Australia
The Australian National University, Bond University, the University of Sydney, the University of Technology, Sydney, the University of New South Wales, Monash University, and the University of Western Australia offer the S.J.D. degree. The Australian National University, The University of Sydney University of Technology, Sydney, University of Western Australia and LaTrobe University describe their programs as a professional doctorate. The University of New South Wales calls its S.J.D. a research degree. Monash University categorizes its S.J.D. as a research degree, but states that it is a professional doctorate in the degree description. The course description by the Queensland University of Technology states that applicants are to have profound professional understanding of the practice of law, and that the research by the candidates is to make academic and professional contributions.
The University of Melbourne offered a SJD program between 1994 and 2008, but stopped offering its SJD program in order to place a greater emphasis on delivering its PhD program.
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