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When speaking about the "value" of an LLM, that article was not talking about LLM programs in the U.S. for international students or foreign-trained lawyers.

This article was talking about domestic U.S. JD graduates who then seek an LLM degree at a U.S. law school. It basically questioned the value of a U.S. LLM degree for those persons, since they already have 3 years of US law school, and their LLM degree is just like a 4th year of law school.

For international students, the 1-year LLM program in the U.S. is quite a different experience from their law school experience in their home countries. It is not simply an additional year of education. The international LL.M. student learns a lot about U.S. law, U.S legal education, and U.S. culture.

The article basically said that the only time that it would be good for a U.S. JD graduate to go for an LLM in the US would be for an LLM in tax law, where employers consider it a good credential to have one extra year of tax courses.