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Tax issues come up all the time.

Whether your field is family law, criminal law,

or corporate law, your clients will face tax issues.

That makes this an important degree for you to have.

The LLM tax program is specifically

for attorneys and JD students.

The LLM program has absolutely made it easier

to have a conversation with your clients about technical issues.

You've taken your partnership classes, and corporate classes,

and estate planning classes, and so you

have the baseline to work with.

The masters of legal studies and tax program is for accountants.

CPAs, and financial professionals.

I had a lot of accounting experience.

I took my CPA exams, got my license

after working here for a year, and learning taxation

through work experience.

But in terms of tax concepts, it wasn't really as solid

as I would like it to be, which is why this program has

been really great.

Both the LLM and MLST students sit in the same classroom,

either on ground or online, which

makes for a very dynamic learning and teaching

environment.

It was really convenient.

The classes were all held downtown.

It's easy to either leave the office a little bit

early to go to class or go at night

after the workday is over.

The USF LLM and tax program has given me that background

to best inform my clients and to make sense of the tax world,

so to speak.

We admit students all year long.

Both of our degrees require 24 units,

and we permit a transfer credit for 12 units

of tax courses taken either in your JD program

or as part of your undergraduate degree.

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