LL.M. Program 

Option to Specialize
One of the largest and most intellectually diverse in the nation, our Graduate Division offers nine LLM degrees, an Executive LLM in Taxation, and the JSD.

Guidance & Support
Each specialization is guided by accomplished faculty directors, who offer advice about the curriculum, career planning, research, and extracurricular opportunities.

Student Opportunities
LLM students have full access to intellectual life at the Law School; they collaborate on research at our centers and institutes, write and edit for legal journals, and participate in student organizations.

Scholarships / Financial Aid Information

A graduate legal education is a significant investment. The Law School offers highly competitive scholarships to full-time LLMs, and full funding for four years to JSDs. Many students combine these with aid from other sources to meet the cost of attendance.

Graduate Financial Aid
With the founding of the Hauser Global Law School Program in the 1990s, NYU Law became one of the first in the nation to offer full scholarships to LLMs. Since then, the Law School has extended its institutional commitment to financial aid for full-time master’s students from around the world. To streamline the process, candidates apply for scholarships on the admission application; no financial aid form is required.

LLM Scholarships and Awards
NYU Law has dedicated considerable institutional resources to LLM scholarships and awards that recognize top talent from countries around the world.

Scholarships that cover a larger percentage of the cost of attendance are limited in number annually. In most cases, admitted students who are selected for an award receive partial-tuition support for the LLM program.

Hauser Global Scholars Program
The Hauser Global Scholarship is the most prestigious honor awarded to exceptional LLM students. This merit-based scholarship provides full tuition and reasonable living expenses, such as rent, the cost of textbooks and other study materials.

The Hauser Global Scholars—typically 10 per year—reflect the breadth, diversity and achievement of NYU School of Law’s graduate student body. Scholars are chosen on the basis of their intellectual and leadership ability and their capacity to participate productively in a global community of scholars and practitioners.

Hauser Global Scholar candidates must be graduates of a law school outside of the United States.

Podell Global Graduate Legal Scholarship
Application to the Podell Global Graduate Legal Scholarship is open to international LLM students who: demonstrate financial need and superior academic merit; and who are citizens of and reside in one of the countries listed as Low-Income or Lower-Middle-Income Economies by the World Bank.

This scholarship provides full tuition, reasonable living expenses (such as textbooks, rent, and other study supplies), and one round-trip economy airfare to and from New York.

While no financial documentation is required to apply, admitted students who are notified that they are finalists for the Podell Scholarship may be required to submit financial documentation for themselves and immediate family to demonstrate financial need.

Arthur T. Vanderbilt Scholarships
The Committee on Graduate Admissions will award a limited number of merit-based, full-tuition Arthur T. Vanderbilt Scholarships.
Covering the cost of tuition for the full-time master’s degree programs, the Vanderbilt Scholarship is awarded to a select group of extraordinarily talented LLM candidates who have demonstrated outstanding academic promise and/or achievement in their respective field(s) of interest.

Dean’s Graduate Awards
The Committee offers merit-based awards in varying amounts to full-time master’s students who have demonstrated significant academic promise and/or achievement in their respective fields.

There are Taxation Program Scholarships as well as Taxation specific Dean’s Graduate Awards.

Application requirements

To apply to the Graduate Division, you’ll submit some required materials via the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) and complete an online application by a specific deadline.

Before you begin, review the Admission Application Instructions to ensure you comply with procedures and submit all required materials.

Online Application
Attach the following items to the form:
Personal Statement
Résumé or Curriculum Vitae
Fee ($85)
Addendum (if applicable)
Certain programs have additional attachments.

Supporting Materials
Submit the following items to LSAC:

Official Transcripts and Class Rank Statement
English Proficiency Test Score (if applicable)
Recommendation Letter(s)
Applicants must register for LSAC services.