Master of Law (LLM) in Taxation

Boston University

LLM degree program applicants must hold a first degree in law:

US-trained applicants must be graduates of a law school accredited by the American Bar Association at the time of matriculation.

Foreign-trained applicants must hold a first degree in law, or its equivalent, from an accredited or comparably recognized law school or law faculty outside the United States at the time of matriculation. Admission to the national bar of certain jurisdictions may meet the eligibility criteria.

Exception: highly-qualified candidates who hold a bachelors degree or its equivalent but do not have a law degree are occasionally admitted into our Executive LLM in International Business Law.

Proof of English Language Proficiency

TOEFL. If taking the TOEFL exam, you must demonstrate proficiency in English by achieving a minimum score of 600 (paper-based) or 250 (computer-based) or 100 (internet-based). If you have taken the new internet-based test, your scores on the individual sections should at a minimum be 25 (reading), 25 (listening), 25 (writing) and 25 (speaking). You must arrange for an official report of your TOEFL scores to be sent electronically to LSAC from the Educational Testing Service (ETS).

IELTS. If taking the IELTS exam, you must achieve a minimum score of 7.0.