LLM Law at Yale University

Programme overview

The LL.M. at Yale Law School is a graduate law degree for applicants who have graduated, or are expecting to graduate, with high rank from a law school.

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

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduated or expecting to graduate with high rank from an ABA-approved or AALS-member U.S. law school, or a foreign law school of comparable standards; applicants who already hold an LL.M. or equivalent U.S. law degree are generally ineligible. Due December 1 through LSAC: online application with essays, resume/CV, certified transcripts, and two to four letters of recommendation from law professors or others. TOEFL required by November 1 (minimum 5.5 on the internet-based scale) unless a native English speaker or the first degree was taught in English; IELTS is not accepted. Application fee $75.

USD 79,318 a year (2026-27). Law School 2026-2027 tuition, full-time (JD, LLM, MSL). Tuition only; excludes the school's separate fees, health insurance and living costs. Source

PhD and Master's 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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