Master’s in legal studies · Standalone law qualification
Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.)
Yale Law School · New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Currently offered, next intake unconfirmed
- Award
- Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.)
- Subject
- Legal theory
- Format
- On campusone-year terminal program
- Price
- Not published
About this program
One-year terminal programme for a small number of non-lawyers, typically scholars with doctorates or mid-career journalists, who want grounding in legal thought; those with a professional law degree are not eligible.
- School and department
- Yale Law School
- Subject or specialization
- Legal theoryRecorded only where the official program page names it as a focus, not for individual modules.
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Master’s in legal studies
- Purpose
- Designed for nonlawyersDesigned for people who do not intend to practise law, as the provider describes it.
- Exact award
- Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.)
- Credential type
- DegreeA degree awarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Academic credit
- Credit-bearing
- Awarding institution
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- Access and price model
- PaidPaid enrolment.
Professional eligibility must be confirmed with the relevant regulator. Where an official source has been recorded for a jurisdiction, see professional pathways. Academic recognition is not professional recognition.
Verified in official recordAmerican Bar Association Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the BarAccreditation
Scope: J.D. degree (first degree in law)
Verified in official recordAmerican Bar AssociationProgram approval
Scope: J.D. program (Council-approved law school)
Verified in official recordNew England Commission of Higher EducationAccreditation
Reference: Accredited since 12/01/1929
Scope: Institutional accreditation of the parent institution, Yale University (IPEDS ID 130794); the law school is part of it
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- one-year terminal program
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Not published
- Teaching location
- Main campus127 Wall Street
Admissions, prerequisites and intakes
- Prior law degree
- Not required (stated)
- Prior degree
- Not stated
- Work experience
- Not stated
- Admission test
- Not stated
For non-lawyers; those who have completed a professional law degree are not eligible.
Stated audience: Nonlawyers, Researchers. Audience tags are recorded only where the official page says who the program is for.
- International applicants
- Not confirmed
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each fee keeps its basis (per term, per year, per credit, whole program) and the academic year it applies to and is never converted or added up for you.
Tuition is not published on the pages we checked. That does not mean the program is free: ask the institution for current fees, equipment costs and any deposit or refund terms.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price, schedule, dated intake or deadline.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 1 November 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 1 November 2026)