1. 耶魯大學法學院(Yale Law School)

錄取比例：7%

2. 哈佛大學法學院(Havard University Law School)

美國歷史最悠久的法學院。

錄取比例：10%

3. 斯坦福大學法學院(Stanford University Law School)

錄取比例：8%

4. 芝加哥大學法學院(University of Chicago Law School)

錄取比例：5%

5. 哥倫比亞大學法學院(Columbia University Law School)

錄取比例：15%

6. 杜克大學法學院(Duke University School of Law)

錄取比例：23%

7. 紐約大學法學院(New York University Law School)

錄取比例：19%

8. 加州大學伯克利分校法學院(University of California at Berkeley School of Law)

錄取比例：12%

9. 喬治敦大學法學院(Georgetown University Law Center)

錄取比例：20%

10. 康乃爾大學法學院(Cornell University Law School)

錄取比例：4%

LLM的分類和各分類的信息

LLM分為General 和Specialized兩種。 Specialized的課程種類比較多，比如Bankruptcy，Comparative Jurisprudence, Corporation Law, international Legal Studies, International Taxation, labor and employment Law, Taxation, Trade Regulation Law. Business and Commercial Law，Civil Procedure and Litigation，Constitutional Law and Theory，Criminal Law and Procedure，Dispute Resolution, Mediation, and Negotiation，Environmental Law and Natural Resources，F(xiàn)amily Law，Interdisciplinary Legal Studies，International and Comparative Law，Professional Responsibility and Ethics，Public Interest Law，Public Policy，Race and Gender Law，Real Property Law，Science, Technology, and Intellectual Property Law。

一般來講LLM的申請是不象其他學科一樣，在開始就要明確申請哪個分支的，因為幾乎所有的學校在課程設置上幾乎包括了所有他分支。比如The Chapman University School of Law的課程包括torts, contracts, criminal law, real property, constitutional law, civil procedure, evidence, federal income taxation, corporations, and ethics. 但是各個學校的法學院也會有在哪個領域的優(yōu)勢。比如American University側重于International law, constitutional law, corporate laws, public interest law, feminist legal theory.