LL.M. & J.S.D.
Graduate Division
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New York University School of Law pioneers global legal education.
We understand this as a concept premised on the realization that no matter where in the world or what area of law, our graduates practice in a global environment. We have designed our curriculum to sensitize our graduate students to the normative and professional challenges globalization entails and to equip them with the relevant tools to enable them to approach the law in a more encompassing, universally-aware manner.
Our graduate students hail from around the world, and faculty and students learn from each other in a dynamic exchange of ideas inside and outside the classroom. Whether focusing in corporation law, intellectual property, legal theory, international law, taxation, or enrolled in a variety of courses across our expansive curriculum, our students are provided with a tool box which specifically responds to the evolving nature of law in the 21st century.
The Graduate Division is home to both general and specialized Master of Laws (LL.M.) programs in New York City and in Singapore, the online Executive Master of Laws (E-LL.M.) in Taxation, the Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.), and Advanced Professional Certificates. In support of these programs, the Graduate Division is comprised of the Office of Graduate Admissions, the Office of Graduate Affairs and the Graduate Tax Program. These offices are dedicated to the special needs of prospective and current graduate students, collectively providing a one-stop-shop from application to graduation.
The Office of Graduate Admissions administers the admissions process for the Law School’s graduate programs, including the LL.M., E-LL.M., J.S.D. and Advanced Professional Certificates. Prospective students are invited to learn more about application to our advanced degrees and certificates, in addition to our scholarship programs, on the Graduate Admissions Web site. Those interested in the Ph.D. in Law and Society may learn about application on NYU’s Graduate School of Arts & Science Web site.
The Office of Graduate Affairs is designed to serve the particular needs of our current graduate students in the LL.M. and J.S.D. programs, as well as the foreign students in our exchange and diploma programs. This office advises on all inquiries pertaining to orientation, current course schedules, completion of requirements, earning the degree or diploma, and requests for optional practical training. The Graduate Tax Program provides these same services for students currently enrolled in the LL.M. in Taxation or International Taxation, the E-LL.M. in Taxation, or the Advanced Professional Certificate in Taxation. Current students may find out more by visiting the appropriate office’s Web site. Working in close collaboration, these two offices aim to support graduate students programmatically throughout their Law School stay, and to make their experience intellectually stimulating and personally rewarding.
As a close partner to the Graduate Division, the Hauser Global Law School Program (HGLSP) brings up to 20 leading law professors and judges from around the world to teach in our programs each year, in New York City and in Singapore. Known as Global Visiting Professors of Law, these scholars add their energy, insights and perspectives to our classroom. The HGLSP also initiates a large number of seminars, fora, colloquia, conferences and lectures featuring distinguished speakers from the worlds of the judiciary, practice, and academia. These events integrate our domestic and international students with our Global Faculty and many of our visiting fellows, researchers and scholars, allowing each group to profit from the Law School’s rich intellectual community.
The information, policies, and academic and scholarship programs described on this Web site and in publications available for download may be subject to change.