Master of Laws (LLM)
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Design Your Own LLM
NYU Law boasts faculty and curricular excellence across more than 15 areas of study. In the Master of Laws program, you will choose from 300+ courses to plan your curriculum. Experienced graduate student advisors will assist in choosing courses to meet your goals.
You can opt to specialize in one or two areas, or take a broad range of classes. You also will have the chance to write a paper in close consultation with a professor, or expand a typical research assignment into a master’s thesis.
Real World Training
Gain hands-on experience and a lawyering toolkit you'll need for practice. For example, the Graduate Lawyering Program is designed for foreign-trained students to learn US legal skills.
Learn by Doing
Our simulation courses make you perform legal tasks or conduct mock trials or negotiations. You also can apply for clinics and externships which involve fieldwork. And, in our transactional classes, you'll study the deals that shape New York business; top lawyers who took part in them often help teach the class.
Research and Writing
There are several opportunities to develop your scholarship in close consultation with faculty experts. LLM research and writing projects can be completed in conjunction with a seminar or as an independent writing project. You also can work with professors on their current research.
The Program
NYU Law's more than 100 full-time faculty members are among the top scholars in their fields and teach a diverse array of courses. Expect these foremost experts to be ready to connect with you individually, advise you about the curriculum, supervise your research and writing, and guide you to opportunities that will maximize your experience in the program.
You'll find several professors—not only one or two—in corporate law, constitutional law, criminal law, environmental law, intellectual property, international law, legal philosophy, and taxation, among other areas. These influential groups of scholars often collaborate on each other's research, contribute significantly to the evolving academic discussion in the field, and comment on policy and proposed regulations.
Centers and Institutes
Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ)
Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law
Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy
Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law
Guarini Institute: Global Law and Tech
Information Law Institute (ILI)
Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance
Institute for International Law & Justice (IILJ)
Pollack Center for Law and Business
US-Asia Law Institute (USALI)
Centers' Opportunities for Students
CHRGJ's Transitional Justice Leadership Program
CHRGJ's Human Rights Scholarship Program
IILJ's Salzburg Cutler Fellowship
ILI's Privacy Research Group
Pollack Center's Student Research Fellowship
USALI's Student Scholars Program
Student Groups
Africa Law Association
Asia Law Society
Christian Legal Fellowship
Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Society
International Arbitration Association
International Law Society
Jewish Law Students Association
Law and Business Association
Muslim Law Students Association
OUTLaw
Student Lawyer Athletic Program
Women of Color Collective
Journals
Environmental Law Journal
Journal of IP and Entertainment Law
Journal of International Law and Politics
Journal of Law and Business
Journal of Law and Liberty
Review of Law and Social Change
Faculty Insight
Watch Rachel Barkow, who teaches administrative and criminal law, talk about how insights from administrative agencies and her own real world experiences hone her work on criminal justice policy-making.
Meet the 2024-25 Faculty Director
Robert Howse
Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law
Robert Howse's teaching and research focus on international economic law (trade, investment, and finance) and legal and political philosophy. He is a co-founder and co-convener of the New York City Area Working Group on International Economic Law and serves on the American Bar Association Working Group on Investment Treaties. Read more about Professor Howse