For prospective LL.M. students looking to study in the United States, here is a short list of application deadlines for programs beginning in the Fall of 2007. The 20 law schools listed below were chosen based on the most-viewed university profiles on LLM GUIDE.
- NYU - Foreign-trained lawyers: December 1, 2006; US-trained lawyers: April 1, 2007.
- Harvard - December 1, 2006 (strongly encouraged by November 15)
- UCLA - February 1, 2007
- Columbia - December 15, 2006; "Early Review Program" November 1, 2006.
- Fordham - February 28, 2007
- USC - March 1, 2007
- Berkeley - December 15, 2006
- Georgetown - "Early Action" foreign lawyers: November 15, 2006; US Lawyers, January 5, 2007
- Stanford - December 15, 2006
- Cardozo - June 15, 2007
- San Diego - July 1, 2007 (Fall admissions)
- Illinois - February 15, 2007; encouraged as early as possible after January 1, 2007
- Vanderbilt - March 31, 2007
- Penn Law - December 1, 2006 Early Notification deadline; January 1, 2007 for other LL.M. and LL.C.M. applications
- Yale - LLM: December 1, 2006; recommended as soon as possible after September 1, 2006.
- George Washington - Non-U.S. law school graduates: March 15, 2007; U.S. law school graduates: June 1, 2007 (Fall semester)
- Texas (Austin) - February 1, 2007
- Hofstra - June 1, 2007 (Pirority Deadline)
- Hawaii - March 1, 2007
- Michigan - January 3, 2007
Please note that deadlines sometimes change and often vary due to the variety of postgraduate programs being offered. All prospective students are advised to double-check the deadlines as soon as possible before applying.
For more information and application material, follow the links below.
