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Michaeeel


Joined: 10 Mar 2005
Posts: 82
Yale : only for careers in law teaching ?
Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:38 AM
According to their website, "The Master of Laws (LL.M.) program at Yale Law School is a one-year course of study intended for students committed to careers in law teaching and scholarship."

Since I am planning to work in a law firm after the LLM (notably in M&A), I don't know if it's worth applying. Do you know if they admit students with my profile ?
Thanks !
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Bitsou

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 126
Yale : only for careers in law teaching ?
Mon Oct 31, 2005 04:06 PM
Hello,

No, if you don't state in your application very clearly that you intend to become a Professor, and that your background does not reflect such an intent, you have no chance.

This being said, no reason to be disappointed as the program would not interest you if you intend to become a corporate & governance lawyer. All classes are theoretical and focused on public policy issues rather than intended for practitionners.

Hope this was useful.
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Michaeeel


Joined: 10 Mar 2005
Posts: 82
Yale : only for careers in law teaching ?
Mon Oct 31, 2005 04:20 PM
Hi Bitsou,

Very useful, as usual :) Thanks !
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vakil

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 37
Yale : only for careers in law teaching ?
Tue Nov 22, 2005 07:57 AM
Yale has a primary focus on law teaching though a number of LLM's go on to take up firm jobs. The Yale brandname does help.

However Columbia, NYU and even Harvard have mor exerience placing LLMS since they have more. Also, most of the Yale fundign is conditional on your teaching for two years or continuing with the JSD
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Zelda

Joined: 04 Apr 2005
Posts: 126
Yale : only for careers in law teaching ?
Mon Nov 28, 2005 08:08 PM
I was wondering if Yale people went on to work for international organisations, like the UN, after the LLM...
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kem


Joined: 02 May 2005
Posts: 119
Yale : only for careers in law teaching ?
Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:49 PM
Hope that DHL will be very quick with my documents which are on the way to Yale.
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Igorek

Joined: 29 Aug 2005
Posts: 52
Yale : only for careers in law teaching ?
Tue Nov 29, 2005 05:41 AM
Hope that DHL will be very quick with my documents which are on the way to Yale.


in the same boat again ))
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kem


Joined: 02 May 2005
Posts: 119
Yale : only for careers in law teaching ?
Tue Nov 29, 2005 09:05 PM
in the same boat again ))

:) It seems to me that we have similar aims
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Anthonia

Joined: 29 Nov 2005
Posts: 1
Yale : only for careers in law teaching ?
Wed Nov 30, 2005 04:30 AM
So can a person with no Law first degree or law post-graduate degree apply to Yale or Harvard LLM ?

Thank you.
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kem


Joined: 02 May 2005
Posts: 119
Yale : only for careers in law teaching ?
Wed Nov 30, 2005 01:37 PM
So can a person with no Law first degree or law post-graduate degree apply to Yale or Harvard LLM ?

Hi there, If u havent earned your first (bachelor) degree from law school so u cant apply to LLM program, no difference Yale, HLS or something else.
Regards.
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Paladin

Joined: 30 Sep 2005
Posts: 4
Yale : only for careers in law teaching ?
Sun Dec 11, 2005 07:50 AM
in the same boat again ))


:) It seems to me that we have similar aims

Haha! Same here. DHL delivered my mine to the wrong destination on Dec. 2 just before the weekend, causing it to arrive the following Monday. Hope they still consider it.
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vakil

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 37
Yale : only for careers in law teaching ?
Sun Dec 18, 2005 06:57 AM
So can a person with no Law first degree or law post-graduate degree apply to Yale or Harvard LLM ?

Anthonia, Yale Law School has a program called the MSL which is usually open for those who have advanced degrees in other subjects and want an exposure to law. The present MSL scholar at Yale has a doctorate in economica nd works on Law and Econ.
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