Please help me! I have only 3 days to make my decision. Any comments will be great help. I would like to get a job after the LLM, but I am also willing to pursue a JD if I do not get it. I am foreing lawyer and also a US citizen.



I plan to take courses in Investor - State Dipute Settlement, Negotiations, International arbitration, etc.



Regards.

I am not sure if this will help and please keep in mind that I am NOT not familiar with the rankings of the general LLM programs at Georgetown and UT, but here are my "two cents."

If you are going to purse a JD after the LLM:
I'd think you would get into a better law school with a LLM from Georgetown versus Univ. of Texas.

If you are going to try to get a job after the LLM: Georgetown and DC probably offer more opportunities but there also is a lot more competition. If you distinguish yourself at University of Texas and/or also are a more unique candidate than the majority of others there, then you may have your pick of the opportunities there. That said, those opportunities may be limited to Texas (but there are a lot of energy companies located there with international work....), the mid-West, or the West Coast.

Hello ectax, thank you very much for your answer.

Based in what you said and in my previous analysis I do think I will have better chances to get a job with a LLM from University of Texas. I got admitted in the Global Energy, Environment and Arbitration LLM. Also, I am a good qualified lawyer in Venezuela (an important country in the Oil/gas field) and I am a US citizen. So, I think I might be placed in a better position than other candidates.

However, since a LLM is once in a lifetime opportunity, I wonder if these better chances are worth to turn down the experience of living and studying in WDC. That said, I have never been nor in WDC nor in Texas.
I know this is a very personal doubt, but you seem to know much more about US cities and academic experiences. Sorry to bother you again!

No bother!

It sounds like energy companies would consider you a great candidate with the Global Energy/Environment LLM from University of Texas and also being qualified in Venezuala and a US citizen. An LLM is a once in a lifetime opportunity, but if you are thinking of a career in international/energy/environment law, then it sounds like that partiuclar LLM from University of Texas might be the perfect path for you. Do you know how many qualified lawyers from South America attend that program? I was just thinking if not many do, then that may help you distinguish yourself even more, at least to the U.S. companies.

On other hand, Georgetown has many distinguished alum around the world. If you want to go the more governmental route on environment/energy/international treaties, etc..., then Georgetown may be stronger way to go.

But re getting a job at an energy company, I think Univ. of Texas might give you better chances (but you may want to ask Univ. of Texas lllm career services for a list of employers which have interviewed there in recent years or have indicated they would like student to send resumes to them or just ask them about the energy companies).

Regarding the more exciting city and outside networking, art/historical/other cultural sights to see, chance to meet all different types of people, etc...? DC by far.