Hello,

I'm new to this board. I'm a current US law school grad nervously waiting on the July bar exam results.

When I was desperately searching for a job, I thought about pursuing an LLM as a plan B. Fortunately, at the 11th hour I found a job. But I am still interested in further advancing my legal education.

I don't want to pursue an LLM for the wrong reasons. But I don't really know what the right reasons are? For US law grads, I heard the only valuable LLM was one in tax, particularly from NYU. I don't know if I have been misinformed. I also don't know if I like tax law. Never took it in law school.

I guess I would like to get a better school on my resume with more specialized studies. But I'm not really sure what studies that should be or what school.

If this at all helps with you giving me advice... Currently, I am a judicial law clerk (more acurately an assistant court attorney), not federal, but at state appellate level. I have aspirations to do a federal clerkship, but those aren't falling out of trees!!! And perhaps from there, something in Washington, i.e. Justice Department. Or a AUSA. I don't know I have a lot of ideas. Mostly I'm interested in public service, in a respected position, federal if possible.

Is an LLM consistent with these aspirations?

Any thoughts? Many thanks in advance.

-AY