Overview

Doctor of Juridical Science students at The University of Iowa must spend at least one academic year (two semesters) in residence in the SJD program at the College of Law.

Features

Students must complete 18 s.h. of credit during their first year of residency; students who have not earned an LLM degree complete 24 s.h. They must enroll in the SJD tutorial (5 s.h. each semester; 10 s.h. total) to conduct research and writing under the supervision of their SJD dissertation committee.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

The work in the SJD tutorial focuses on formulating a detailed dissertation proposal, beginning research for and writing of portions of the dissertation, and completing one or more chapters.

Students are expected to write a dissertation of publishable quality making a significant and original contribution to legal scholarship. The dissertation should be a book-length manuscript or a series of related articles of equivalent intellectual ambition and scope.

The balance of the required 18 s.h. will be earned through research and writing related to a student’s dissertation, supervised by the student’s SJD chair. However, at the discretion of a student’s SJD committee, some of the semester hours may be allocated to courses or seminars that the committee feels a student needs to strengthen their ability to write a successful dissertation.

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

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Language

English

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81

Credits

72 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Civil & Private Law Public Law View 33 other PhDs in Civil & Private Law in United States

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

To be admitted to the SJD program, students typically first complete the LLM degree at the University of Iowa or a similar master's-level degree at another law school, either in the United States or at an English-language law school with academic standards equivalent to those of highly ranked United States LLM programs.

In appropriate circumstances, the admissions committee will consider applications from excellent students without an English-language master’s-level degree who wish to proceed directly to work on their SJD degree.

All applicants must show strong evidence of scholarly research and writing abilities.

Tuition Fee

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International

31938 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 31938 USD per year
National

31938 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 31938 USD per year
In-State

12991 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12991 USD per year

Living costs for Iowa City

1187 - 1841 USD /month

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