http://www.llm-guide.com/board/12026 en Columbia vs. U Penn - LLM GUIDE Discussion Board Tue, 07 Mar 2006 05:39:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/12026/last#12026 Hi I just posted this on another thread: I hope none of you makes the "mistake" of going to Penn with a Columbia admissions because the LL.M. class is smaller or because of Wharton. If you want Wharton get an MBA not an LL.M. and as far as a business oriented law school NO school beats Columbia. Its the only thing they care about. (and BTW Columbia Business School is no joke either and since you are coming from the higher ranked school (law) in the University they don t treat you like an act of charity) Now as regards LL.M with a concentration in securities/corporate law these are my thoughts which I hope you find of use: I do believe that for corporate law the 2 best programs are Harvard and Columbia. In Harvard you have Bebchuk, Ferrel, Powell, Roe and a greater number of the leading edge corporate academics than anywhere else. In Columbia, take a look at the leading casebooksin US Law. These are the books you are going to spend HOURS AND HOURS READING AND WORKING ON: securities: coffee & seligmann. Coffee, he s in Columbia corporations: Coffee and Eisenberg ie the authors of 2 out of the 3 classic corporations books teach at Columbia, law and finance of corporate acquisitions (IE the M&A course )(06 Ed): Gordon and Gilson (2 of 3), Antitrust: Goldschmid. Same in Administrative Law. In Bankruptcy you actually get the lawyers who represented Enron to teach you bankruptcy. What more can you say? If you want to study US corporate or securities law I find it hard to believe that any school is going to beat Columbia. Plus you are in NY and in a calm part of it in case the big city sounds scary. I hope you make informed decisions Good luck and enjoy your LL.M. wherever you end up going. Its a great year.