Application Instructions LLM Program

STEP BY STEP APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
The slides and instructions that follow are intended to provide you with an overview of
the LLM application process. If you have any issues with your application, please email
[email protected].
The application process and admission standards for the Master of Laws (LLM) program
are described on the Faculty of Law’s Master of Laws Admission webpage.
The application process is completed entirely online. All application documents must be
submitted via the SGS Application Management system.
APPLY NOW
If you are a first-time applicant, click the link above to Create an Account and start your
application. You will receive a verification code via email as part of the account creation
process. After entering your verification code, you will be instructed to set-up a password.
If you have any questions about applying to the LLM program, please email us at: [email protected]
STEP 1/12 – PROGRAM SELECTION
For more information about the admission requirements for the Master of Laws (LLM)
program and the application process, please visit:
https://www.law.utoronto.ca/admissions/graduate-admissions/llm-admissions.
Later in the application process you will be invited to choose whether you wish to apply
to the coursework or thesis stream LLM (see step 7).
STEP 2/12 – PERSONAL & CONTACT INFORMATION
STEP 3/12 – ACADEMIC HISTORY
Please list all degree programs you have undertaken and any University exchanges
completed. Do not include any certificates.
STEP 4/12 – EMPLOYEMENT STATUS
Please provide information about your current employment, including the name of your
current employer and the dates of your employment, if applicable.
Any additional information about your work experience should be reflected in your
resume/CV.
STEP 5/12 – ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

If you do not meet any of the
English language exemptions,
you will need to upload a
scanned copy of your official
English Language Proficiency
test scores on the application
system.
In addition, you must arrange

for the testing agency to
submit your official test scores
directly to the University of
Toronto (Enrolment Services
office). For more information,
please visit the School of
Graduate Studies’ English
Language Proficiency Testing
webpage.
*Please note that the LLM

required scores are higher
than the School of Graduate
Studies minimum required
scores.
STEP 5/12– ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY – continued

If you are exempt from the
requirement to provide English
language proficiency test
scores, please indicate which
exemption(s) applies to you.
If you obtained your admitting

degree from a recognized
institution at which the
language of instruction and
examination is uniformly
English, you need to provide
an official academic transcript
that confirms that English is
the language of instruction
and examination.
If your transcript does not

provide this information, you
must make arrangements for
an official statement
confirming the use of English
as the language of instruction
and examination to be sent
from your institution directly to
[email protected]
before the document deadline.
STEP 6/12 – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For more information on the awards and scholarships available at the Faculty of Law for
LLM students, please review our Graduate Awards and Fellowships page. Applicants are
encouraged to investigate and apply for all types of external funding for which they would
be eligible from various source.
STEP 7/12 – FACULTY OF LAW QUESTIONS
If you wish to be considered for awards and scholarships available at the Faculty of Law,
please answer “Yes” to the question “Are applying for financial aid?”
The Financial Assistance Application form will automatically appear on your list of
supporting documents. Please note that the Financial Assistance form is for all
applicants and is not restricted to OSOTF applicants only. Financial assistance is
available to both domestic and international student and the form helps determine an
applicant’s eligibility for OSOTF and non-OSOTF awards.
STEP 8/12 – RECOMMENDATIONS
Two academic letters of reference are required. If you cannot obtain academic
references and will be submitting professional references instead, please explain why in
your personal statement.
Do not add more than 2 referees. Please note that if more than 2 referees are added
only the first two reference letters submitted will be considered, any additional
letters will be removed from the system and will not be reviewed.
STEP 8/12 – RECOMMENDATIONS – continued

You will need to provide the name of the
two people from whom you wish to solicit
reference letters and the institutional email
address at which each person can be
contacted (i.e. @university.com or
company.com). Please note that personal
email addresses, i.e. gmail.com,
yahoo.com, mail.com, etc. are not
accepted.
If a referee does not have an institutional

email address, please to provide us a link
to an official institutional webpage that
confirms that the proposed writer is
employed by the institution and that
the personal email address provided is, in
fact, official.  If that is not an option either,
your referee will have to send a hard copy
reference letter on official letterhead to the
Graduate Program directly, the letters must
be received by the document deadline.
Reference letters submitted via a non-

institutional email addresses which have
not been verified by the Graduate Program
are not admissible and the application will
be considered incomplete.
STEP 9/12 – SURVEYS
STEP 10/12 – SIGNATURE
STEP 11/12 – REVIEW
Please note that once you click “Continue” you will no longer have the ability to edit the
information provided up to this point.
STEP 12/12 – PAY APPLICATION FEE & UPLOAD DOCUMENTS

Once you have submitted the
application form, you will be taken to the
Application Status page where you can:
1) pay your application fee and
2) upload your supporting documents.
The documents which must be submitted in

support of an application to the LLM
program are listed on our website.
The document list is exhaustive. Please do
not upload any documents other than those
that are required. The Admissions
Committee will not consider any unsolicited
documents (i.e. third reference letters, plan
of study, etc…), and all such documents will
be deleted from the admission system in
order to ensure equity between applicants.
If multiple versions of one document are

uploaded to the admission system, the most
recent version will be considered, and earlier
versions deleted.
Please note that once you upload a

document it may take 15 mins (or more) for
the application checklist to be updated and
reflect that your document has been added
to the system.
MANAGE YOUR REFEREES

You can review the status of your letters of recommendation, send your referees reminders, and manage your
referees from the Application Status page.
To change one or both of your referees (before they upload their recommendation letter):
1. Click the link to re-visit the Recommendations page at the bottom of the page below the checklist. You
will be brought back to the Recommendations page
2. Click “Edit” on a previously submitted referee, and then choose to “Exclude” this referee. The excluded
referee will be removed from your checklist in the status portal.
3. From within the Recommendations page, click “Add Recommender” to submit your new referee’s
information.
Please note that personal email addresses, i.e gmail.com, yahoo.com, mail.com, etc. are not accepted. If your
referees do not have an institutional email address, you will need to provide us with a link to an official
institutional webpage that confirms that the proposed writers are employed by the institution and confirms
that the personal email addresses provided are, in fact, official.  If that is not an option either, your referees
will have to send a hard copy reference letter on official letterhead to the Graduate Program directly, the
letters must be received by the document deadline (January 17, 2022).

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STEP BY STEP APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1/12 – PROGRAM SELECTION

STEP 2/12 – PERSONAL & CONTACT INFORMATION

STEP 3/12 – ACADEMIC HISTORY

STEP 4/12 – EMPLOYEMENT STATUS

STEP 5/12 – ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

In addition, you must arrange

*Please note that the LLM

STEP 5/12– ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY – continued

If you obtained your admitting

If your transcript does not

STEP 6/12 – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

STEP 7/12 – FACULTY OF LAW QUESTIONS

STEP 8/12 – RECOMMENDATIONS

STEP 8/12 – RECOMMENDATIONS – continued

If a referee does not have an institutional

Reference letters submitted via a non-

STEP 9/12 – SURVEYS

STEP 10/12 – SIGNATURE

STEP 11/12 – REVIEW

STEP 12/12 – PAY APPLICATION FEE & UPLOAD DOCUMENTS

The documents which must be submitted in

If multiple versions of one document are

Please note that once you upload a

MANAGE YOUR REFEREES

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