LLM in American Law at Boston University

Programme overview

The LLM in American Law Program is specifically designed to prepare internationally trained lawyers for the challenge of global practice. In this program, students are fully integrated into BU Law's JD classes, where they sit side by side with American students being trained in the tradition of US legal education.

Faculty: School of Law | Study mode: full-time | Location: Boston, MA, United States

What you will study

The LLM in American Law Program is designed to be completed in one academic year of full-time study. The LLM in American Law Program offers fall and spring term start dates for full-time students. The program requires the completion of 24 units over two terms for full-time students.

Career pathways

While many students know their future plans prior to completing the LLM program, some return to their former employers, and others begin internships before joining their home country’s bar.

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Application information

USD 73,024 a year (2026-27). Tuition for full-time residential graduate (LLM, MSL) students at the School of Law for 2026-27. Tuition only: excludes student fees and living expenses. Part-time and online LLM students are billed per credit ($3,043 for Graduate Tax and Banking & Financ Source

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences master's programmes admit for Fall 2027; Spring 2027 entry is offered for selected programmes (Economics MS programmes, History of Art & Architecture MA, Preservation Studies MA, Online MS in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence).

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Fall 2027 master's deadlines are mostly priority January 15 and final March 15 (African American & Black Diaspora Studies priority February 15, final March 15; Preservation Studies February 15; Sociology and History of Art & Architecture January 15). Spring 2027 deadlines for selected programmes are priority October 15 and final November 15. Applications are submitted through the online application; the GRE is required only for the Economics MS/MA programmes and the MS in Psychological & Brain Sciences.

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