http://www.llm-guide.com/board/47422 en L.L.M - corporate finance - best school? - LLM GUIDE Discussion Board Sat, 17 May 2008 23:07:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/47422/last#47422 Hello I received my Danish law degree in 2005 (which included one semester at Duke University). Since then I have worked for a Danish law firm. It is my plan to enroll in a L.L.M. program at a top ranked school in 2009. My focus in my daily work is on corporate finance, M&A, securities regulation, and general corporate law. Taking these areas of work into consideration, which of these law shools should I choose for the L.L.M.? (assuming I get admitted): - Columbia - Harvard - NYU - Stanford - Berkeley - Yale What would you recommend? Are there perhaps any schools that I have missed? Thank you in advance for your advise. Sat, 17 May 2008 23:17:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/47422/last#47423 Rank: 1) Columbia (best program for Finance and in NYC) 2) Harvard (The best name, cannot deny) 3) Berkeley (Market oriented, but in California) 4) NYU (it focus is not Finance, but in NYC) Standford and Yale are amazing ACADEMIC LL.M programs! In Europe: - Institute for Law and Finance (ILF) - Even with a double degree program with Aarhus and exchange with columbia; - LSE in London. Ciao Mon, 19 May 2008 08:52:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/47422/last#47455 I agree with Mr. Lawyer. For Corporate Finance, Securities and in general capital markets Columbia has an edge because it has the best professor like John C. Coffee, Goldschmidt, Gilson, etc... (you can check the Leiter rankings). Harvard, Yale and Stanford are excellent LL.M. programs as well so you can't be wrong (even if less specialized in finance). As to Berkeley and NYU I don't know except that they are very good law schools.