I may have a long list of questions, but first of all, I have this one.

I am a single female, 37 years old. I want to do TAX practice, either in Big4, or BigLaw. Should I still go for a TAX LLM program? Or I am just too old. :(((

Here is all that I have for my resume. I did my LLB in a foreign country, was an In-house assistant for 4 years there, then got an MBA @ Finance from a low rank school in the States (actually, very low), and now work in a US venture capital firm(abt 2 yrs, but just boring research and translation).

I saw guys are pretty young on this board, while I started everything late. :(

Thanks for any comments.

I think one is never too old to learn something new. I am currently doing an LLM at Nottingham Law School (England) after my study of Law in Germany (University of Osnabrueck...where they offer a Tax LLM!) and I can tell you there are plenty of "mature" students in the diverse LLM courses (actually much older than 37...which is to my eyes not old). Some of them are not even lawyers, for instance one is a doctor, who does an LLM in Health Law.
The only thing is, I don't really understand why you want to do an LLM after an MBA? I think an MBA in Finance should definetely be enough to work for KPMG, PwC, etc.

Where have you done your LLB, I mean which country?

I think one is never too old to learn something new. I am currently doing an LLM at Nottingham Law School (England) after my study of Law in Germany (University of Osnabrueck...where they offer a Tax LLM!) and I can tell you there are plenty of "mature" students in the diverse LLM courses (actually much older than 37...which is to my eyes not old). Some of them are not even lawyers, for instance one is a doctor, who does an LLM in Health Law.
The only thing is, I don't really understand why you want to do an LLM after an MBA? I think an MBA in Finance should definetely be enough to work for KPMG, PwC, etc.

Where have you done your LLB, I mean which country?

I agree that it is never too old to learn some thing new and my situation is a typical example. Last year when I was 39 years old and successfully ran a small size law firm in my country. I felt boring in specialising in shipping law for over 14 years. So I shut down my legal practice and came to the`UK to study LLM in international commercial dispute resolution. Facing a new challenge can refresh yourself I guess!

Hey Let me share mine.

I'm about 39 years old, a Hongkongese and i have 16 years of marketing experience and currently i'm running my firm for 10 years. As i need to work for more than 20 years consider a move to law three years ago as the market is diffcult and my professional hourly rate had been flat for 5 years.

I'll take a LLM in CA law schools [ie i got an offer from UC-Davis] but am looking to more higher-ranking schools such as Berkeley, UCLA and USC.

The risk is high as i need to support my family but if you think you have still 25 years to go in your career then i think the earlier the better.

To me late-thirties are not young but we have experience and judgment that we don't have when we're younger.

OK re your work at VC and your "low rank" MBA. I don't think it's a problem as long as you get a job in VC - why don't you seek for a job in other bigger firms, or even move to a new location, such as Hong Kong and China? I would say VC and financing is a big market here. on the contrary, if you do tax LLM then you change to a new field and it's pity that your experience in VC will be wasted.

I wish you best of luck.

Regards
maurice