Starting my tax LLM in a few days at Georgetown. I'm new to US tax. Any recommendations for a specialty/hot area to focus on (please give reasons) and any particular course(s) you would recommend taking?

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Personally 1. M&A 2. International Tax

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Do all the basics. Partnership, corporate, and international. As well as an M&A course if one is offered. Can’t hurt to do a SALT course too.

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International and M&A are usually what people will say but it’s worthwhile looking into opportunities in Big Law as well if possible. Even if you hate it you’ll get good exposure to a lot of areas and it will look great on a resume and get you in most places you apply afterward.

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Yeah and making 200k out of school isn’t bad either 😂

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With the way tax legislation has been in the past 5 years, any and all areas of US taxation are going to be hot.

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The dynamism of taxes.

I’m bias because I’m in international and really love it but it’s also scorching hot and has been since 2017.

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Seems I can't go wrong with international.

I mean most are probably gonna say m&a transactional tax because of the comp but you also have to think of the lifestyle wlb you want. That field can be very tough and unpredictable. I personally think getting a great understanding in partnership taxation is very valuable, firms will throw money at people for that

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Partnership, international, corporate M&A, and SALT classes will make you well-rounded. You’ll need to pick a specialty based on what you enjoy.

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I’m not sure if Georgetown has a financial products class, but if it does you should consider taking it. Not for everyone, but in my experience it’s in high demand, we’ll compensated, and decent WLB.

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They do. Thank you for the heads up.

Okay, thanks for that insight.

International tax will become more of a thing I think, esp with more people doing remote working/digital nomad lifestyles - companies are trying to catch up

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