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Doctor of Juridical Science

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Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Main Subject Area

Law and Legal StudiesMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Law and Legal Studies

Study Level

PHD

The Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) program is intended for students who wish to conduct original and advanced legal research in law under faculty supervision. S.J.D. students are expected to write a dissertation of publishable quality making a significant and original contribution to legal scholarship. The dissertation should be a book-length manuscript or a series of related articles of equivalent intellectual ambition and scope. To be admitted to the S.J.D. program, students typically first complete the LL.M. degree at the University of Iowa or a similar masters-level degree at another law school, either in the United States or at an English-language law school with academic standards equivalent to those of highly-ranked U.S. LL.M. programs. In appropriate circumstances, however, the admissions committee will consider applications from excellent students without an English-language master’s-level degrees who wish to proceed directly to work on their S.J.D. degree. Requirements: Doctor of Juridical Science students must spend at least one academic year (two semesters) in residence in the S.J.D. program at the College of Law. The course of study in that year differs depending on whether a student already has an LL.M. or an equivalent master’s-level degree. Students who already have an LL.M. or equivalent master’s-level degree must complete 18 s.h. of credit during their first year of residency. They must enroll in the S.J.D. tutorial (5 s.h. each semester; 10 s.h. total) to conduct research and writing under the supervision of their S.J.D. dissertation committee. The work in the S.J.D. tutorial focuses on formulating a detailed dissertation proposal, beginning research for and writing of portions of the dissertation, and completing one or more chapters. The balance of the required 18 s.h. will be earned through research and writing related to a student’s dissertation, supervised by the student’s S.J.D. chair. However, at the discretion of a student’s S.J.D. committee, some of the semester hours may be allocated to courses or seminars that the committee feels a student needs to strengthen the ability to write a successful dissertation. Students who do not already have an LL.M. or equivalent master’s-level degree must complete 24 s.h. of credit during their first year of residency. Students must complete 18 s.h. as indicated above and courses that provide an introduction to the U.S. legal system and require significant research and writing in preparation for the S.J.D. thesis.

Program overview

Main Subject

Law and Legal Studies

Study Level

PHD

The Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) program is intended for students who wish to conduct original and advanced legal research in law under faculty supervision. S.J.D. students are expected to write a dissertation of publishable quality making a significant and original contribution to legal scholarship. The dissertation should be a book-length manuscript or a series of related articles of equivalent intellectual ambition and scope. To be admitted to the S.J.D. program, students typically first complete the LL.M. degree at the University of Iowa or a similar masters-level degree at another law school, either in the United States or at an English-language law school with academic standards equivalent to those of highly-ranked U.S. LL.M. programs. In appropriate circumstances, however, the admissions committee will consider applications from excellent students without an English-language master’s-level degrees who wish to proceed directly to work on their S.J.D. degree. Requirements: Doctor of Juridical Science students must spend at least one academic year (two semesters) in residence in the S.J.D. program at the College of Law. The course of study in that year differs depending on whether a student already has an LL.M. or an equivalent master’s-level degree. Students who already have an LL.M. or equivalent master’s-level degree must complete 18 s.h. of credit during their first year of residency. They must enroll in the S.J.D. tutorial (5 s.h. each semester; 10 s.h. total) to conduct research and writing under the supervision of their S.J.D. dissertation committee. The work in the S.J.D. tutorial focuses on formulating a detailed dissertation proposal, beginning research for and writing of portions of the dissertation, and completing one or more chapters. The balance of the required 18 s.h. will be earned through research and writing related to a student’s dissertation, supervised by the student’s S.J.D. chair. However, at the discretion of a student’s S.J.D. committee, some of the semester hours may be allocated to courses or seminars that the committee feels a student needs to strengthen the ability to write a successful dissertation. Students who do not already have an LL.M. or equivalent master’s-level degree must complete 24 s.h. of credit during their first year of residency. Students must complete 18 s.h. as indicated above and courses that provide an introduction to the U.S. legal system and require significant research and writing in preparation for the S.J.D. thesis.

Admission requirements

Undergraduate

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