32 ...I don't think the age is a big issue when applying for an LLM

I was 34 when I applied for llm, but I got 4 schools. So your age doesn't matter.

So will you guys (over 30s) be gunning for associate positions against the rest of us? I'm 24. And no offence, I feel kinda old:(. At the very least, I don't feel young and perky any more.

So will you guys (over 30s) be gunning for associate positions against the rest of us? I'm 24. And no offence, I feel kinda old:(. At the very least, I don't feel young and perky any more.

Count me in! I also got ad. Cheer up!

Ouch, I am 34...and I am sooooooo worried that my age will be a problem being admitted to an LLM program. What do you think, too old?!?

@ botolo86

I am 34 too. Man, we are such an old man in this forum!!! Anyway, I got in to several top 14 schools, so I don't think you need to worry about your age seriously. :) At least in a quantitative respect, we have more life/professional experience compared to other applicants in their (even early!) twenties, so make use of your forte. :)

OK I'm 32 and actually I don't feel old:) My daughters think I look pretty good:)
So you should give yourself more credit ...

I don't know if I'll aim for the BIG Firms, but I hope my age and the fact of being a SAHM ( stay at home mom) will not affect my career...

So will you guys (over 30s) be gunning for associate positions against the rest of us? I'm 24. And no offence, I feel kinda old:(. At the very least, I don't feel young and perky any more.

OK I'm 32 and actually I don't feel old:) My daughters think I look pretty good:)
So you should give yourself more credit ...

I don't know if I'll aim for the BIG Firms, but I hope my age and the fact of being a SAHM ( stay at home mom) will not affect my career...

I totally agree with badkarma56. 32 is no time to sit back and retire. Anybody can even start a new profession. Unlike badkrama56, I am kinda satisfied with my current firm life. (Yes, It is definitely fierce and mostly soulless. But, I need money!) However, I dont want to die as a life-long litigator, and I am seriously thinking about making a career move in the near future (hopefully with 3-4 years as a partner). I just hope that US LLM and US bar (I have both in my own country) can give me a better shot when the time has come...

Well, I am the one who created this Post and I am 29 almost 30. I think there are really young people applying around here. I, myself, thought about applying a few years before, but I chose working instead and getting more experienced. I believe there are lots of young fellows around that wouldnt get too much from their school if they get into the LLM courses right now. I am just wondering anyways. Maybe the age level will increase according to what I am seeing around here.
Keep posting your age!

31...actually turning 32 next June

To MarkBrazil

Dude, no offence, but whether a person gets more out of graduate studies will NOT depend on his/her age. I am 24/25, had 2 years exprience and truth be told: i have matured somewhat since I graduated from my LLB. However, I have met some 21 LLBs who are extremely intellegent and mature. They are insightful not just to legal analysis, but also towards personal relations/social interactions. At the very least, the admissions committee thought they were smart and mature enough to attend LLM classes with their older and "wiser" counterparts.

Mr. MarkBrazil;

I would expect a wiser, more worldly understanding from someone of your golden years; you're embarrassing us in front of the children.

You clearly can't say that a younger person will "get" less from a year of school than you will, unless you've attended an LL.M program every year since you turned 21, and concluded that the last three were significantly better than the first.

Mr. Easter is entirely correct in his outrage, and even more impressive in his ability to be two different ages at once.

Bender

I'm 24 now but will be 25 when I start LLM. DUHHH

That's such a shame: you had me convinced that you were just trying to be adorable: like when a toddler is "six, but going on seven".

You would have been the cutest kid in the LL.M!

Guys, I think everybody has got a portion of right in this dispute...

I can just tell you one thing from my point of view. I tested on myself what means on the one hand "working before studying" and on the other hand "studying before working".

I have worked since 2005 working on, and running, securities offering documents published under the US Securities Act. On the closing date of a standard deal (e.g., an issuance of shares), generally, a law firm (legal advisor of one party in the transaction) issues a "legal opinion" - often a so-called "10b-5 opinion".

Well, when I saw my first draft of such an opinion, I never studied Rule 10b-5 of the US Securities Act in a "Securities Regulation" course. But with the months, drafting and re-drafting, opinions over opinions, I could understand the real scope and purpose of this opinion, and its underlying legal foundation, i.e., the Rule 10b-5.

Morevoer, I had the chance to attend a "Corporations" course in Leiden - during the Columbia Summer Program - taught by a very good teacher, and there I got my first complete explanation of such a rule.
Very often, while listening to him, I realized that I had already lived certain factual situations that he was describing from a strict legal viewpoint.

In this sense, and in my specific case, a deeper study of "Securities Regulation" in an LL.M. may strenghten my "work-based" knowledge in this matter.

From the other point of view, it's certainly true that is quite difficult to a student without work experience that he may completely appreciate certain shades during the description of laws and rules that I described above.

That's it. Of course, without offence to anybody.

Best regards!

Mr. Bender e/or Easter.

I believe there was a misunderstanding of my sentences above. What I noticed due the topic I proposed, is that most of the students applying are in their mid 20"s, and some are really young. Therefore, in my opinion (see, an opinion) I believe these students wouldn't get too much from their school especially with the change of professional experiences, which I think its important. It does not mean that they'll waste their time taking an LLM program. No way! I was just making an observation. The way you guys replied "no offence" or whatever, was quite disturbing. I never said that younger ones shouldn't take an LLM course, I just think they wont get too much from their course. If they get, great, congratulations, excellent!
Anyways, like I said it was just an observation. An opinion.
And yes, I am in my golden years and got a lot of background experience to share with everyone that it is interesed.
You guys need to chill out and smile. No ofence.

And Mr. Easter/Bender

in case you want to know, I have 3 graduate courses study levels after my LLB already. (5 years for my LLB and other 4 years of graduate studies in Public Law, International Trade and Taxation). I was thinking if an LLM abroad would be be worth it (I concluded yes). In my experience, the course I took last time was the one that I got the most of it, because I believe I was more experienced and so were my classmates. These 3 courses I took in Brazil correspond to more than 360 hour classes per year (for each year and they were 4), which is quite more than an LLM in US. I am just looking for an international experience.
Anywyas if you guys thought I was discouraging young ones to take an LLM you got the whole gist wrong.

Guys, I think everybody has got a portion of right in this dispute...

I can just tell you one thing from my point of view. I tested on myself what means on the one hand "working before studying" and on the other hand "studying before working".

I have worked since 2005 working on, and running, securities offering documents published under the US Securities Act. On the closing date of a standard deal (e.g., an issuance of shares), generally, a law firm (legal advisor of one party in the transaction) issues a "legal opinion" - often a so-called "10b-5 opinion".

Well, when I saw my first draft of such an opinion, I never studied Rule 10b-5 of the US Securities Act in a "Securities Regulation" course. But with the months, drafting and re-drafting, opinions over opinions, I could understand the real scope and purpose of this opinion, and its underlying legal foundation, i.e., the Rule 10b-5.

Morevoer, I had the chance to attend a "Corporations" course in Leiden - during the Columbia Summer Program - taught by a very good teacher, and there I got my first complete explanation of such a rule.
Very often, while listening to him, I realized that I had already lived certain factual situations that he was describing from a strict legal viewpoint.

In this sense, and in my specific case, a deeper study of "Securities Regulation" in an LL.M. may strenghten my "work-based" knowledge in this matter.

From the other point of view, it's certainly true that is quite difficult to a student without work experience that he may completely appreciate certain shades during the description of laws and rules that I described above.

That's it. Of course, without offence to anybody.

Best regards!

To MarkBrazil

Dude, no offence, but whether a person gets more out of graduate studies will NOT depend on his/her age. I am 24/25, had 2 years exprience and truth be told: i have matured somewhat since I graduated from my LLB. However, I have met some 21 LLBs who are extremely intellegent and mature. They are insightful not just to legal analysis, but also towards personal relations/social interactions. At the very least, the admissions committee thought they were smart and mature enough to attend LLM classes with their older and "wiser" counterparts.

Mr. MarkBrazil;

I would expect a wiser, more worldly understanding from someone of your golden years; you're embarrassing us in front of the children.

You clearly can't say that a younger person will "get" less from a year of school than you will, unless you've attended an LL.M program every year since you turned 21, and concluded that the last three were significantly better than the first.

Mr. Easter is entirely correct in his outrage, and even more impressive in his ability to be two different ages at once.