194 PhD programmes in Legal Studies

The Law programme at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn provides PhD students with the required experience and extended specialist knowledge in the field of legal sciences necessary to perform a variety of public functions and professional roles requiring advanced legal knowledge.

Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University combines taught modules with research conducted by students under the supervision of staff who have expertise in the topic of study.

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.

Law PhD students from Birmingham City University, benefit from regular supervision meetings with academics who are experts in their field; and have the opportunity to become members of our proactive research community made up of academics, postgraduate researchers and external partners.

The Law programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University explores contemporary legal challenges relating to justice, rights, dispute resolution, environmental responsibility, criminal justice, and the impact of technology on legal systems and decision-making.

The PhD in Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence at The University of Manchester is a structured research programme containing taught elements designed to provide a solid skills basis for independent research in this area.

The Law programme offered by University of Copenhagen equips students with specialized academic knowledge and research qualifications at the highest international level, serving as the cornerstone for the careers of our graduates within academia and beyond.

The Law course from Rovira i Virgili University has trained dozens of doctors in all legal areas.

A PhD in Law at Monash University takes the form of the Monash Doctoral Program – a PhD for the 21st century. At the core of the program is an extensive, independent research project on an agreed chosen topic, supported by at least two expert academic supervisors.  

The Law programme offered by Aberystwyth University develops advanced expertise in legal scholarship, jurisprudential analysis, and regulatory interpretation.

The Law programme of the Pompeu Fabra University offers interdisciplinary training in the legal sciences, in order to prepare and defend a doctoral thesis.

Earn Your Juris Doctor Degree at Loyola University New Orleans. Loyola University New Orleans College of Law is a bridge between those committed to justice and the communities that need them.

The Doctor of Legal Science (Research) from Bond University is an industry-focused program which combines course and thesis work in an area of interest. 

The Social Sciences - Territories, Economics, Law Doctoral School regroups all of the potential research training of the University of Tours and University of Orleans within the COMUE Val-de-Loire in the fields of law, economics, management, geography, sociology, demography, anthropology, development/urban planning, communication sciences and political science.

The Legal Science programme offered by Stockholm University develops advanced research expertise in legal systems, principles, and their societal development.

A University of Hertfordshire doctoral research degree in Law is an internationally recognised degree signifying high levels of achievement in research. 

Heidelberg University offers highly qualified graduates the opportunity to do their doctorate in the field of Digital Law as part of a doctoral research group.

This Feminism, Law and Gender research cluster at The Open University UK provides an intellectual and collaborative space for academics, visiting researchers and PhD students interested in gender-focused and feminist analysis of the law.

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the University of Sydney Law School equips you for careers in advanced research, policy development, public service, tertiary teaching or professional leadership.

The graduate of the Canon Law degree at Comenius University Bratislava masters the methods of basic and applied research in legal sciences, serving to carry out research with the necessary scientific invention.