I am currently a first-year associate in a bankruptcy practice at a fairly large law firm. I enjoy the work and plan to continue practicing bankruptcy law. Although I am interested in the St. John's bankruptcy LLM program, I am a small bit concerned that it's largely just a way for recent graduates to enhance career prospects. Can anyone provide counsel as to whether the instruction/prospects would recommend just keeping my job and trying to learn the practice that way or whether putting a career on hold for a year to pursue the LLM would be worthwhile? Or might it be better just to apply for a Bankruptcy Court clerkship?

Thanks.

the idea of Clerkship sounds great. that will give you better exposure and work experience. for JDs, LL.M may be useful only if one is going into academics; mostly LL.M is useful for foreign attorneys who want to get a first hand preliminary knowledge of American laws.