66 PhD programmes in Legal Studies in North America

The primary aim of the graduate program at the University of Toronto Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies is to provide students with opportunities for advanced multi‑disciplinary study and supervised research experience in the areas of crime, the administration of criminal justice, and social studies of law and regulation.

Every day Wayne State University Law School trains the next generation of lawyers, advocates and leaders. If you're looking to make an impact with your career, join us at Wayne Law.

Our Legal Studies PhD program at Carleton University is designed for students with advanced research interests in the interdisciplinary study of law.

Through a Law curriculum rich in both theoretical and practice-based courses, this JD program at the University of Maryland will help you develop the clarity of thought, writing, and analytical skills that are the hallmarks of a successful lawyer.

At the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law, the Juris Doctor (J.D.) program is designed to prepare well-rounded lawyers who appreciate the relationships among legal, social and political aspects of the human experience.

For students looking to pursue the academic side of the law through prolonged research and writing, Suffolk University offers a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) degree. The equivalent of a PhD in other fields, an SJD is the most advanced law degree available and requires sustained academic excellence as well as the prior completion of a JD and LLM.

The Wharton Ethics and Legal Studies Doctoral Program at the University of Pennsylvania focuses on the study of ethics and law in business. It is designed to prepare graduates for tenure-track careers in university teaching and research at leading business schools, and law schools.

The University of Pennsylvania offers a full-time program leading to the JD, the first professional degree in Law. Applicants have completed their undergraduate degrees and, oftentimes, advanced degrees in a broad array of disciplines; many have work experience prior to attending law school.

Our Law faculty at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has developed a cutting-edge curriculum that ensures students receive an education that is comparable to or exceeds that found at any top law school, and also that addresses the changing demands of the legal profession.

The Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) programme from PennState Dickinson Law  is designed for both domestic and internationally trained legal scholars, and is suited for those who already have an advanced legal degree and want to pursue a career focused on legal research and scholarship.

The Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD), a thesis degree program at the University of Toronto, is for outstanding law students seeking to pursue careers in teaching, policy, and research.

The PhD program in Law and Psychology at Arizona State University takes a broad interdisciplinary approach to train a new generation of scholars.

The Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.) from Columbia University is the most advanced law degree program, prepares students with exceptional academic aptitude for careers in legal scholarship. 

Our juris doctor (JD) Law program at the University of Pittsburgh offers a solid foundation in legal education and a multitude of specializations applied to contemporary issues, including international conflict resolution, environmental and energy law, health law, and intellectual property, technology and innovation law.

In our Law and Society PhD program at University of Victoria, you’ll study applied legal methodology and conduct original research.

York's PhD in Socio-Legal Studies at York University is at the vanguard of a growing number of postgraduate programs in Europe and North America in interdisciplinary legal studies.

Mastering legal doctrine is just the beginning of a proper legal education. Lawyers play countless roles in our society—as advocates, as advisors, as leaders in their own right. This Law JD program is offered at Stanford University.

The Juris Doctor/Doctor of Philosophy (JD/PhD) is administered by Emory Law and the Graduate Division of Religion, a unit of the Laney Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Emory University.

The Juridical Science programme offered by Wake Forest University investigates specialised areas of law through advanced independent research, producing original scholarship that contributes to legal knowledge, theory, and practice.

Discover an accredited, respected and affordable Law program at the University of North Dakota. We value you as an individual and invest in both your professional and personal growth in a close-knit and supportive community.