http://www.llm-guide.com/board/2951 en Re: SPILS vs. waiting list for Yale - LLM GUIDE Discussion Board Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:43:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/2951/last#2951 The major difference I found between the SPILS and Yale was that SPILS seem to be focussed more on independent research. But maybe I am wrong here. As Bitsou said both schools are great. Yale is seen as a more academic institution. If you plan to teach in the future, the LLM/SJD combination from Yale would help. Also, if you do get accepted into Yale, they are fairly generous with the financial assistance. (Need based AID rocks). Hope this helped....