Hi Folks. I've been reading through the boards, but I really haven't found anything about my sort of situation.

My background is this: I graduated in the top 10% of my T2 school - honors, multiple scholarships, etc. I studied abroad and I even taught a class at another T2 law school while I was still in school. I'm currently clerking for a very-well-known state judge, doing massive amounts of corporate litigation work. Unfortunately, despite having relatively decent credentials, I'm having a whale of a time finding a job (however, I have learned that I enjoy doing massive amounts of research and writing).

However, herein lies the rub: I wasn't able to take any tax classes in law school. It is a sad sad story: my school only offered Federal Income Tax in the spring. However, one spring I spent abroad; the next spring I had to complete a required course, offered, of course, at the same time as Federal Income Tax. Thus, I never was able to take a tax course. I did other activities, such as VITA, and I'm currently reading as much tax material as I can get my hands on, but I'm concerned that won't be enough to show interest.

Obviously, having gone to a T2 (and having trouble finding a job from there), I'm not all that interested in going to another T2 law school. I am considering taking the tax classes as a non-matriculating student at another school this summer and
fall. Do you think that would show enough interest to the top LL.M. programs to give me a push in the right direction, or am I merely barking up the wrong tree?