哥倫比亞大學(Columbia University)，是一所位于美國紐約曼哈頓的世界頂級私立研究型大學，為美國大學協(xié)會的14個創(chuàng)始院校之一，著名的體育賽事聯盟常春藤八盟校成員。
哥大法學院是美國最為聲名卓著的一所法學院，多年來一直位居美國法學院排名榜前列。
建立于1858年的哥倫比亞法學院培養(yǎng)了大批杰出校友，其中包括兩位美國總統(tǒng)(西奧多 羅斯福和富蘭克林 羅斯福)、九位美國最高大法院法官，以及為數眾多的美國政府內閣成員、總統(tǒng)顧問、美國國會議員和多個州的州長。位于美國法律和金融之都的紐約，哥倫比亞法學院也為華爾街大型律師事務所和各大投資銀行培養(yǎng)了大批的高端法律人才。
學術實力及排名
哥倫比亞法學院各項指標長期排在美國各大法學院前列。2019年根據《美國新聞與世界報導》法學院排行榜，哥倫比亞法學院全美第五。
[1] 《福布斯》法學院最佳職業(yè)前景排名中，哥倫比亞法學院排名第一。
[2] 根據美國National Law Journal對各大法學院畢業(yè)生大型律師事務所就業(yè)率排名，哥倫比亞法學院排名第一。
[3] 根據美國網站Business Insier對法律職業(yè)人士的調查，哥倫比亞法學院排名第三。
[4] 此外，根據芝加哥大學法學院教授Brian Leiter對美國法學院教授的調查，哥倫比亞法學院師資力量在商法領域排名第二。
[5] 國際法方面排名第四。
[6] 憲法方面排名第五。
哥大法學院官網：https://www.law.columbia.eu/
哥大JD課程：https://www.law.columbia.eu/amissions/j/learn
哥大JD 課程3年制，建議新學年的JD項目申請者在9月1日后就可以盡快遞交申請了。直到所有必要的材料都收到以后，哥大的招生委員會才會開始評估申請，申請會按照完成的先后順序被評估。
在12月底前完成申請遞交的申請者通常會在3月前收到通知。哥大法學院會在4月底前通知所有的申請者，當然前提是申請者的文件提交要在2月15日之前完成，也就是哥大JD項目常規(guī)錄取的申請截止日。
JD 申請要求及材料
https://www.law.columbia.eu/amissions/j/apply/regular-j
Regular Applicant MaterialsRegular Applicant Checklist
Application for Amission
The 2019 application is now available through LSAC.org. You may use the Preview Copy for preparation purposes.
Payment Certification Letter (.pf)
Please note that the Payment Certification Letter is require only for applicants submitting application fee payments via check or money orer.Application Form
Personal Statement/Essay
Two Letters of Recommenation
Résumé
Dean’s Letter,if applicable
Caniates may be contacte for interviews. Please note that we are unable to consier requests for interviews.
Application Fee ($85)
哥大JD 每年還有大量的轉學生申請
哥大招生委員會每年會收到400份轉學申請，其中有45至60位學生會最終成功轉入哥大法學院。申請者在獲得了至少28，至多32個來自全美法學院聯盟(American Association of Law Schools)或得到ABA認可的法學院的學分后方可申請轉學項目。(少于28個學分或是多于32個學分的申請者，哥大也會考慮，只是這樣的情況需要申請者提供一份explanation，在轉學之后，經學業(yè)輔導主任審查后會決定這些學分中究竟多少為最終獲得JD學位的有效學分)。
大多數成功轉學的學生在之前的法學院中成績位于前5%-10%，成功與否基于申請者的整體情況。申請者第一年的成績至關重要，不過招生委員會也會考慮申請者檔案中的其他信息，例如本科時期或是其他研究生時期的成績、LSAT分數、推薦信、以及申請者尋求轉學的動機申明。
注意：哥大法學院是接受LL.M.免考LSAT內轉J.D.的。
2018-19學年轉學申請時間和截止日期
9月至11月為秋季招生季
5月1日：可以開始遞交申請
7月15日：秋季入學申請截止日
2017年被哥大錄取的轉學生共有46位，來自26所法學院，其中喬治華盛頓大學法學院和康奈爾大學法學院分別向哥大法學院輸送了5名和4名學生。
J.D.項目錄取學生概況
我們以2017年入學的狀況為例，可以看到，5829位申請者中有20.4%最后成功錄取，不過真正入讀的僅有389位學生，其中51%為女性，41%為有色人種(其中21%亞裔)，11%為來自海外的國際學生。2017級學生的LSAT第25和第75百分位數為169/173，中位數171，平均分為170;本科GPA第25和第75百分位數為3.56/3.81;中位數3.70，平均3.67。學生年齡構成上，21-24歲的占到了近三分之二，79%的學生畢業(yè)1年以上。62%學生畢業(yè)2年以上。
學生來自各種各樣的學術和職業(yè)背景，比如工程師，金融分析師，銀行從業(yè)者，記者，編輯，作家等;本科專業(yè)，最大比例申請者(23%)政治科學專業(yè)，有13%的申請者STEM (Science,Technology,Engineering an Mathematics) 學科背景，12%的錄取學生大學為人文類學科。
哥大的LLM項目
https://www.law.columbia.eu/amissions/grauate-legal-stuies/llm-program
哥大LLM每年約招收200人，其中2018年畢業(yè)的中國人為30人左右，人數也顯著多于HYS和芝大法學院。
哥大LLM項目錄取要求非常高，比較偏愛經驗豐富的工作黨，因此有志于就讀哥大的小伙伴們最好能夠積累部分工作經驗后再進行申請，錄取的幾率會提高很多。哥大明確表示出這一項目是為了促進申請者的法律實踐而設立的，因此申請者需要表述自己的法律實踐和哥大LLM之間的關聯，因此需要側重自己的過往和將來的實務經歷和規(guī)劃。
Amission Stanars
Strong preference is given to applicants who have ha at least one year of full-time work experience after earning their first law egree. only in exceptional circumstances are applications from caniates who are in their final year of their first law egree accepte. Applicants who have not yet grauate must emonstrate in their personal statements that amission to the Program woul enable them to realize an immeiate an specific career objective that woul not otherwise be attainable.
LLM項目錄取材料：申請材料除了常規(guī)的個人陳述、簡歷、托福成績、推薦信(2封)外，第一學位為法律。
Grauates of All Other Law Schools
Applicants from law schools in all other jurisictions must hol a first egree in law to be eligible for amission. A egree in a fiel other than law,even if followe by a master’s egree in law,generally oes not suffice for amission. Applicants who have earne a law egree by corresponence course work or istance learning are not eligible for amission.
International lawyers who inten to resie an practice law in the Unite States permanently shoul apply for the J.D. egree,the first egree in law,rather than the LL.M. Completion of an LL.M. egree at Columbia Law School oes not guarantee amission to the J.D. Program.
對托福要求嚴格，最低分要求為總分105，閱讀和聽力部分26，口語和寫作部分24，不接受雅思分數。也有過口語分數不足的申請者接到電話面試并且被成功錄取的先例，但是最好還是要全部達標。
Do you accept the IELTS test or other English proficiency exams?
No. All applicants who have not complete their first egree in law entirely in English in an English-speaking country must take the TOEFL,aministere by the Eucational Testing Service (ETS). Visit www.toefl.org for more information. IELTS or other English proficiency exams are not accepte.
哥大的學費及生活費，費用昂貴，學費一項便已高達67,532美元/年，一年生活費+學費為97,580美元/年，折合人民幣約66萬。
https://www.law.columbia.eu/amissions/grauate-legal-stuies/tuition-fees-an-financial-ai
2018年9月10日哥大的LLM項目將開放申請，并提供截至日期為11月1日的Early Review Program供優(yōu)秀的申請者申請并可在12月提前獲得錄取結果，Regular Application Dealine是2018年的12月19日，會在2019年的4月前獲得錄取結果。
哥大J.S.D.項目The Doctor of the Science of Law
https://www.law.columbia.eu/amissions/grauate-legal-stuies/js-program
申請資格
和申請LL.M.類似，申請哥大J.S.D必須要有法律的第一學位，通常僅限于對法律學術生涯表現出興趣并在本科階段學術表現優(yōu)異的申請者，并特別看重申請者進行法律研究和寫作的能力。在政府服務部分或法律執(zhí)業(yè)市場有經驗的申請者也會被考慮錄取，而那些有教學經驗的申請者則是哥大法學院J.S.D.項目所偏好的。哥大法學院并不鼓勵畢業(yè)不久的學生申請這個項目。對于想從事學術這條路的國際申請者來說，一個好消息是，本國生和國際生在入學資質評審中會被同等考慮。
申請材料
與LL.M.項目不同是的，J.S.D項目的申請者還需遞交論文提案(Dissertation Proposal)和參考書目。提案長度需在2,500詞左右(雙倍行距，約10頁)，需有一個有意義的暫定標題。除去提案本身，申請者還需遞交兩頁長度(加上提案總共12頁)長度的參考書目。
除去提案和參考書目，申請者還需提交一份用英文寫成的、學術寫作樣本(Scholarly Writing Sample，不可以是翻譯稿)，文件體積不得超過2MB。
截止日期
2019年2月1日。
附錄：以下是USNEWS2019年美國法學院最新排名
| 排名 | 學校 | 中文校名 | 學費 |
|---|
#1Yale University耶魯大學$62,170 (full-time)
#2Stanfor University斯坦福大學$60,270 (full-time)
#3Harvar University哈佛大學$62,792 (full-time)
#4University of Chicago芝加哥大學$62,865 (full-time)
#5Columbia University哥倫比亞大學$67,564 (full-time)
#6New York University紐約大學$63,986 (full-time)
#7University of Pennsylvania賓夕法尼亞大學$63,364 (full-time)
#8University of Michigan—Ann Arbor密歇根大學安娜堡分校$57,262 (in-state,full-time); $60,508 (out-of-state,full-time)
#9TieUniversity of California—Berkeley加州大學伯克利分校$49,364 (in-state,full-time); $53,315 (out-of-state,full-time)
#9TieUniversity of Virginia弗吉尼亞大學$58,300 (in-state,full-time); $61,300 (out-of-state,full-time)
#11TieDuke University杜克大學$62,247 (full-time)
#11TieNorthwestern University (Pritzker)西北大學$62,084 (full-time)
#13Cornell University康奈爾大學$63,327 (full-time)
#14Georgetown University喬治敦大學$59,850 (full-time)
#15University of Texas—Austin德克薩斯大學奧斯汀分校$35,015 (in-state,full-time); $51,995 (out-of-state,full-time)
#16University of California—Los Angeles加州大學洛杉磯分校$45,657 (in-state,full-time); $52,151 (out-of-state,full-time)
#17Vanerbilt University范德堡大學$55,083 (full-time)
#18Washington University in St. Louis圣路易斯華盛頓大學$55,423 (full-time)
#19University of Southern California (Goul)南加州大學$62,711 (full-time)
#20University of Minnesota明尼蘇達大學雙城分校$44,066 (in-state,full-time); $52,586 (out-of-state,full-time)
#21University of California—Irvine加州大學爾灣分校$45,155 (in-state,full-time); $51,649 (out-of-state,full-time)
#22TieBoston University波士頓大學$53,236 (full-time)
#22TieEmory University艾茉莉大學$55,116 (full-time)
#24TieGeorge Washington University喬治華盛頓大學$58,520 (full-time)
#24TieUniversity of Notre Dame圣母大學$56,292 (full-time)
#26Washington an Lee University華盛頓與李大學$48,375 (full-time)
#27TieArizona State University (O'Connor)亞利桑那州立大學$27,388 (in-state,full-time); $44,888 (out-of-state,full-time)
#27TieBoston College波士頓學院$52,640 (full-time)
#27TieUniversity of Alabama阿拉巴馬大學$23,720 (in-state,full-time); $40,670 (out-of-state,full-time)
#27TieUniversity of Iowa愛荷華大學$26,456 (in-state,full-time); $45,916 (out-of-state,full-time)
#27TieUniversity of Wisconsin—Maison威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校$22,496 (in-state,full-time); $41,192 (out-of-state,full-time)
#32TieIniana University—Bloomington (Maurer)印第安納大學伯明頓分校$34,073 (in-state,full-time); $54,323 (out-of-state,full-time)
#32TieOhio State University (Moritz)俄亥俄州立大學$30,264 (in-state,full-time); $45,217 (out-of-state,full-time)
#32TieUniversity of Georgia佐治亞艾小$19,696 (in-state,full-time); $38,134 (out-of-state,full-time)
#32TieUniversity of Washington華盛頓大學$34,311 (in-state,full-time); $44,979 (out-of-state,full-time)
#32TieWake Forest University維克森林大學$45,110 (full-time)
#37TieForham University福特漢姆大學$58,196 (full-time)
#37TieUniversity of California—Davis加州大學戴維斯分校$47,763 (in-state,full-time); $57,014 (out-of-state,full-time)
#37TieUniversity of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign伊利諾伊大學香檳分校$38,098 (in-state,full-time); $48,098 (out-of-state,full-time)
#37TieWilliam & Mary Law School威廉瑪麗法學院$32,964 (in-state,full-time); $41,964 (out-of-state,full-time)
#41TieBrigham Young University (Clark)楊百翰大學$12,680 (LDS member,full-time); $25,360(Non-LDS member,full-time)
#41TieGeorge Mason University喬治梅森大學$25,351 (in-state,full-time); $40,737 (out-of-state,full-time)
#41TieUniversity of Arizona (Rogers)亞利桑那大學$25,826 (in-state,full-time); $30,326 (out-of-state,full-time)
#41TieUniversity of Floria (Levin)佛羅里達大學$22,299 (in-state,full-time); $38,904 (out-of-state,full-time)
#45University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校$23,889 (in-state,full-time); $40,520 (out-of-state,full-time)
#46University of Colorao—Bouler科羅拉多大學博爾德分校$31,989 (in-state,full-time); $38,775 (out-of-state,full-time)
#47TieFloria State University佛羅里達州立大學$20,683 (in-state,full-time); $40,695 (out-of-state,full-time)
#47TieTemple University (Beasley)天普大學$26,103 (in-state,full-time); $39,793 (out-of-state,full-time)
#49University of Marylan (Carey)馬里蘭大學$32,492 (in-state,full-time); $47,036 (out-of-state,full-time)
#50TieBaylor University貝勒大學$60,050 (full-time)
#50TieSouthern Methoist University (Deman)南衛(wèi)理工會大學$52,586 (full-time)
#50TieUniversity of Connecticut康涅狄格大學$29,410 (in-state,full-time); $59,852 (out-of-state,full-time)
#50TieUniversity of Richmon里士滿大學$43,000 (full-time)
#54TieTulane University杜蘭大學$54,568 (full-time)
#54TieUniversity of Utah (Quinney)猶他大學$26,641 (in-state,full-time); $51,639 (out-of-state,full-time)
#56TieUniversity of Houston休斯頓大學$31,021 (in-state,full-time); $46,056 (out-of-state,full-time)
#56TieYeshiva University (Carozo)葉史瓦大學$58,764 (full-time)
#58University of California (Hastings)加州大學黑斯廷斯法學院$44,326 (in-state,full-time); $50,326 (out-of-state,full-time)
#59TiePennsylvania State University—Carlisle (Dickinson)賓州州立大學卡里斯爾分校$48,686 (in-state,full-time); $48,686 (out-of-state,full-time)
#59TieSeton Hall University薛頓賀爾大學$53,046 (full-time)
#59TieUniversity of Nevaa—Las Vegas內華達大學拉斯維加斯分校$26,973 (in-state,full-time); $38,873 (out-of-state,full-time)
#63TieUniversity of Denver (Sturm)丹佛大學$49,022 (full-time)
#63TieUniversity of Oklahoma俄克拉荷馬大學$20,903 (in-state,full-time); $32,288 (out-of-state,full-time)
#65TieCase Western Reserve University凱斯西儲大學$50,666 (full-time)
#65TieGeorgia State University佐治亞州立大學$17,050 (in-state,full-time); $36,658 (out-of-state,full-time)
#65TieLoyola Marymount University洛約拉瑪麗蒙特大學$55,110 (full-time)
#65TieUniversity of Cincinnati辛辛那提大學$24,010 (in-state,full-time); $29,010 (out-of-state,full-time)
#65TieUniversity of Kentucky肯塔基大學$23,783 (in-state,full-time); $47,343 (out-of-state,full-time)
#65TieUniversity of Miami邁阿密大學$50,578 (full-time)
#65TieUniversity of Missouri密蘇里大學$21,407 (in-state,full-time); $39,536 (out-of-state,full-time)
#65TieUniversity of Tennessee—Knoxville田納西大學諾克維爾分校$19,638 (in-state,full-time); $38,312 (out-of-state,full-time)
#65TieVillanova University維拉諾拉大學$45,195 (full-time)
#74TieLoyola University Chicago芝加哥洛約拉大學$47,564 (full-time)
#74TieNortheastern University東北大學$49,224 (full-time)
#74TiePennsylvania State University—University Park賓州州立大學帕克分校$49,070 (in-state,full-time); $49,070 (out-of-state,full-time)
#74TieRutgers,The State University of New Jersey羅格斯大學$27,492 (in-state,full-time); $40,136(out-of-state,full-time)
#74TieUniversity of Kansas堪薩斯大學$21,996 (in-state,full-time); $37,721(out-of-state,full-time)
#74TieUniversity of Pittsburgh匹斯堡大學$34,048 (in-state,full-time); $42,636(out-of-state,full-time)
#80TieAmerican University (Washington)美利堅大學$54,832 (full-time)
#80TieTexas A&M University德州農工大學$28,504 (in-state,full-time); $34,498(out-of-state,full-time)
#80TieUniversity of Nebraska—Lincoln內布拉斯大學林肯分校$15,645 (in-state,full-time); $34,841(out-of-state,full-time)
#83TieBrooklyn Law School布魯克林法學院$50,706 (full-time)
#83TieSt. John's University圣約翰大學$57,480 (full-time)
#85TieIllinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent)伊利諾伊理工學院$46,822 (full-time)
#85TieUniversity of New Hampshire School of Law新罕布什爾大學$37,401 (in-state,full-time); $41,401(out-of-state,full-time)
#85TieUniversity of Oregon俄勒岡大學$33,922 (in-state,full-time); $42,166(out-of-state,full-time)
#88TieLouisiana State University—Baton Rouge (Hebert)路易斯安娜州立大學巴吞魯日分校$23,083 (in-state,full-time); $38,523(out-of-state,full-time)
#88TieMichigan State University密歇根州立大學$43,400 (full-time)
#88TieSaint Louis University圣路易斯大學$41,025 (full-time)
#88TieSyracuse University雪城大學$49,966 (full-time)
#88TieUniversity of Arkansas—Fayetteville阿肯色大學費耶特維爾分校$16,117 (in-state,full-time); $35,017(out-of-state,full-time)
#88TieUniversity of New Mexico新墨西哥大學$17,147 (in-state,full-time); $36,797(out-of-state,full-time)
#88TieUniversity of South Carolina南卡羅萊納大學$28,858 (in-state,full-time); $53,050(out-of-state,full-time)
#95TieLewis & Clark College (Northwestern)路易斯克拉克分校$44,970 (full-time)
#95TieMarquette University馬凱特大學$44,830 (full-time)
#95TieUniversity of San Diego圣地亞哥大學$52,571 (full-time)
#98TieIniana University—Inianapolis (McKinney)印第安納普渡大學$28,631 (in-state,full-time); $48,711(out-of-state,full-time)
#98TieStetson University史丹森大學$42,646 (full-time)
#98TieWayne State University韋恩州立大學$31,659 (in-state,full-time); $34,552(out-of-state,full-time)
#101TieDrexel University (Kline)德雷克賽爾大學$44,340 (full-time)
#101TieFloria International University佛羅里達國際大學$21,806 (in-state,full-time); $36,050 (out-of-state,full-time)
#101TieUniversity of Hawaii—Manoa (Richarson)夏威夷大學馬諾分校$23,164 (in-state,full-time); $46,588 (out-of-state,full-time)
#101TieUniversity of Mississippi密西西比大學$15,882 (in-state,full-time); $35,254 (out-of-state,full-time)
#101TieUniversity of Tulsa塔爾薩大學$25,254 (full-time)
#106TieAlbany Law School阿爾巴尼法學院$46,072 (full-time)
#106TieUniversity at Buffalo—SUNY紐約州立大學水牛城分校$28,016 (in-state,full-time); $32,106 (out-of-state,full-time)
#106TieUniversity of Maine緬因大學$23,640 (in-state,full-time); $34,710 (out-of-state,full-time)
#106TieWest Virginia University西弗吉尼亞大學$22,878 (in-state,full-time); $37,818 (out-of-state,full-time)
#110TieThe Catholic University of America美國天主教大學$49,800 (full-time)
#110TieHofstra University (Deane)霍夫斯特拉大學$57,510 (full-time)
#110TieNew York Law School紐約法學院$50,718 (full-time)
#113TieClevelan State University (Clevelan-Marshall)克里夫蘭州立大學$27,360 (in-state,full-time); $37,580 (out-of-state,full-time)
#113TieGonzaga University貢薩加大學$38,715 (full-time)
#113TieSanta Clara University桑塔克拉拉大學$48,916 (full-time)
#113TieTexas Tech University德州理工大學$22,996 (in-state,full-time); $34,546 (out-of-state,full-time)
#113TieUniversity of Louisville (Braneis)路易斯維爾大學$21,392 (in-state,full-time); $39,598 (out-of-state,full-time)
#113TieUniversity of St. Thomas圣托馬斯大學$40,247 (full-time)
#119TieDuquesne University迪尤肯大學$42,844 (full-time)
#119TieUniversity of Baltimore巴提摩爾大學$31,084 (in-state,full-time); $45,326 (out-of-state,full-time)
#119TieUniversity of Iaho愛達荷大學$19,748 (in-state,full-time); $36,072 (out-of-state,full-time)
#119TieUniversity of Missouri—Kansas City密蘇里大學堪薩斯城分校$19,040 (in-state,full-time); $36,200 (out-of-state,full-time)
#119TieUniversity of Montana蒙大拿大學$12,562 (in-state,full-time); $32,120 (out-of-state,full-time)
#119TieWashburn University華盛本大學$21,588 (in-state,full-time); $33,681 (out-of-state,full-time)
#125TieCreighton University克萊星頓大學$38,744 (full-time)
#125TieCUNY紐約城市大學$15,113 (in-state,full-time); $24,723 (out-of-state,full-time)
#125TiePace University (Haub)佩斯大學$47,210 (full-time)
#128TieDePaul University德保羅大學$47,230 (full-time)
#128TieHowar University霍華德大學$37,534 (full-time)
#128TieMercer University (George)默希大學$37,962 (full-time)
#128TieSeattle University西雅圖大學$45,054 (full-time)
#128TieUniversity of South Dakota南達科塔大學$15,668 (in-state,full-time); $33,744(out-of-state,full-time)
#133TieDrake University德雷克大學$40,612 (full-time)
#133TieQuinnipiac University昆尼皮亞克大學$48,805 (full-time)
#133TieUniversity of Wyoming懷俄明大學$16,350 (in-state,full-time); $33,125(out-of-state,full-time)
#133TieVermont Law School佛蒙特法學院$47,998 (full-time)
#137TieUniversity of Memphis (Humphreys)孟菲斯大學$19,197 (in-state,full-time); $26,402(out-of-state,full-time)
#137TieUniversity of Toleo托萊多大學$20,004 (in-state,full-time); $31,552(out-of-state,full-time)
#139TieBelmont University貝爾蒙特大學$43,480 (full-time)
#139TieChapman University (Fowler)查普曼大學$51,681 (full-time)
#141TieUniversity of Arkansas—Little Rock (Bowen)阿肯色大學小石城分校$15,702 (in-state,full-time); $31,646(out-of-state,full-time)
#141TieUniversity of Dayton代頓大學$33,739 (full-time)
#143Wiener University (Commonwealth)威得恩大學$44,548 (full-time)
#144TieNorthern Illinois University北伊利諾伊大學$22,178 (in-state,full-time); $38,433(out-of-state,full-time)
#144TieSuffolk University薩福克大學$46,932 (full-time)
#144TieUniversity of Akron阿克倫大學$24,214 (in-state,full-time); $24,314(out-of-state,full-time)
RNPAppalachian School of Law阿巴拉契亞法學院$31,700 (full-time)
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