Information for U.S. Law School Graduates

Deadline Extended

Late applications now being accepted until June 1.

Deadlines

Applications are due by May 1 for the fall semester and November 1 for the spring semester. If you wish to submit an application after the deadline, please contact the Graduate Programs Office at 202-994-7242 or [email protected].

Entrance Requirements

Applicants must hold a BA or equivalent degree from a regionally accredited college or university and a JD or equivalent degree from a law school that is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) or is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).

All candidates for admission must have demonstrated excellence in scholarship, high academic standing, and professional achievements or positions indicating their capacity for performing master's-level work.

Advanced standing is not granted for credit earned from a candidate's first law degree or for credit earned at any time before the student was a degree candidate in the LLM program at GW Law. An exception may be made in the case of students who earned credit through the Oxford-GW International Human Rights Program and who subsequently are admitted in the LLM degree candidacy in International and Comparative Law.

Application Requirements

All LLM applicants from U.S. law schools must submit the following to be considered for admission:

A completed application form accompanied by the application fee of $80 USD (This fee is nonrefundable. It does not apply to tuition and is not paid by the U,S, Department of Veterans Affairs)
Official transcripts from all law, graduate, and undergraduate schools attended
Two letters of recommendation, each accompanied by the recommendation form
A brief essay describing the applicant's professional goals and the reasons for pursuing graduate law student (question 27 on application)

Note on transcripts: Official transcripts must be sent by the issuing institution directly to the Graduate Programs Office, The George Washington University Law School, 2000 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20052. Unofficial records sent by the student will not be accepted. Applicants should request that their law school transcript(s) include the grade point average for work leading to the degree and class standing at the time of graduation.

Scholarship Information

The following scholarships are available for U.S. LL.M. applicants:

The Honorable Gerald J. Mossinghoff Fellowship for Graduate Research in Intellectual Property Law is awarded annually to LLM candidates. Preference will be given to a candidate specializing in the pharmaceutical field.
Randolph C. Shaw Graduate Fellowship is awarded to a student or students in the Environmental Law program who will assist the program director on a part-time basis.