I'll preface any comments with an admission that I've basically accepted being a "professional student"...
Considering the job market, I've been thinking about doing a tax LLM or a real estate/property development LLM. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get any straight answers on what a "decent" candidate for anything other than the top LLM programs might be like.
I'm also not aware of many real estate/property LLMs except New York and Miami. I'd much prefer property to tax, but if there are so few programs in property, I guess I should apply diversely. If anyone out there has suggestions, please feel free to make them! I am not at all sensitive to criticism.
So here I am:
--Double-majored undergrad, worked full-time, 3.0 GPA at a mediocre state school
--M.A. in English Lit (useful!...just kidding), 3.9 GPA, same crappy school
--M.Ed in English Education, 3.9 GPA, same crappy school
--High LSAT score, mediocre grades at new law school in the South, no activities (see below)
--(And here is my selling point) Very strong work experience over the past decade (18-28): PR rep for Congressman, PA to Senator, taught at secondary and university level, landed great job 1L summer and am still there 20 hours a week. Staying at same firm this summer. 60% real estate transactional work, 40% debtor-creditor and construction lit.
--"Kinda diverse"--technically a first-generation American, but my parents are Canadian. Not many women in property and especially not construction in my area of the country.
Can I get into some LLM program? It doesn't have to be prestigious, it just needs to exist!
Help!
Posted Apr 04, 2009 02:30
I'll preface any comments with an admission that I've basically accepted being a "professional student"...
Considering the job market, I've been thinking about doing a tax LLM or a real estate/property development LLM. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get any straight answers on what a "decent" candidate for anything other than the top LLM programs might be like.
I'm also not aware of many real estate/property LLMs except New York and Miami. I'd much prefer property to tax, but if there are so few programs in property, I guess I should apply diversely. If anyone out there has suggestions, please feel free to make them! I am not at all sensitive to criticism.
So here I am:
--Double-majored undergrad, worked full-time, 3.0 GPA at a mediocre state school
--M.A. in English Lit (useful!...just kidding), 3.9 GPA, same crappy school
--M.Ed in English Education, 3.9 GPA, same crappy school
--High LSAT score, mediocre grades at new law school in the South, no activities (see below)
--(And here is my selling point) Very strong work experience over the past decade (18-28): PR rep for Congressman, PA to Senator, taught at secondary and university level, landed great job 1L summer and am still there 20 hours a week. Staying at same firm this summer. 60% real estate transactional work, 40% debtor-creditor and construction lit.
--"Kinda diverse"--technically a first-generation American, but my parents are Canadian. Not many women in property and especially not construction in my area of the country.
Can I get into some LLM program? It doesn't have to be prestigious, it just needs to exist!
Considering the job market, I've been thinking about doing a tax LLM or a real estate/property development LLM. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get any straight answers on what a "decent" candidate for anything other than the top LLM programs might be like.
I'm also not aware of many real estate/property LLMs except New York and Miami. I'd much prefer property to tax, but if there are so few programs in property, I guess I should apply diversely. If anyone out there has suggestions, please feel free to make them! I am not at all sensitive to criticism.
So here I am:
--Double-majored undergrad, worked full-time, 3.0 GPA at a mediocre state school
--M.A. in English Lit (useful!...just kidding), 3.9 GPA, same crappy school
--M.Ed in English Education, 3.9 GPA, same crappy school
--High LSAT score, mediocre grades at new law school in the South, no activities (see below)
--(And here is my selling point) Very strong work experience over the past decade (18-28): PR rep for Congressman, PA to Senator, taught at secondary and university level, landed great job 1L summer and am still there 20 hours a week. Staying at same firm this summer. 60% real estate transactional work, 40% debtor-creditor and construction lit.
--"Kinda diverse"--technically a first-generation American, but my parents are Canadian. Not many women in property and especially not construction in my area of the country.
Can I get into some LLM program? It doesn't have to be prestigious, it just needs to exist!
Posted Apr 04, 2009 07:46
You will be able to get into a program. But without releveant work experience or classes in the subject of the LLM you will have to write a killer personal statement on why you want that field and how you can be successful.
You will be able to get into a program. But without releveant work experience or classes in the subject of the LLM you will have to write a killer personal statement on why you want that field and how you can be successful.
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