Graduate Program

Sarah Deibler
S.J.D. Candidate
sdeibler at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation “Shifting Representations of Forced Marriage Under the Khmer Rouge: A Genealogy of International Efforts to Define a Crime…

Sannoy Das
S.J.D. 2024
Lecturer, Boston University School of Law
Teaching Fellow, Harvard College
Graduate Program Fellow, LL.M. Writing Workshop
Assistant Professor, Jindal Global…

Sagnik Das
S.J.D. Candidate
sadas at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Ordering the World Through Rules: The End of the Cold War and the Making of Modern International…

Angel Gabriel Cabrera Silva
S.J.D. 2024
acabrerasilva at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Infiltrating the State: How an Indigenous Movement is Transforming Mexican Bureaucracies from Within My dissertation…

Sam Bookman
S.J.D. 2025
Graduate Fellow, Teaching Fellow (Legal Research, Writing and Analysis)
sbookman at sjd.law.harvard.edu Dissertation Toward a Theory of Constitutional Protection of the…

Below you will find key documents for the LL.M. Winter Term Writing Program.

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Application Deadlines The deadline for submission of applications for admission to S.J.D. degree candidacy beginning in the fall of 2026 is April 1, 2026. The Graduate…

Eligibility Requirements Harvard Law School admits approximately 10 to 12 applicants to S.J.D. candidacy each year. Students who have not received an LL.M. degree from Harvard…

Financing LL.M. Study at Harvard Law School A year in Harvard Law School’s LL.M. program is expensive. Tuition for the 2025-2026 academic year is $80,760;…

The Graduate Program is interested in attracting intellectually curious and thoughtful candidates from a variety of legal systems and backgrounds and with various career plans.

When you commence graduate studies at Harvard Law School, you will join dynamic leaders from around the world pursuing their highest academic aspirations. The Master…

Invitation Letters for Funding Applications The Graduate Program is unable to provide invitation letters to prospective visitors who have not yet been admitted to the…

Application Deadlines Admission to the program is in two cycles per year. Visiting Scholars and Visiting Researchers (“Visitors”) may be appointed for one semester or…

Fees and Expenses The Program and Activity Fees for Visiting Scholars and Visiting Researchers (“Visitors”) for the 2025-2026 academic year* are as follows: For the 2025-2026 academic year*, the…

Each year the Graduate Program hosts some 30 to 35 Visiting Scholars and Visiting Researchers (“Visitors”) from around the world. The program provides Visitors access…

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

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…