Pursuing a Tax LLM Degree: Where?

85 Pages Posted: 28 Apr 2010

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Paul L. Caron

Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law

Jennifer M. Kowal

Loyola Law School Los Angeles

Katherine Pratt

Loyola Law School Los Angeles

Theodore P. Seto

Loyola Law School Los Angeles

Date Written: April 28, 2010

Abstract

This Article and a related article, Pursuing a Tax LLM Degree: Why and When? (http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=1577966), provide information and advice about Tax LLM programs to American law students and JD graduates who are thinking about pursuing a Tax LLM degree. In addition to discussing factors that can help prospective Tax LLM students determine which Tax LLM programs would be a good fit for them, this Article compiles information about the following thirteen highly ranked Tax LLM programs: (1) NYU; (2) Florida; (3) Georgetown; (4) Northwestern; (5) Miami; (6) Boston University; (7) San Diego; (8) Loyola-L.A./LMU; (9) SMU; (10) Denver; (11) University of Washington; (12) Villanova; and (13) Chapman. The topics on which information is reported in this Article include: (1) tuition; (2) scholarships; (3) the full-time tax professors who teach in each program and the tax courses they teach; (4) the number of full-time and part-time students enrolled in each program; (5) general information about adjunct professors teaching in each program; (6) required courses; (7) elective courses, specialty certificates, and concentrations; (8) opportunities to develop tax practice skills by taking experiential learning courses and simulated practice courses; (9) extracurricular tax activities; (10) opportunities to graduate with honors or receive academic prizes; and (11) career planning and placement services offered to students in each program. This Article also includes supplemental information provided by the directors of these Tax LLM programs, in response to our invitation to provide information of interest to prospective students.

Keywords: Tax LLM, Graduate Tax Program, Tax Law, Law Teaching, Tax Concentration, Tax Specialties, Transactional Tax Law, Tax Litigation

JEL Classification: A20

Suggested Citation

Caron, Paul L. and Kowal, Jennifer M. and Pratt, Katherine and Seto, Theodore P., Pursuing a Tax LLM Degree: Where? (April 28, 2010). U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 10-18, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2010-18, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1597337 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1597337

Paul L. Caron (Contact Author)

Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law ( email )

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Jennifer M. Kowal

Loyola Law School Los Angeles ( email )

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Katherine Pratt

Loyola Law School Los Angeles ( email )

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Theodore P. Seto

Loyola Law School Los Angeles ( email )

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