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Apply to the J.D. Program
Prospective students may submit applications to the J.D. program between September 10 and March 15 each year. Applicants must hold (or expect to hold at the time of entry to the J.D. program) a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. All first-year students enroll at the beginning of the fall semester. We have no part-time program.
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Vanderbilt offers admission interviews as an optional component of the JD application. To request an interview, visit Virtual VULS.
Apply to the LL.M. program
Applications may be submitted from October 1 through April 30 each year. Applicants must have completed (or expect to have completed at the time of entry to the LL.M. program) a law degree outside the United States. All LL.M. students enroll at the beginning of the fall semester each year.
Apply to the Ph.D. in Law and Economics program
Students are expected to have a strong mathematics background commensurate with the standards of leading Ph.D. programs in economics. Students admitted to the program will either have a J.D. or will work on the requirements for both the Ph.D. and the J.D. concurrently.
If you will have a J.D. at the time of matriculation to the Ph.D. program, complete the Law and Economics application through the Vanderbilt Graduate School.
If you will not have a J.D. at the time of matriculation and you are applying to J.D. programs at other universities, you must complete both a Law and Economics application and a J.D. application.
If you will not have a J.D. at the time of matriculation and you are not applying to other J.D. programs, you must complete the Law and Economics application and take the LSAT, but you need not complete a separate J.D. application.
J.D. Transfers & Visiting Students
Vanderbilt accepts applications for transfers from May 1 through July 1. | Apply online | (Beginning May 1, 2008)
Visiting students should submit application in late spring for the fall semester, and late fall for the spring semester. Visitors should obtain a paper JD application by printing the pdf forms or contacting the Admissions Office to request paper forms.
Questions? Contact the Admissions Office
615-322-6452 | admissions@law.vanderbilt.edu
