JD Law at Yale University

Programme overview

The Juris Doctor is Yale Law School's professional law degree. The school is small and interdisciplinary in its approach to teaching law.

Faculty: Yale Law School | Duration: 83 units | Study mode: full-time | Location: New Haven, CT, United States

What you will study

Candidates complete 83 units of satisfactory work and satisfy the writing requirements and other degree requirements.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree; students provide an official transcript confirming the award of a bachelor's degree on registration.

USD 81,818 a year (2026-2027). Tuition including mandatory fees, $40,909 per term; excludes books, housing and hospitalization insurance. Source

PhD applicants at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences apply for fall 2027 entry; most offers of admission for fall 2027 have a reply deadline of April 15, 2027.

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences deadlines (all 11:59 pm Eastern) for fall 2027: December 1, 2026 (e.g. BBS, Chemistry, Economics, History, Linguistics, Psychology, Public Health, Statistics); December 15, 2026 (e.g. American Studies, Anthropology, Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Law, Management, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Political Science, Sociology); January 2, 2027 (e.g. African Studies, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Architecture, Computer Science MS, Earth and Planetary Sciences, East Asian Studies, Nursing, Philosophy). Combined programs follow the earlier deadline or December 15.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences application fee for all degree-seeking applicants is US $105, non-refundable, payable by Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express; fee waivers can be requested until January 2.

GRE General Test requirements vary by GSAS program (required, optional or not accepted) for the 2026-2027 cycle.

Apply through the official page: https://law.yale.edu/admissions

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