LLM Courses at Harvard University

Admission into the Harvard LLM programme is quite competitive. It is one of the most popular courses opted by international students. Each year, around 1,600 applicants compete for around 180 seats. While evaluating the applications, the Admissions Committee considers the following:

• Grades in their previous law or other studies
• LOR
• Extracurriculars (professional or personal)
• Occupational interests

To pursue an LLM from Harvard, the applicants are required to meet the entry requirements given below:

• A J.D. (Juris Doctor) from an ABA-approved US law school or a first law degree (J.D., LLB or the equivalent) from a law school
• If the applicants are in the final year of law studies, then they must complete the degree no later than June of the year in which they are intended to enroll
• Usually, to study LLM from Harvard, no work experience or further study beyond law school is needed. However, the applicants with two or more years of work experience have a better sense of what they hope to accomplish during the LLM program
• TOEFL test score

The duration of Harvard LLM is one-year. Harvard's LLM course tuition fee is USD 80,760 for the 2025-26 academic year. The fee details are given as follows:

Yes, Harvard Law School offers nned-based scholarships to international LLM aspirants. In the academic year 2024-25, everyone who demonstrated financial need received some form of aid, whether as grant, grant and loan, or loan only. Below are the details of the rewards:

• Median grant - USD 35,000 (INR 30 L)
• Median loan - USD 27,000 (INR 23 L)

Conversion Rate: 1 USD = INR 86.53

Listed below are some important facts:

• 52% of candidates received need-based aid (grant and/or loan) from or through Harvard Law School
• 35% of students received grants from other sources within Harvard University (eg: Frank Knox Memorial Fellowships and Jorge Paulo Lemann Fellowships) or non-Harvard sources (eg: Fulbright scholarships)