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What have you been doing in the meantime? What are you doing now? Are you a current LLM student or a practicing attorney?Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 1:07 pmIs this generally a no-go? I have limited, but prior experience outside of tax and I think I would be okay doing non-tax despite the LLM. To provide more context, these would be biglaw positions. My credentials as a JD were not spectacular but okay - top third at a T-30.
OP here. Thanks for the response. I am currently doing the LLM program. I practiced briefly in transactional before starting the program. I guess my question is really whether the Tax LLM is so binding that my application itself would raise eyebrows.nealric wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 5:45 pmWhat have you been doing in the meantime? What are you doing now? Are you a current LLM student or a practicing attorney?Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 1:07 pmIs this generally a no-go? I have limited, but prior experience outside of tax and I think I would be okay doing non-tax despite the LLM. To provide more context, these would be biglaw positions. My credentials as a JD were not spectacular but okay - top third at a T-30.
The LLM recruiting pipeline will be centered around Big4. Applying to Biglaw as an entry-level attorney outside of the summer associate hiring process (or LLM recruiting to a lesser extent) is probably not going to be a great use of your time. There's not a ton of demand at the entry level right now, and non-traditional candidates face a steep uphill battle even in the best of times. However, if you have some decent non-tax work experience, you may have a shot as a lateral in that practice (depending on what that experience is).
Your location and specific school will also matter. U of Iowa applying to Minneapolis Biglaw is a very different story from Fordam applying to NYC.
I wouldn't call it "so binding", but if you are looking to just go back to a transactional practice just have a good story for why you don't want to do tax. Are you still on good terms with the firm you practiced at before?Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:58 pmOP here. Thanks for the response. I am currently doing the LLM program. I practiced briefly in transactional before starting the program. I guess my question is really whether the Tax LLM is so binding that my application itself would raise eyebrows.nealric wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 5:45 pmWhat have you been doing in the meantime? What are you doing now? Are you a current LLM student or a practicing attorney?Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 1:07 pmIs this generally a no-go? I have limited, but prior experience outside of tax and I think I would be okay doing non-tax despite the LLM. To provide more context, these would be biglaw positions. My credentials as a JD were not spectacular but okay - top third at a T-30.
The LLM recruiting pipeline will be centered around Big4. Applying to Biglaw as an entry-level attorney outside of the summer associate hiring process (or LLM recruiting to a lesser extent) is probably not going to be a great use of your time. There's not a ton of demand at the entry level right now, and non-traditional candidates face a steep uphill battle even in the best of times. However, if you have some decent non-tax work experience, you may have a shot as a lateral in that practice (depending on what that experience is).
Your location and specific school will also matter. U of Iowa applying to Minneapolis Biglaw is a very different story from Fordam applying to NYC.