I think that it all depends on your career goals. Chicago is the best for law and economics (but as methodology only [if you are interested in economic analysis of constitutional law or national security law, etc.]), but their corporate/capmarkets faculty is quite poor. Columbia, on the other hand, is weaker in general law and economics, but has a great faculty and courses in corporate law, capmarkets, finlaw.
Chicago may be a good choice if you consider an academic career (outside areas highlighted above), as it will provide you with a methodology, but from a practical perspective (on the above mentioned areas), i think that Columbia may be better.
This is helpful! Yes- I did see their focus on national security law and housing law on their website.
As such, courses in law and economics are generic in nature. If the quality of L&E courses are the same between Columbia and Chicago, then perhaps Columbia is better from an LLM perspective, given my focus on financial regulation. Any idea where UChicago lists the entire course curriculum?
From an SJD/JSD perspective, I know UChicago prefers LLMs from their own law school. From a cost perspective, UChicago seems more cost friendly given that it provides scholarships to ALL its JSD students and provides fellowships upto USD20k, and its annual tuition and living cost (for a JSD student) is half of that of Columbia. That being said, UChicago also accepts SJD applicants who hold LLM from other law schools (even though a strong preference is given to UChicago LLM holders)
[quote]I think that it all depends on your career goals. Chicago is the best for law and economics (but as methodology only [if you are interested in economic analysis of constitutional law or national security law, etc.]), but their corporate/capmarkets faculty is quite poor. Columbia, on the other hand, is weaker in general law and economics, but has a great faculty and courses in corporate law, capmarkets, finlaw.
Chicago may be a good choice if you consider an academic career (outside areas highlighted above), as it will provide you with a methodology, but from a practical perspective (on the above mentioned areas), i think that Columbia may be better. [/quote]
This is helpful! Yes- I did see their focus on national security law and housing law on their website.
As such, courses in law and economics are generic in nature. If the quality of L&E courses are the same between Columbia and Chicago, then perhaps Columbia is better from an LLM perspective, given my focus on financial regulation. Any idea where UChicago lists the entire course curriculum?
From an SJD/JSD perspective, I know UChicago prefers LLMs from their own law school. From a cost perspective, UChicago seems more cost friendly given that it provides scholarships to ALL its JSD students and provides fellowships upto USD20k, and its annual tuition and living cost (for a JSD student) is half of that of Columbia. That being said, UChicago also accepts SJD applicants who hold LLM from other law schools (even though a strong preference is given to UChicago LLM holders)
