial internship, etc., and still I was not admitted. I only hope Fordham is 'smoking crack,' or that there is some other irrational reason I was not admitted, because if there is a rational reason, I seriously doubt I will be admitted into NYU or CLS.

Truthfully, though, I believe a major factor that will affect all of us is there drastic increase in the number of applicants for LLM programs this year as compared to previous years; moreso, the fact that many of these applicants are attorneys from big law firms who have been laid off due to the financial crisis and realized that this is the best time to get a "specialized" education. This equals heavy competition for all of us.

At the end of the day, I am a very optimistic person, and believe that all of us will find our way one way or another. With that in mind, good luck to all.

If most of the people who studied in the same country as you have received a decision, it probably means that you will be waitlisted.

Any news from CLS?

Dear REM,

I'm truly impressed! it should be very troublesome to choose between the schools you've already got into, without counting Yale and perhaps Harvard...I've yet to hear from Chicago, due to a delay in sending a new application form. With regard to Yale, last year a dear friend of mine got a rejction letter from their school in late March. They will contact by phone (at least they did like this last year) the admitted students. For anybody else, they'll get back to this overwhelming majority of refused applicants by mail...hope it helped!

Thank you very much for your compliment Stagista11, and for sure your info help.

Yes, I am impressed too and I consider myself lucky. However, being selected by Yale it would be a dream come true!

Wish you good luck!

LLMNYC2009

where did you go to law school? And, have you worked at all?

And, although I have not heard back from Columbia or NYU--both of which I applied to--I will post my "credentials."

-Graduated with honors from Rutgers School of Law-Camden
-an editor of the Law Journal (the major law review)
-two judicial clerkships
-a judicial internship
-appellate moot court competitor

LLMNYC2009

where did you go to law school? And, have you worked at all?

Just for anyone's curiosity, I received an acceptance notice from NYU today for the LLM in Tax program. I'm from the U.S. and applied to study only at the Manhattan campus. Good luck to all who have applied. Decisions appear to be forthcoming.

Hi REM, I believe that you will not hear from Yale until late March, since it is, along with HLS the law school that receive more applications, but only 25 will get in, so, it must take time to select the best applicant!

NYU2009...

Is your current law school considered a "good" law school? Nevertheless, finishing #1 is commendable, regardless of which university you attend...

NYU2009...

Is your current law school considered a "good" law school? Nevertheless, finishing #1 is commendable, regardless of which university you attend...

sad day for me...waitlisted by Penn.

I didn't hear from Penn so far..Is it a bad sign?

I'm not sure. They said they will not be able to provide a more definitve response until they hear back form SOME of those who have already been offered a place...so maybe they haven't spoke to EVERYONE that has been accepted.

I got rejected by Pen today..

I got rejected by Pen today..