Admitted Online LLM Student Enrollment Information

Congratulations on your acceptance into the Online Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree program at William & Mary Law School. You were carefully chosen from a competitive applicant pool and we know that you will be a valuable addition to the online LL.M. class. We have prepared this website to guide you through the enrollment process.

Enrollment Steps

Indicate your intent to enroll through the Online LL.M. application portal
Activate your access to William & Mary systems (activate your username)
Online LL.M. Orientation information
Official Transcript Evaluation and Authentication Required (NACES.org)
Technology Set-up as a New William & Mary Student
Academic Calendar
Tuition Payment
Registering for Online LL.M. Classes
Taking Online Classes at William & Mary Law School (policies)

Indicate your intent to enroll in the Online LL.M. Program

Log into (sign IN) the Online LL.M. application portal and select intent to enroll. This allows our law school to activate your William & Mary student record prompting the remaining steps listed below. If you have not completed this step, the remaining steps cannot be addressed.

Activate your access to William & Mary systems:

Your first step is to activate your William & Mary username. For this, you will need your William & Mary student identification number, which is the nine-digit number beginning with 93 printed in your admission offer letter. You will also need the application email address you used in your application.

Complete the activation form and submit. William & Mary will confirm your William & Mary username.

Online LL.M. Orientation

Following activation of your William & Mary username, you will be provided access to William & Mary systems, which will allow you to access and complete the Online LL.M. orientation session. Orientation will open in Blackboard (https://blackboard.wm.edu) on August 5 and must be completed no later than August 31. All mandatory orientation components are 100% asynchronous. You should plan on setting aside six hours in total to complete the orientation modules.

Official Transcripts

When you applied to William & Mary Law School, you uploaded unofficial transcripts and confirmation of your degree earned (called a conferral) into the LL.M. application portal. So that you can register for law classes, you must purchase a NACES approved transcript evaluation and authentication to be received by William & Mary Law School no later than the day before your online law courses begin. If the NACES evaluation is not received by this deadline, the admission offer is withdrawn or the student has the option to defer to a new term start but we must hear from the student prior to the first day of law classes in the term into which the student was admitted.

If when you applied, you utilized a NACES-approved transcript evaluation and authentication company, and you released your official NACES-member approved transcript evaluation and authentication to William & Mary Law School, then William & Mary Law School will accept the 'official' transcript directly from the NACES agency, as long as you had graduated from your institution at the time of the official transcript report. William & Mary Law School may also be able to receive official transcripts directly from the NACES member if it uses a secure online portal. Please contact us as soon as possible with any questions about this requirement.

William & Mary Law School will not accept student copies, facsimile copies, photocopies, or NACES-approved unofficial transcript/conferral copies, or opened (unsealed) transcripts shipped.

For student's whose NACES evaluation was conducted prior to the student's graduation, in this instance only will we accept official, final transcripts and conferrals that are stamped and sealed by the student's institution, and placed in a sealed envelope. The institution's official stamp must be affixed to the seam of the envelope. The documents can be shipped to William & Mary Law.

Ship to: William & Mary Law School, 613 South Henry Street, Attention: International Programs Office, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185. If you ship via an express carrier to track your shipment, please include our telephone number: (757) 221-3800 on the shipper's documentation.

LL.M. students who are unable to supply official, stamped and sealed transcripts prior to the first day of the Online LL.M. class start date are at risk of immediate dismissal from the Online LL.M. Program.

Technology for Newly Admitted Students

Please refer to the William & Mary Information Technology department's website for newly admitted students and instructions for setting up access, William & Mary email, etc. If you require technical assistance, please contact the William & Mary I.T. department. Indicate that you are an incoming online law program student who needs assistance. The I.T. department may ask you verification questions (what is your birthdate, or what address did you list in your application) to ensure that you are who you say you are (security measure).

Exam-Specific Technology Requirements

The Windows 10 single language operating system is not compatible with the exam software platform that may be used in your courses. Students should familiarize themselves with other exam-specific technology requirements.

Academic Calendar

For your planning purposes, please refer to this Online LL.M. academic calendar, which may be different than the law school's master academic calendar. The dates for the 2024-2025 academic year are as follows:

Online LL.M. Academic Calendar (2024-2025)
Semester/Session	Start	End
Fall Session A	8/26	10/16
Fall Session B	10/28	12/18
Spring Session A	1/6	2/26
Spring Session B	3/3	4/23
Summer Session A	5/5	6/25
Summer Session B	6/30	8/20

Tuition Payment

Tuition invoices are generated by the university on the 10th of each month. Admitted Online LL.M. students will receive emailed notification of the tuition payment due date from the university's Bursar's Office. Students will log into the William & Mary student record system called BANNER, through e-Services, to view their tuition invoice, payment due date, and payment methods.

Registering for Online LLM Classes

After you have expressed your intent to enroll within the LLM application portal, and activated your William & Mary credentials (username, created a password, and set up your William & Mary email) as well as submitted your official, final transcript(s) to William & Mary Law School, you will be able to register yourself for law classes using our "PATH" student system.

Log into https://registration.wm.edu/ Enter your William & Mary username and password where you will fill your "cart" with courses. For assistance and more information about the registration process using PATH please review the PATH registration webpage.

Fall 2024 registration will open on April 16, 2024.

Fall 2024 courses offered include:

Session A

Criminal Law (3 credits)

Session B

Constitutional Law (3 credits)

Evidence (3 credits)

This is a part-time program with a fixed curriculum for each semester (typically 6-9 credits). Most Online LLM students will choose between Constitutional Law and Evidence in Session B. Students planning to sit for the Washington State Bar Exam should select Constitutional Law to meet bar exam curriculum requirements. Students planning to sit for the District of Columbia ("DC") Bar Examination should consider enrolling in both courses offered in Session B. (To qualify for the DC Bar Examination, students will need to complete an additional 3 credits in either Fall 2024 or Fall 2025.)

If you are considering not registering for all offered courses and completing the program at a slower pace, please consult the Online LL.M. Program Director for further guidance at [[llmadm]]