New York University School of Law Scholarships

NYU Hauser Scholars Program for LLM

New York University School of Law is one of the top ten most selective and prestigious law schools in the United States and is currently ranked #6 by the U.S. News & World Report. NYU provides up to full tuition scholarships for three years of study to J.D. students who successfully meet the requirements of our Scholarship Programs. NYU offers several law scholarships for international students.

Founded in 1835, New York University School of Law has a record of academic excellence and national scholarly influence. One of the first law schools to admit women, it has been long committed to welcoming students of diverse backgrounds, people who had been discriminated against by many other institutions. Located on the University’s campus in Greenwich Village, NYU Law has been a leader, and continues to be, in areas such as law and business, clinical education, public service, interdisciplinary colloquia and global studies.  To find out about our academic specialties and the first-rate faculty that teach them-explore the Areas of Focus section. There you can learn about Business, Clinical, Constitutional, Criminal, Environmental, Innovation, Interdisciplinary, International, Procedure, Public Interest and Tax Law. NYU Law has a range of signature scholarship programs, including law scholarships for international students that provide not only full tuition, but also intensive mentoring to develop tomorrow’s leaders. Furman Academic Scholars focus on future legal teaching careers; the Furman Academic Fellowship program allows recent NYU Law graduates to continue that focus even after earning a J.D. Prospective students who want to pursue public interest can apply to the Root-Tilden-Kern Scholarship Program. AnBryce Scholars come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and are among the first in their immediate families to seek a graduate degree. Other flagship programs include the Jacobson Leadership Program in Law and Business, which gives scholarships in amounts up to full tuition to students on non-traditional career paths bridging the legal and commercial worlds, and the Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program, which awards a stipend as part of a fellowship for 3Ls wanting a leg up on a public service career focused on civil liberties.

As part of the Hauser Global Law School Program, the Hauser Scholars Program was founded in 1995 at the initiative of alumna Rita Hauser and NYU School of Law. Since its inauguration, the Hauser Scholars Program has become the leading initiative pursuing the adaptation of legal education in the United States towards an increasingly global perspective. It reflects the Law School’s conviction that the practice of law and legal research has escaped the bounds of any particular jurisdiction and that legal education can no longer ignore the interpenetration of legal systems.

Each year a distinguished International Committee selects 10-14 of the finest students from countries across the world. These select individuals are invited to join the NYU School of Law community (either as LL.M. candidates or as Research Scholars) and to share their perspectives and experiences from their own legal systems with the rest of the Law School academic community. The Hauser Scholars are fully funded throughout the year of their studies at NYU School of Law and are integrated intellectually and socially in the events of the Hauser Global Law School Program and NYU School of Law.

At its inception, the Hauser Scholars Program focused entirely on LL.M. candidates who remain the heart of the program. In recent years, the program has been broadened and shifted conceptually to further focus on its academic dimensions. In its current form, in addition to the LL.M. Hauser Scholars, the Hauser Scholars Program also selects 1-2 Hauser Research Scholars who are young academics in the first stages of their academic careers. With these academics, focus is on the production of original, publishable legal scholarship. To this end, the program provides funding and support to such people in order that they can dedicate themselves in an academic environment towards completing a significant scholarly project and in addition integrates their scholarly projects with the work of colloquia, foras and seminars at the core of the intellectual life of the NYU School of Law.

Both the LL.M. Hauser Scholars and the Hauser Research Scholars programs cultivate the interaction of ideas stemming from different legal systems that is at the core of the Hauser Program.

Applicants who wish to be considered for the NYU law scholarships for international students may check out this link for more information. This page outlines information about application process and eligibility requirements.