Overview

The Juridical Science program at Case Western Reserve University will prepare you to return to your home country to work in academia or law reform for your government at the highest level.

Our program typically lasts three years and requires full-time residency on campus for at least two of those years.

Features

During the two years of residency, your thesis advisor may require you to take courses applicable to your thesis topic.

By the end of the first year, you must submit a final thesis proposal, including the introduction, background, literature survey and preliminary annotated outline.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

You then must complete at least one additional year in residency. You may take up to two additional years to complete the thesis, for a total of four years.

If you are not in residence after the first two years, you must be available to meet with your thesis advisor in the year(s) prior to submission of the completed thesis, as determined by the thesis advisor.

Following approval of the thesis by a committee, you must appear before the committee to defend your thesis. The completed thesis must be of publishable quality.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-04-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-01-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-10-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Civil & Private Law Public Law Business Law View 64 other PhDs in Public 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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Student insurance

Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

Completed application form and personal statement

Official copy of transcripts from all post-secondary educational institutions attended, with translation into English were applicable.

An official TOEFL or IELTS score.

Thesis proposal of no more than 25 pages explaining why your topic merits the type and depth of research that will result in production of a monograph-length thesis. Focus on the existing unresolved legal issues. Include at the end of the proposal whether you have been in touch with any law professors at Case Western Reserve University about supervising your thesis.

A complete bibliography of the literature in the applicable field that you have already consulted in the development of your thesis proposal.

Two letters of recommendation.

Tuition Fee

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