LLM

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• Accounts Playable Live Sage ⭐

  August 2016 3107 karma

  1.) To my understanding, an LLM requires a JD, so you'd have to either be out of law school or complete it as a part of a dual degree in law school.
  
  2.) To my understanding, an LLB is an undergraduate degree. To get a JD, you have to apply to law school and fulfill all the admission requirements associated with that (LSAT score, completion of undergrad, etc).
  
  3.) Depends what you want to do for your career. LLM human rights is probably very different from at tax LLM or a focus on corporate law in a JD program. I know quite a bit about tax LLMs, so I'll talk about those: tax LLMs are a dime a dozen, so unless it's Florida, Georgetown, or NYU, a tax LLM doesn't differentiate you from most CPAs. Again though, the value of an LLM depends on your career aspirations.
  
  4.) This varies law school to law school and on type of Phd. For example, Yale requires you have a JD to do their law Phd. But, if you want to do a Phd in math, finance, economics, or anything other than law, each department/university has it's own selection process.
  
  
  Hope this helps.
• Alex Alum Member ⭐

  August 2016 23929 karma

  @aubaidabbasi25 I saw that you had messaged me about this question earlier. But @"Accounts Playable" nailed it.
• Alejandro Member Inactive ⭐

  August 2016 2424 karma

  You don't need the LSAT for an LLM degree. Many LLM candidates are lawyers from outside the country, and they don't have to take the LSAT to apply.
• Seriousbird Alum Member

  August 2016 1278 karma

  ^^is true if you do it internationally, but if you want to do an LLM in the U.S. then you have to have a JD first.
  
  A friend of mine did her LLB and LLM in Egypt, and then she came here and did an LLM in the U.S.
  
• Lsatbreakingnews Alum Member

  August 2016 edited August 2016 392 karma

  Bruh this is the wrong place most of aren't even in law school... Best thing is to do your research on your own.
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  Matthew524 Member

  August 2016 651 karma

  @Euthyphro you have committed a flaw in your reasoning. Just because we aren't in law school does not mean we do not have insight about the questions he asked.
• Lsatbreakingnews Alum Member

  August 2016 edited August 2016 392 karma

  @Matthew524 said:
  @Euthyphro you have committed a flaw in your reasoning. Just because we aren't in law school does not mean we do not have insight about the questions he asked.
  

  lol and you made an unfounded assumption I never implied that we are completely uninsightful...The point of my post is that an LSAT forum is not the best place to research your LLM.
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  LSATisland Free Trial Inactive Sage

  August 2016 1878 karma

  @aubaidabbasi25 There are some forums only focused on LLMs that you might find helpful as well - e.g., https://llm-guide.com/board.