Doctor of Juridical Science - United States

United States

The J.S.D., or S.J.D. is a research doctorate, and as such it is generally accepted as equivalent to the more commonly awarded research doctorate, the PhD It is considered the "terminal degree in law" by Indiana University and Harvard Law School and as the "most advanced law degree" by Yale Law School (J.S.D. Handbook), George Washington University, New York University, Stanford University, and Tulane University. The University of Kansas School of Law and Pace University also offer the S.J.D. The National Association of Legal Professionals states that the J.S.D./S.J.D. is "typically the most advanced (or terminal) law degree that would follow the earning of the LL.M. and J.D. degrees." Some law schools, such as Widener University, offer the S.J.D. in Health Law.

Applicants for the program normally must have a first degree in law (such as a J.D. or LL.B.) and an LL.M., but an LL.M. is not always required. The S.J.D. typically requires three to five years to complete, and requires an advanced study in law as a scientific discipline and a dissertation, which serves as an original contribution to the scholarly field of law.

Notable recipients of the degree of Doctor of Juridical Science include: Harvey L. Strelzin (New York U., 1906) (New York State Assembly member and professor at New York U.); Charles Hamilton Houston (Harvard, 1923) (prominent Civil Rights attorney); Lowell Turrentine (Harvard, 1929) (prominent professor of law at Stanford University); Justice Bernard Jefferson (Harvard, 1934); Pauli Murray (Yale, 1965) (prominent civil rights advocate); Ayala Procaccia (University of Pennsylvania, 1972) (Israel Supreme Court Justice); Christos Rozakis (University of Illinois, 1973) (President of the Administrative Tribunal of the Council of Europe and former vice-president of the European Court of Human Rights); Ma Ying-jeou (Harvard, 1980) (President of the Republic of China).

The U.S. institutions offering the S.J.D. include:

  • University of Florida
  • Southern Methodist University
  • University of Arizona
  • Columbia University
  • University of Chicago
  • Emory University School of Law
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • University of Notre Dame
  • New York University
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • George Washington University
  • University of California-Berkeley
  • Yale University
  • University of Illinois
  • St. Thomas University
  • Cornell University
  • University of Oregon School of Law
  • University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Harvard University
  • Golden Gate University
  • Stanford University
  • University of the Pacific
  • Indiana University
  • University of Kansas
  • Widener University
  • Wake Forest University
  • University of Virginia
  • Tulane University
  • Fordham University
  • Duke University School of Law
  • American University, Washington College of Law
  • Thomas Jefferson School of Law
  • Pace University
  • Georgetown University Law Center

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