Overview

Foreign-educated students in the Law program from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign are introduced to the U.S. legal system and provided the opportunity to specialize in their own area of academic or professional interest.

Key Features

U.S.-trained lawyers can also enhance their legal expertise to meet their professional and career goals in the LLM program.

Students complete a total of 32 credit hours (typically eight courses) for the LLM degree. A minimum grade point average of 2.75 based on a 4.00 scale is required to graduate.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Criminal Law

Constitutional Law

Civil Procedure

Legal Writing and Analysis

Legal Research

Fundamentals of Legal Practice

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

32 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Urbana, United States

Disciplines

Public Law Master of Laws (LLM) View 174 other Masters in Master of Laws (LLM) in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Completed application

Résumé

Statement of purpose

Certified transcripts and credentials

One letter of reference

TOEFL or IELTS score reported from ETS or IELTS

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

49500 USD / year

≈ 49500 USD / year
Out-of-State

49500 USD / year

≈ 49500 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

49500 USD / year

≈ 49500 USD / year

Living costs

Urbana

United States

1100 - 1500 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Key information

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