LLM Discussion Board

Hi everyone,

I am currently doing my postgraduate degree at Stanford (and also got admitted at others schools).

If any applicant has any question, in particular regarding Stanford (but also some other schools), I'll be glad to do my best to answer and give some help if I can.

Hi,

It's obviously not the only relevant criterion, but it's one among others.

Stanford asks each of its graduate students to fill in a form requiring some information as to: the different levels of Universities within the country, the grades which are considered to be good or not, the difficulty to receive prizes and the value of these prizes, the top firms in one country, if it's difficult to get in and what it means to have been working in such a firm for a couple of years.

This means that Stanford has a pretty good idea at the situation in each country where its graduates come from. If it's easy to enter a top firm in your country, Stanford probably knows it and it won't help you. If it's difficult, it probably will help since, apparently and from the form they require us to fill in, it's one of the criteria taken into consideration. Needless to say, your work should either be focused on IP or Corporate Law depending upon the program you want to apply for.

This being said, remember that to attend Stanford, Yale or Harvard or any other top law schook should only be a mean to achieve sth in the future, not a goal in itself...So think about what you really want before changing a law firm where maybe you're happy with your job and atmosphere, for a bigger firm where you however may be disappointed.

oh, sorry to hear that...would you mind letting us know which program was it for?

Of course, ir was LLM program Corporate Governance and Practice but unfortunately i was a little bit late with deadline+my scores were less than it was required.

Did you already have a LLM from USA or from another country ?

Let's just say that the four or five months spent won't be taken into account at least, because they won't have given you any real experience, and thus won't provide you with any added value. In other words, if you want to change firm only for four months to go to Stanford, thinking that it will improve your chances to get admitted, don't do it. You should stay around two years if you want to have a real added value. Besides, if this is a top law firm in your country, they would never bring you back and you may find it hard to sell yourself on your market afterwards.