If you're looking to start an LL.M. this fall and haven't completed all your applications just yet, you're not totally out of luck.
A number of schools in the UK and Europe, as well as a small handful in the US, are still accepting applications.
Here we list a number of schools in the UK, US, France, Germany, Spain and cross Europe where you can still submit your LL.M. application in time to begin this fall.
Please always double-check the law school's website to confirm final deadlines.
US
Boston University School of Law
- Domestic applicants: July 31
American University - Washington College of Law
- Domestic Students - July 1
Loyola University Chicago
- Fall enrolment deadline: July 1
- Online LL.M. deadline: August 1
New York Law School (NYLS)
- Rolling admissions. Priority deadlines: August 1
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
- Fall enrollment deadline for US citizens, permanent residents and applicants with F-1 visas: August 1
University of Oregon School of Law
- Fall enrollment deadline for domestic students, transfer students, and students who have an F-1 visa: July 31
UK and Ireland
Queen Mary
- July 31
Edinburgh
- July 25
Glasgow
- July 21 (international)
- August 25 (EU/UK)
Aberdeen
- July 29
Essex
- July 1
Manchester
- June 15 for international applicants
- August 15 for EU applicants.
Dundee
- July 31
Warwick
- July 31 (international)
- No formal deadline (EU/UK)
Northumbria
- July 31 (international)
Cardiff
- July 24 (latest)
UCD Dublin
- July 31
Leeds
- LL.M.: June 30 (international)
- July 31 (UK/EU)
Leicester
- August 31
Queen's Belfast
- Up to end of August
Europe
Austria
University of Vienna (European and International Business Law Program)
- August 31
Belgium
Ghent University
- Deadline: Early July
France
University of Liège - Liege Competition and Innovation Institute
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until program start in mid-September
Queen Mary (QMUL) - Paris
- July 7
Sorbonne University International
- Deadline: September for an October start
Paris I – Sorbonne
- Deadline: September 20
Germany
ILF Institute for Law and Finance at Frankfurt University
- Applicants from Germany: August 15
- Applicants from all EU/EEA countries, Australia, Canada, USA, Japan, Israel, South Korea and New Zealand: July 31
- All other nationalities: June 30
Munich University
- Application deadline: July 15
Europa-Institut - Universität des Saarlandes
- Deadline: September
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin)
- Application deadline: September 11
The Netherlands
Erasmus School of Law
- Deadline, LL.M., international students: July 1
- Deadline, LL.M., EU students: August 1
- Deadline, LL.M., Dutch students: August 15
Portugal
Lisbon Católica
- Rolling application deadlines, program starts in September
Spain
IE Law School
- Rolling deadlines
ISDE
- Rolling deadlines
ESADE Law School
- Rolling deadlines
Image: Paris by Emilie Barbier CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
