Hi, I am considering applying to NYU's General Studies LLM. I grauduated with distinction (top 20%) at a top 20 law school and was on Law Review. Is this good enough for NYU? I know many of my school's alums have gone off to NYU's LLM but I don't know their ranking in class. I was in top 10% until last semester my last year (oops).

Also, I was worried about my personal statement for the General Studies program. I am applying for general studies because I am interested in many areas of law (mainly those with Asia and IP and human rights). I'm assuming that general studies is designed for people who are interested in many areas, but should applicants have a main focus in mind so as not to sound wishy washy? I guess I wish the description for the general studies program was a little more indepth than just that there isn't a core program and you get to choose from 200 classes. The website doesn't say what kind of candidate they are looking for for their general studies program.

Is anyone else applying for General Studies? Are you focusing on a certain area? I saw many posts switching from general studies to corporations, but who is applying or attending the general studies program?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Are you an American? Or I guess the better question is, do you have a JD from an American law school? Or is your law school degree from a foreign country?

I'm an American, got my JD at a American school. I'm in a LLM program at NYU right now, but it's one of the specialty programs. I did not think that the General Studies LLM was open to domestic (American) students. If you do the General Studies LLM you basically just pick courses from all the upperclass electives. It'd be like doing a 4th year of JD studies for an American student, if you did not do a particular specialization (such as Tax, Trade Reg., etc.)

Also, I don't beleive that the Corporate LLM program is open to American JDs either.

Hi:

Yes, I am American. The GS program is open to american students, though you are right, the corporation LLM is "primarily aimed at international students" but it doesn't say it is only limited to international students. I know some universities state that their programs are "limited to" or "exclusively for" international students so NYU's description for corporation is somewhat ambiguous as to whether they even let a handful of Americans in. But anyhoo, the GS program does not have a limiting descriptor.

If you don't mind me asking, do you think my stats are somewhat comparable to yours? or below? Should I apply or should I keep my $75 bucks? The more I think about it, the more I would like to teach rather than practice (but I need to get some clerking experience in I guess).

From everything I here, the only valuable LLM is one in tax or another specialty that perhaps a job will require.

I am in a slightly different situation in that I did not go to a top law school but I did have very strong grades. I would love to decorate my resume with a better school.

You may not need the boost. Or you may have personal reasons for doing so like myself. The best advice is that you can always apply and get rejected or accepted or you can opt out yourself, and your life will not change. I plan to shoot for an LLM in 2007 with that frame of mind.

-AY

The best advice is that you can always apply and get rejected or accepted or you can opt out yourself, and your life will not change.