Hi,
I'm thinking of applying to LLM in the U.S... in 2008 !
I have an LLB from a foreign country and in the middle of my internship.
I noticed that some universities say that 2-year work experience is required ? Is that true ? Because if one needs to apply in March (for semester starting on August?) then I will be before my bar exam here, and with zero work experience (except one year internship).
Can you offer me information please ? Thanks.
Experience before LLM?
Posted May 28, 2007 12:39
I'm thinking of applying to LLM in the U.S... in 2008 !
I have an LLB from a foreign country and in the middle of my internship.
I noticed that some universities say that 2-year work experience is required ? Is that true ? Because if one needs to apply in March (for semester starting on August?) then I will be before my bar exam here, and with zero work experience (except one year internship).
Can you offer me information please ? Thanks.
Posted May 28, 2007 15:57
I am not sure about the March date - when I applied to Columbia, Harvard, Berkeley, NYU the closing dates were all in December for the following August.
For Columbia I know that you DEFINITELY need work experience, preferably two years. The admissions person there (Sylvia Polo) told me that they hardly ever take people without work experience even if they are exceptional candidates. One year work experience might be ok but anything less than that for Columbia would almost automatically exclude you. I am not sure about the other schools.
For Columbia I know that you DEFINITELY need work experience, preferably two years. The admissions person there (Sylvia Polo) told me that they hardly ever take people without work experience even if they are exceptional candidates. One year work experience might be ok but anything less than that for Columbia would almost automatically exclude you. I am not sure about the other schools.
Posted May 28, 2007 18:20
flygirl, did you apply to the associates at law programme at columbia or just the good ol' fashioped llm?
Also, why didn't you apply to yale since you are interested in academia and it is probably THE llm for aspiring academics?
I was interested to read you pont above about work experience. I didnt realize that that was a such a formal prerequisite at columbia. What about the other us llms, like harv, yale, etc...? I know they suggest that experience is an asset, but is it formally required? It certainly doesn't seem to be very important at all for oxbridge, as many candidates in their masters programmes are fresh out of school.
As always, I appreciate your thoughts (even if you are going to oxford):
Also, why didn't you apply to yale since you are interested in academia and it is probably THE llm for aspiring academics?
I was interested to read you pont above about work experience. I didnt realize that that was a such a formal prerequisite at columbia. What about the other us llms, like harv, yale, etc...? I know they suggest that experience is an asset, but is it formally required? It certainly doesn't seem to be very important at all for oxbridge, as many candidates in their masters programmes are fresh out of school.
As always, I appreciate your thoughts (even if you are going to oxford):
Posted May 28, 2007 19:28
keep us posted on the courses irishguy. I especially want ot know about restitution. The more details the better... ie how many questuions, was thier choice on the paper, was time a big problem or did you have time to write everything you wanted etc...
also, feel free to post on the hearsay gossip youve heard from others about their exam experiencsd on courses you yourself arent enrolled in...
also, feel free to post on the hearsay gossip youve heard from others about their exam experiencsd on courses you yourself arent enrolled in...
Posted May 29, 2007 10:37
Thanks for the answers guys... !
I'm wondering if I need to get a move-on with the process or is it all too early for 2008-2009 year, to be starting now... ?
I need to take a TOEFL...
and I see there's this "LL.M. Credential Assembly Service" - did you all sign with it ? (I also see there's a reduction fee for it?)
Thanks!
I'm wondering if I need to get a move-on with the process or is it all too early for 2008-2009 year, to be starting now... ?
I need to take a TOEFL...
and I see there's this "LL.M. Credential Assembly Service" - did you all sign with it ? (I also see there's a reduction fee for it?)
Thanks!
Related Law Schools
Other Related Content
Hot Discussions
-
Oxford 2024-2025 BCL/MSCs/MJUR/MPHIL/MLF
Mar 26 03:32 AM 109,502 631 -
Georgetown LLM 2024/2025 applicants
8 hours ago 31,179 165 -
Berkeley LL.M. 2024-25-Traditional Track
Mar 26 12:37 PM 15,405 116 -
Stanford 2024-2025
Mar 27 04:39 AM 28,394 109 -
Penn Carey Law LLM 2024/2025 applicants
Mar 25 03:59 PM 15,085 107 -
MCL Cambridge 2024-2025
22 hours ago 9,665 86 -
UCLA LLM 2024-2025
Mar 27 11:17 PM 11,667 84 -
KCL LLM 2024-2025
Mar 23 01:29 PM 11,282 78