Overview
About the program
The Doctor of Juridical Science Program (SJD) is the highest law degree offered by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. The SJD program focuses on research and the production of original scholarship. The degree is granted upon the successful completion and defense of a dissertation.
Programme Structure
Structure:
- The principal requirement for the Doctor of the Science of Law (SJD) is a dissertation that makes an original and substantive contribution to legal scholarship and an oral defense of that dissertation before the dissertation committee.
- This requirement can be satisfied by work equivalent in scale and quality to a book, extended monograph, or series of scholarly articles reflecting intensive and creative research with respect to a specific topic, problem, or area of law. The work, both in content and form, must be of publishable quality.
- All SJD candidates are required to be in residence at Penn for the first year of the program.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
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Disciplines
Civil & Private Law Legal Studies View 56 other PhDs in Legal Studies in United StatesAcademic 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
Applicants to the SJD program must have already earned a JD, LLM or equivalent degree from Penn Carey Law or another comparable U.S. law school.
- application form
- personal statement
- two letters of recommendation
- resume/CV
- transcripts from each degree-granting, post-secondary school attended, including study-abroad
- TOEFL or IELTS scores (or a waiver)
- application fee of $85; $150 for the SJD
- SJD candidates only: Please also submit a dissertation proposal and a writing sample.
Tuition Fee
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International
41544 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 41544 USD per year during 36 months. -
National
41544 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 41544 USD per year during 36 months. -
In-State
41544 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 41544 USD per year during 36 months.
Some programs offer full funding, covering tuition for 4-5 years and providing a $38,000 stipend.
Living costs for Philadelphia
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