When I first began law school, I was unsure of my direction other than wanting to practice law. I had many people, specifically my family; question me on what type of law I wanted to practice. Typically my response was that I would take classes throughout my three years and I would hope that during one of my classes a switch would flip and I would find my passion. It wasn’t until my fall semester of second year when I took my school’s federal income tax class, that the switch flipped in my mind and I knew that I had found my passion. That class didn’t feel like work or any of my other classes, I enjoyed attending that class more than I enjoyed any other disciple of classes at school. Reading the tax decisions left me intrigued and wanting more, wanting to fully understand the court’s underlying reasoning for each decision. In the following year and a half, I expanded on this desire to learn when I registered to take the three additional tax classes, which my school offered. These classes made me more and more excited about a potential career …show more content…
My first attempt at doing so was applying for tax court judicial clerkships in New Jersey. At this point while I was aware that receiving an LLM would eventually be my goal, it wasn’t until an interview with a judge did I truly understand the importance of an LLM. I was told by her, just how important, especially in the field of taxation an LLM degree is. She had mentioned that although she liked my resume and enthusiasm for taxation, that without an LLM I was going to be lost in crowd of applicants for taxation jobs. I decided then to shift my focus to obtaining an LLM in taxation. I immediately went to one of my taxation professors, who informed me of the benefits of receiving an LLM. When I spoke with him he spoke highly of Boston University and the level of education that I would receive if I attended the