Too young for a LLM?

Question

Hi guys,
I'm a 23-year-old student from Italy.
As I've made applications for a LLM in International Human Rights Law both in Nottingham and in Essex, I was wondering if perharps I'm too young for a LLM and if it would be better to gain some practical experience after obtaining my university degree. I've been offered some internship opportunities, but decided to defer them after the LLM year.
The thing is, I'm worried I won't be able to return to classroom after starting a job, and perhaps it would be better to be completely free during an internship in order to take advantage of all the possible working opportunities that could follow from it....
Any advice?

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Answer 1

I'm a 2nd year law student from England and funnily enough i want to study the same LLM as you, but at the University of Leeds. My lecturers all recommend doing it after you have graduated as the legal concepts and ability to adapt to the study settings are already there.

I say go for it, and I wish you all the luck

Answer 2

I'm not familiar with the British legal education system. In the U.S. the LLM is an extra degree that you go for after you first get your Juris Doctorate and that follows a Bachelor's Degree of some kind. Is 23 too young? Not at all. If England offers Master of Law degree after the undergraduate degree and you can enter the work force with both of them, then go for it. The employer knows that you are capable of tackling large assignments and completing them.