Inaugurated in 1999, Loyola’s Tax LLM Program is ranked among the top ten graduate tax programs in the US. Ours is different from other Tax LLM programs in important regards.

Most importantly, our Tax LLM program is not expected to subsidize our JD program. This allows us to be extremely selective in admissions, keep our classes small, and offer unusually high quality instruction.

• As a result, our Tax LLM program is now even more selective than our JD program. We believe this to be unique among Tax LLM programs.
• In addition, the program’s student/faculty ratio, computed per ABA rules, remains under four full-time equivalent (FTE) students per FTE faculty member. Average enrollment in required classes is 16; in electives, 10.
• The quality of our student body and small class sizes have also enabled us to attract some of the best advanced tax instructors available anywhere; most are nationally recognized experts in their fields.

We are gratified, therefore, although not surprised, that the 2009 Princeton Review concludes that Loyola offers the “best classroom experience” of any law school in the western United States.

US News & World Report Law School Rankings

U.S. News & World Report ranks US law schools in the specialty area of tax. TaxProf blog generates a list of top US Tax LL.M. programs by deleting from the U.S. News tax list schools without Tax LLM programs. Our program has been among the top ten such programs for the past five years.