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The Harvard LLM Personal Statement

Are you unsure how to approach Harvard Law School’s LL.M. personal statement for this year’s application cycle? You are not alone. The Harvard LL.M. personal statement is one of the most demanding hurdles that successful applicants to this elite institution must overcome. At the same time – and given that each competitive Harvard Law School (HLS) applicant will have stellar grades, references, and other application documents – Harvard’s personal statement…read more →

5 Sep, 2020

How Will Coronavirus (Covid-19) Affect Your LLM?

The recent weeks have been difficult for everybody, including of course international students enrolled in LL.M. programs at law schools in the US and UK. Even before the official ‘shelter in place’ orders in the US and the general ‘lockdown’ in the UK, many schools shifted to online teaching and students left their host country to return home. Assessments have been disrupted, cancelled and/or replaced with new, alternative formats. Graduations…read more →

2 May, 2020

The LLM Resume – Crafting a Strong CV for Master of Laws Applications

As part of your LL.M. application, some law schools will ask you for or give you the opportunity to submit a resume (or curriculum vitae, cv). While the LL.M. resume is often not as challenging to craft as its more important cousin, the LL.M. Personal Statement, you should not underestimate its importance or the pitfalls it can present. Although there is no one universal approach to drafting a resume, certain…read more →

24 Jan, 2020

The LLM Recommendation Letter

To apply for a Master of Laws program, candidates are generally required to provide at least one, and sometimes two or more LL.M. letters of recommendation. Formerly rather uncommon in a number of jurisdictions, professors and employers alike have become increasingly accustomed to supporting prospective candidates by writing these LL.M. recommendations letters.  The purpose of LL.M. recommendation letters is to provide an objective voice to the application, which can verify…read more →

15 Dec, 2019

LLM Scholarships for Studies in Canada, France or Spain

The HM Hubbard Law Scholarship awards up to £28,000 to postgraduate law students, trainee or qualified solicitors, to study law in Canada, France or Spain. The scholarship covers fees, living expenses and travel expenses. It can be used for studies leading to an LL.M. or equivalent legal degree. In order to qualify, applicants must be either qualified or practicing solicitors in England or Wales, or have completed the academic stage…read more →

20 Oct, 2019

The LLM Application Process – Infographic

Applicants and LLM Newsletter readers often ask us what the LL.M. application and admissions process entails, and how they should tackle it. As a result, we have compiled a mini “LLM Guide” for future Masters of Law applicants. In addition, for those who prefer images, we have some time ago also created an infographic that provides a visual overview of the main steps that LL.M. applicants need to take. Given…read more →

25 Jan, 2019

QS World Grad School Tour 2016

Future LL.M. applicants may already have heard of UK-based Quacquarelli Symonds or ‘QS’, a provider of specialist higher education and careers information and solutions. Indeed, at least for those outside of the narrower education sector, QS is perhaps best known for its rankings. Most recently, for example, we have reported the results of the QS World University Rankings for Law. There is, however, another QS offering that prospective LL.M. candidates…read more →

16 Aug, 2016

Things to Leave Off Your LLM Resume

Does your LL.M. resume or C.V. start with a career mission statement or objective line? Perhaps something along the lines of “A motivated, ambitious, and intellectually curious law student in her final year seeking admission to an elite Master of Laws Program, which will allow me to utilize my advanced research and analytical thinking skills“? Sounds horrible? Actually, some believe that this section of the C.V. “is the most important paragraph you will…read more →

15 Jul, 2016

Harvard Law School Waitlist FAQ

It’s that time of the year again when some LL.M. applicants (and their J.D. counterparts) find themselves placed on a law school’s waitlist. If you are in this position, what should you do? Harvard Law School’s admissions blog has an informative new post that answers frequently asked questions about their waitlist. It’s geared towards J.D. admissions but applies in part to Harvard’s or most other law school’s LL.M. program waitlists…read more →

14 Apr, 2016

MAPping Your Way to a Great Personal Statement

With the New Year nearly upon us, it is a good time to think about taking a fresh perspective on routine matters. For LL.M. candidates who are currently writing their LL.M. personal statements, it is the perfect season to think about adopting new approaches to that most dreaded of tasks. The requirement to produce personal statements is not unique to LL.M. admissions.  Many other graduate schools require personal statements including…read more →

21 Dec, 2015

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