5 PhD programmes in Civil & Private Law in Canada

Intensive, selective and challenging, our Comparative Law doctoral program at McGill University is ideal for scholars intent on deepening and broadening their critical understanding of the law, as well as their original engagement with it.

Reflecting Canada’s bilingual and trijuridical legal system (civil law, common law, aboriginal law), as well as its location in Canada’s Capital, the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa offers graduate programs leading to a doctoral degree in Law.

Intensive, selective and challenging, our Law doctoral program at McGill University is ideal for scholars intent on deepening and broadening their critical understanding of the law, as well as their original engagement with it.

The Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) in Air and Space Law offered by the Institute of Air and Space Law in the Faculty of Law at McGill University is a research-intensive program that emphasizes rigorous and innovative learning opportunities. 

This Civil Law - Common Law combined JD program from Queen's University registrants must be in compliance with National Requirement for Approving Canadian Common Law Degree Programs