Hi there!
I'm from Argentina (top 15% of the class and 9 years working experience) and I'm looking for opinions on the best LLM programs on Human rights in USA.
I'm focusing on the east coast, but not exclusively.
Financial aid is also a big factor for my choice.
So far, I've looked into NYU, Columbia because of prestige and financial aid and because I'd love to live in New York.
Michigan because of gender studies faculty but no financial aid seems available.
American University is also between my choices, as University of Texas (mainly because Austin seems nice and has great financial aid possibilities).
Any other program I might be missing?
Thanks!

Even though Columbia doesn't offer anything specialized in this field, it would still be a great choice, especially if you could leverage the school's Human Rights Institute, a world-renowned research center.

Georgetown is also well known for its scholarship in human rights. If you did their LLM you could pursue a certificate in International Human Rights Law.

Northwestern or Notre Dame maybe? Both have LLMs in International Human Rights.

Other schools that have strong footprints in human rights would be Yale and UVA, even though they might not have any super specialized LLM programs.

I've heard from my fulbright advisor that georgetown is not granting any scholarships or financial aid. is this true? I had included G in my choiced but when she informed me this I totally left it out.
The thing is that, without the scholarship, I can in no way pay for the LLMs tuition. COnsider that the exchange rate for Argentina is 1 USD- 15 pesos and there is no way we can save around 60 grand on our own.

I've heard from my fulbright advisor that georgetown is not granting any scholarships or financial aid. is this true? I had included G in my choiced but when she informed me this I totally left it out.
The thing is that, without the scholarship, I can in no way pay for the LLMs tuition. COnsider that the exchange rate for Argentina is 1 USD- 15 pesos and there is no way we can save around 60 grand on our own.

Don't know if you only want to go to the US, but you would want to check some Europeans programs also if you just want a good program, would most likely be cheaper and at the very least as good as any American programs (I would not be surprised if most of them were better though. I do not trust American universities that much when it comes to international law). Check the University of Essex.

Thanks, but as I have been awarded with the Fulbright Scholarship I can only attend a US university....

Don't know if you only want to go to the US, but you would want to check some Europeans programs also if you just want a good program, would most likely be cheaper and at the very least as good as any American programs (I would not be surprised if most of them were better though. I do not trust American universities that much when it comes to international law). Check the University of Essex.

Don't know if you only want to go to the US, but you would want to check some Europeans programs also if you just want a good program, would most likely be cheaper and at the very least as good as any American programs (I would not be surprised if most of them were better though. I do not trust American universities that much when it comes to international law). Check the University of Essex.

Not sure if the University of Essex comes anywhere close compared to the rest of the universities being mentioned in this post. Sounds like there may be vested interest rather than an interest in helping the OP with school selection decisions.