Has anyone gone to a "top-tier" tax LLM because they *didn't* learn tax law in law school and now want to pivot into a tax-adjacent field? I'm currently an associate at a biglaw firm—I wouldn't be getting the LLM just to try to get a second bite at the biglaw recruiting apple—but I'm worried my application will not be looked on favorably because I only took one tax class as a JD student (and didn't do excellently in it...). I was generally a solid student otherwise (top third or so of the T6 law school class) and work at a biglaw firm in the V30.
I am thinking of pivoting to a small legal practice in a field that requires proficiency with tax law (but not the kind of tax law that biglaw tax groups advise on, which I think my one intro JD tax class was more oriented towards introducing the more corporate-style tax law themes).
Is an NYU or UF tax LLM a longshot for me? And if I do get admitted, will I be irreparably behind the other students?
Edit for clarity: my current practice area is not tax ... at all.