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I guess you could say that Harvard and Yale are definitely up there. What about Stanford, UPenn and Michigan?
But yea LLM toh yaise hand out kar rahe jaise free ho.
Rich peeple stuff i think
2. Reference letters matter.
3. Stop judging others. Spending a year abroad for an LLM is better than working like a slave for a Lala firm. And if you work in a very clerical legal department then you will gain more knowledge during an LLM.
US LLM fees and living expenses come around rs. 1 crore + and unlike Canada or Australia settling and repaying the loan with an American job is difficult because of immigration restrictions. So competition is very low.
Interviews in US does not test your mugging skills like they do here.
They ask behavioural and competency based questions and not like whats mentioned in section 42 of the XYZ act.
So stop being a jealous cry baby and be happy or the best would to stop caring about others.
And GPA is one factor. There are various other factors such as SOP, strong references, community service, interviews.
I hope this makes you sleep at night and help you little with your insecurities.
How is it possible for these many people to get this LLM? It used to be elite where only the best in law school went.
Or did the standards really drop down?