LLM Discussion Board

Hello,

A friend of mine and i have received acceptance letters from NYU tax LLM in NYC on the 22nd of January. His application was completed in October and mine was completed two weeks before i received the letter. This is sort of ridiculous, but its been 15 weeks since my application for Florida was completed, and i go there!! The process is supposed to take 4-6 weeks...if anyone has heard back from Florida, let me know!

Has anyone else heard back from NYU tax?

ra, Congrats! How does the NYU notify, thru e-mail or regular mail?
Thanks!

Hello,

A friend of mine and i have received acceptance letters from NYU tax LLM in NYC on the 22nd of January. His application was completed in October and mine was completed two weeks before i received the letter. This is sort of ridiculous, but its been 15 weeks since my application for Florida was completed, and i go there!! The process is supposed to take 4-6 weeks...if anyone has heard back from Florida, let me know!

Has anyone else heard back from NYU tax?

Hey Ra. Do you mind telling me what your stats were? I'm a 3L at FSU, and I've applied for the International Legal Studies LLM program at NYU. However, I haven't received any type of notification or correspondence from NYU since I went complete back in November. I'm in the top 15% of my class and an editor on a journal. I've got a decent amount of legal experience for a law student, and some good pre-lawschool real world experience. I know tax and international law are two different areas but I have to figure that the admissions criteria is probably the same for domestic students who go to similarly ranked schools.

Any info will be appreciated. Thanks.

[Edited 29 Jan 2008 by sr1]

Anyone know how difficult it is to get into NYU's Trade Regulation LL.M program?

[Edited 21 Apr 2008 by jballer]

Jballer, my stats are: top 20%, journal, summer clerk for a FL circuit judge, research assistant, master in economics, no non-law work experience. But i'm not sure if that comparison will help you much because i'm sure the only reason why they took me was because i never got anything lower than a B+ in the 6 tax law courses i took (with other LLM students) at a school consistently ranked #2 for its tax LLM. In fact, i'm going to pay that seat deposit ASAP in case they made a mistake.

[Edited 12 Feb 2008 by baffronz]

Don't be too impressed with your "luck." Most NYU LLM ppl are like you. Do you expect to get a biglaw job out of this? I've heard it's hard, because an NYU LLM won't remove the taint of your tier 2 (Florida) JD. I'm in a very similar boat as you (without the masters though) and I'm wondering if I'm just wasting more money on a degree which won't get me a good job.

[Edited 13 Feb 2008 by sr1]

Jballer, my stats are: top 20%, journal, summer clerk for a FL circuit judge, research assistant, master in economics, no non-law work experience. But i'm not sure if that comparison will help you much because i'm sure the only reason why they took me was because i never got anything lower than a B+ in the 6 tax law courses i took (with other LLM students) at a school consistently ranked #2 for its tax LLM. In fact, i'm going to pay that seat deposit ASAP in case they made a mistake.

Don't be too impressed with your "luck." Most NYU LLM ppl are like you. Do you expect to get a biglaw job out of this? I've heard it's hard, because an NYU LLM won't remove the taint of your tier 2 (Florida) JD. I'm in a very similar boat as you (without the masters though) and I'm wondering if I'm just wasting more money on a degree which won't get me a good job.

From my friends experiences in the Florida LLM (I don’t know anyone at NYU), I will agree with you and say that regardless of where you go for your LLM, you carry a “taint” with you if you went to a lower tiered school. I’ve known about 12 Florida LLM’s, and all but two of them went to tier 1 schools. One went to a tier 2 school, and another went to a tier 3 school. Both of them found jobs in firms that are composed of less than 25 lawyers, but the firms are well known (within FL at least) boutique estate tax firms in South Florida. They tried to find mid-large sized firms, but were unable to get interviews at the large firms. I think that if you want to practice tax, you should go to the best LLM you can get into, otherwise your only crutch is a tier 2 JD, and no tax firm is going to take you seriously. My remaining friends all went to biglaw firms (including 3 Florida JD’s), primarily in the South and D.C. To answer your question, before even beginning the program, NYU has already helped me get 2 interviews with big law firms with offices in Miami, but I’m not in the same position as you. Florida is a tier 1 school, even after the temporary 6 spot drop caused by a temporary bulge in students that resulted from a restructuring of incoming classes (www.law.ufl.edu/deansmessages/pdf/usnews_%20rankin…).

good luck in your decision, and congrats on NYU

Congrats on your acceptance though. Hurry up and pay before they realize their error.