Hey folks,

I am a lawyer from India.

I had applied for LLM US Law program Fall 2021 at multiple universities in the US. Yes, I applied kinda late for this term, but thankfully some institutions are accepting applications.

I have received some admits so far, along with scholarship information. I will try to update this thread in case more admits are received.

1) Washington University in St Louis - $90,000 Cost of Attendance & $25,000 tuition scholarship
2) Boston University - $82,000 Cost of Attendance & $10,000 tution scholarship
3) Fordham University - $97,000 Cost of Attendance & $10,000 tution scholarship

1st Issue) I am not satisfied by the scholarship offered by Boston & Fordham, and would like to appeal them. Please let me know if anyone has had success with appealing their original offer of tuition scholarship.

2nd Issue) I want you to advise me in choosing the best program.

My goal is to get some internship experience in my 2nd semester and/or get work experience during the 1 year OPT post program.

I am not choosy in the kind of work, but would love to work in IP, Tech, Corporate areas of work, mainly I want to have US legal market experience which will add to my profile.

I have read that the US legal market is very strongly bent towards JD graduates. With this disability, indeed it is a challenge to get work experience as a foreign LLM graduate.

Although, WashUniv is offering the best scholarship as on today, but it is in a smaller city than others. Fordham is in New York which is amongst biggest business & legal markets. Boston seems to be better than WashUniv in St Louis in terms of business around.

Please advise, what should I choose to achieve my target.

I have read that the US legal market is very strongly bent towards JD graduates. With this disability, indeed it is a challenge to get work experience as a foreign LLM graduate.