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LLM Law at Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University Bloomington, United States

Programme overview

The LLM is primarily for international students and is the school's most popular graduate degree option. It is completed in one academic year in residence at the Maurer School of Law.

Faculty: Maurer School of Law  |  Duration: One academic year in residence (24 credit hours non-thesis; 30 credit hours thesis)  |  Intake: Fall (August) and Spring (January)  |  Location: Bloomington, IN, United States

What you will study

Students choose a non-thesis option (24 credit hours) or a thesis option (30 credit hours). Specializations include business and commercial law, financial regulation and capital markets, information privacy and security law, intellectual property, international and comparative law, and American law.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Maurer School of Law LLM admission: applicants with a non-US undergraduate education are generally required to have a law degree or a strong undergraduate concentration in legal coursework. English proficiency for non-native speakers: TOEFL iBT 94, IELTS 7.0, Duolingo 125 or TOEIC 830; a score slightly below the minimum is not automatically rejected. Deadlines: fall start May 15; spring start (January) October 15, with applications accepted July through November. Applications are submitted through the LSAC online application.

Requirements published at program group level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

The graduate application fee is $70 (US citizen and international); a reduced fee of $35 applies to students currently enrolled in a graduate programme who apply to a second programme in the same school, and fee waivers are available for eligible applicants.

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