Financial Aid PDFs, Web Forms, & Loan Signing Directions

• General Form Information
• Secure Web Forms (Both Student & Parent)
• Document Submission FAX Cover Sheet Directions
• Link to Document Cover Sheet PDF
• Loan Disclosures and Promissory Note Signing Instructions

General Form Information

If you are applying for financial aid, do not complete any of these forms until you first review the application procedures in the Apply for Aid section of this website AND begin Step 1 by submitting our main online institutional financial aid form on "MyHLS Financial Aid" (see login box in the lower right navigation bar). 

Below you will find a comprehensive list of all of our application and transaction forms. You will not need to submit all of these forms. You should refer to the "Documents" tab of "MyHLS Financial Aid" after submitting the main application for a customized list of documents you must submit to complete your application for aid.

You should also review the Document Descriptions section of our web site for detailed information about all of the documents below, why they are required, and helpful hints on completing them successfully. 

Finally, please note that HLS Student Financial Services is a paperless office. We do not maintain student financial aid records in hard copy format. All paper tax forms, PDF's, and any other miscellaneous documents submitted will be automatically imaged, stored and managed electronically. It is extremely important that you carefully read through the information found on our Document Submission & Imaging web page before you begin to complete/submit any of your required documentation to HLS Student Financial Services. 

Document Submission Cover Sheet Directions

When submitting any required tax data (1040, 1065,1120,1120S, W-2s, Schedules, K-1s, etc.) or any other type of information in hard copy, we require you to include a type-written cover sheet found via the link below.  

Open the PDF and complete it electronically following the instructions provided on the document. Once completed, print it out and attach it to the first page of the packet of documents you are preparing to submit. After electronically completing the cover sheet, we strongly recommend that you FAX your packet of documents to our office. If FAX is not convenient, the next best thing is to send your documents electronically via EMAIL.

Sending your documents via FAX or EMAIL ensures that your data gets matched quickly to the correct student's electronic records in our document management system without requiring us to manually scan your documents.

Here is our fax & email information:    

• FAX – 978-367-9460 (Priority Line for Newly Admitted Students - Class of 2014 ONLY) 
• FAX -  617-496-5453 (Returning/Continuing Students)
• Email - sfs@law.harvard.edu (All Students)

PLEASE SEND YOUR INFORMATION ONCE AND ONLY ONE WAY.  EMAILING AND FAXING YOUR INFORMATION AT THE SAME TIME CREATES TWICE AS MUCH WORK AND SLOWS DOWN OUR ABILITY TO PROCESS YOUR DOCUMENTS QUICKLY.

Link to Document Cover Sheet PDF

• Document Submission Cover Sheet

Secure Web Forms

2010-2011 Application Forms (Student AND Parent)

If you are trying to apply late for 2010-2011 financial aid, you will not be able to access forms via this page. Please contact send an email to Ellen Tang, in SFS for assistance. .

2011-2012 Financial Aid Application Forms (Student)

The following are secure web forms to be completed by the student applicant. Data transmitted via these forms is always encrypted and protected. The correct username and password needed to access these forms is the same username and password you use to access other HLS network and web services including HLS Email.

• Username: Your username is the part of your HLS email address which comes before the "@" symbol plus the JD class designation tag (i.e. .jd10, jd11, jd12, etc.). For example, if your email address were "jsmith@jd10.law.harvard.edu," then your username would be "jsmith.jd10".
• Password: Your password is the same password that you use to login to your HLS email account.
• ONLY SUBMIT FORMS WHICH SHOW AS REQUIRED ON YOUR CUSTOMIZED  DOCUMENT LIST ON "MY HLS FINANCIAL AID"

• Ethical Responsibility Web Form
• Ethical
• Estimated 2011 Summer Earnings Web Form
• Federal Verification Web Form
• Petition to Waive Parent Info. Web Form
• Student Asset Web Form
• Student Spouse/Dependent(s) Web Form

 2011-2012 Fall Review Web Forms

• Entrance Counseling Web Form
• Restricted Funding Web Form
• Summer Income and Expense Update Web Form

2011-2012 Financial Aid Application Forms (Parent)

The following are secure web forms to be completed by the applicant's parents. Data transmitted via these forms is always encrypted and protected; however these froms do not require log in. Parents can simply proceed directly to the form and submit their information.

• Parents should be careful to enter the student's last name and the last 4-digits of the student's ssn on each  submission. This is how will will match your data up to the student's electronic file. 
• ONLY SUBMIT FORMS WHICH SHOW AS REQUIRED ON THE STUDENT'S CUSTOMIZED  DOCUMENT LIST ON "MY HLS FINANCIAL AID"
• Business and Farm Web Form
• Education Loan Payment Web Form
• Household Information Web Form
• Monthly Cash Flow Web Form
• Personal Real Estate Web Form
• Trusts and Estates Web From

2011-2012 Financial Aid Transaction Forms

• Appeal/Change of Status Web Form
• Request a Computer Reimbursement/Cash Advance
• Federal Direct GradPLUS Loan Application
• Loan Adjustment-Cancellation Form

Loan Disclosures and Promissory Note Signing Instructions 

• Direct Stafford Loan Master Promissory Note E-signing Instructions 
• Direct GradPLUS Loan Master Promissory Note E-signing Instructions
• Perkins Loan & Harvard Loan (Sub & Unsub) Master Promissory Note E-Signing Instructions
• Harvard Law School Subsidized Loan Disclosure Statement (TILA1)
• Harvard Law School UnSubsidized Loan Disclosure Statement (TILA1)
• SPIF 2011 Summer Loan Disclosure Statement (TILA1)