So I live in Chicago and need to stay local for family reasons. I have two choices:

(a) I can attend Northwestern's Tax LLM program full-time

or

(b) I can earn an Executive LLM in Tax from Georgetown, done completely online.

I'm a recent law grad and don't have a job or anything. I would just be either going in person or taking classes online.

Everyone knows Georgetown is the better program. But it seems a little ridiculous to be taking online classes for tax. Am I thinking about it all wrong? I would rather have a Georgetown degree, but I can just see employers throwing my resume away when they see 'Executive LLM.' It's one thing to earn a degree online when you're employed, but I'm really worried about whether it's respected enough. So which is better: Northwestern or Georgetown online?

I don't think that "Executive" is a turn-off, especially since Georgetown has a such a huge footprint in tax and many employers are probably aware of their offerings.

That said, not many employers will scoff at an LLM from Northwestern either. It's ranked 4th for tax by US News. Not one of the "Big Three," exactly, but close. :)