Graduate Program

The Graduate Program workshops and colloquia, led by Graduate Program Advisors and Coordinators and by Graduate Program administrators, are non-credit offerings that meet regularly during the…

The S.J.D. program has produced a distinguished body of alumni in legal academe, including Professors Roberto Unger, Lucian Bebchuk, Jody Freeman, Ruth Okediji, Gabriella Blum, Oren…

The philosophy of the LL.M. program is to offer our students a broad platform to design their own course of study within parameters set by…

The following list represents a selection of graduate fellowships (including for dissertation research and writing), postdoctoral fellowships, and visiting assistant professor programs across the United…

The S.J.D. Alumni Database & Map The Graduate Program has partnered with the Harvard Law School Alumni Center to create a searchable database and map…

As is the case for most doctoral programs, pursuing the S.J.D. is an intensely individual endeavor, one that requires discipline and self-direction. To enrich this…

Credit: Evgenia Eliseeva As a graduate of the Harvard LL.M. and S.J.D. programs, I am delighted to welcome you to the Graduate Program, the division…

Each S.J.D. student pursues a program of study that is tailored specifically to their academic interests. The process of developing this program of study begins…

Each year the Graduate Program hosts some 30 to 35 Visiting Scholars and Visiting Researchers (“Visitors”) from around the world. A Visiting Scholar is generally…

Gifts to the Graduate Program can be made through a variety of methods, including Harvard Law School’s online giving form. When using Harvard Law School’s…

Publications and Honors Elettra Bietti S.J.D. ‘22 Elettra recently published “A Genealogy of Platform Regulation,” in the Georgetown Law Technology Review (2021). As a fellow…

Announcements about current fellowships and teaching opportunities are collated and posted on this page in reverse chronological order. This list includes only recent announcements that…

Law Teaching Colloquium topics range from methods of teaching and the hiring process to the internationalization of law schools and visions of legal education. The…

Program Information The Graduate Program and International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School is pleased to announce the launch of a new International Postgraduate Research…

Overview The Harvard Empirical Legal Studies (HELS) Series explores a range of empirical methods, both qualitative and quantitative, and their application in legal scholarship in different areas…

The Graduate Program is pleased to present the 2023-2024 “Face Book” for LL.M. and S.J.D. students, as well as the exchange students and visiting scholars and…

The Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) is Harvard Law School’s most advanced law degree, designed for aspiring legal academics from the United States and abroad…

Logistics Law School Registration All students must complete certain mandatory administrative clearance procedures before they can register as Harvard Law School degree candidates. The Graduate…

The Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) is Harvard Law School’s most advanced law degree, designed for aspiring legal academics who wish to pursue sustained independent…

Registration and Attendance Requirements All LL.M. degree candidates must register for at least nine to 10 credits in the fall term, at least eight to…