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chezarle

Joined: 21 Dec 2007
Posts: 14
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 03:34 PM
Chezarle you are the oldest! :-)



Not quite, I'm 33! I've now officially "skewed the average."

By the way, some of you seem far too young to be pursuing LL.M. degrees...I didn't even begin law school (American J.D. program) until I was 24. At 22, I was still serving in the Navy for goodness' sake!


badkarma56, in my case, at 22, I enrolled in my first law school on a part-time basis while working for a company in Tokyo. Like memo_z's case, there were 20s, 30s, and even 60s(!) in my class. I was impressed to see such a old guy studying law.

Also, thank you for your message. I believe you are the "wisest"!
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jasonjb

Joined: 19 Oct 2007
Posts: 41
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 05:06 PM
29, turning 30 soon.
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botolo86

Joined: 03 Dec 2007
Posts: 15
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 06:07 PM
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?!?
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MariArti


Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 68
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Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:36 PM
Just turned 23 :) though, I am applying to UK...
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yasmin78

Joined: 02 Jul 2007
Posts: 19
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Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:48 PM
18 lol

[Edited 13 May 2008 by yasmin78]
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ipsefixit

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 20
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Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:03 PM
103... and on my night table i have a picture of me and joe di maggio playing together...
:-)
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capa


Joined: 10 Oct 2005
Posts: 164
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Sat Mar 15, 2008 01:50 AM
I am 24. I think it is invaluable to work in the real world for at least a year before heading off to do any LLM or BCL.

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yaiza242

Joined: 14 Jan 2008
Posts: 64
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Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:29 AM
turned 23 a few weeks ago
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hforhardik


Joined: 24 Mar 2006
Posts: 1
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Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:07 PM
27 and adding...
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Nathan11

Joined: 07 Feb 2008
Posts: 13
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Sat Mar 15, 2008 03:07 PM
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. :)

[Edited 15 Mar 2008 by Nathan11]
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mygirlies

Joined: 16 Mar 2008
Posts: 5
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Mon Mar 17, 2008 03:23 AM
32 ...I don't think the age is a big issue when applying for an LLM
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llm101

Joined: 16 Mar 2008
Posts: 1
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Mon Mar 17, 2008 04:08 AM
I was 34 when I applied for llm, but I got 4 schools. So your age doesn't matter.
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Mr Easter

Joined: 01 Mar 2008
Posts: 39
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Mon Mar 17, 2008 06:22 AM
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.
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badkarma56

Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Posts: 57
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Mon Mar 17, 2008 08:03 AM
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.


My friend, you can keep that "associate" stuff all for yourself...I've "been there" & "done that" and have NO desire to return to a firm (no more 100 hour work-weeks for me)!

My goal is to become a law professor after the LL.M.
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fishbone0904

Joined: 15 Mar 2008
Posts: 1
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Mon Mar 17, 2008 08:14 AM
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. :)

[Edited 17 Mar 2008 by fishbone0904]
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mygirlies

Joined: 16 Mar 2008
Posts: 5
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Mon Mar 17, 2008 06:17 PM
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.
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badkarma56

Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Posts: 57
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Tue Mar 18, 2008 08:02 AM
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...


You're kidding, right? Thirty-two is not "old" by any reasonable standard! In fact, a certain amount of "maturity" is required in order to effectively "bill hours" at a major firm. Besides, there are all sorts of other opportunites out there for lawyers...I practiced corporate law at a big firm for a year and absolutely hated it (the work, primarily M&A, was dull and soulless).

Following the firm, my next two jobs (law clerk to a federal court of appeals judge and full-time undergraduate professor-my current gig) were/are much more rewarding and interesting.

Incidentally, firm life is not particularly "healthy" for parents with young children...with all of the hours you'd have to work, you'll barely see your kids (you'll be able to afford an expensive nanny though)!
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Nathan11

Joined: 07 Feb 2008
Posts: 13
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Tue Mar 18, 2008 09:24 AM
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 don’t 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...
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MarkBrasil

Joined: 18 Mar 2007
Posts: 24
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 02:44 PM
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!
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dwoli

Joined: 02 Nov 2007
Posts: 8
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 02:47 PM
31...actually turning 32 next June
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Mr Easter

Joined: 01 Mar 2008
Posts: 39
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 03:44 PM
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.

[Edited 22 Mar 2008 by Mr Easter]
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Bender


Joined: 17 Jan 2008
Posts: 84
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 04:22 PM
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.
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Mr Easter

Joined: 01 Mar 2008
Posts: 39
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 04:40 PM
Bender

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


Joined: 17 Jan 2008
Posts: 84
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 05:38 PM
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!
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ipsefixit

Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 20
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Sat Mar 22, 2008 06:23 PM
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!
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