Overview

Our Law students at Queen's University represent a broad range of research interests, and are encouraged to use a variety of research methods.

Doctoral students are a key part of our vibrant intellectual community: some teach courses in the law school and work in collaboration with faculty members on research projects.

They are invited to participate in faculty workshops, lectures and seminars, and engage intellectually with other students and faculty.

Features

We welcome applications from students who have excelled in previous legal studies, normally with an undergraduate law degree (JD, LLB or equivalent) and a graduate law degree at the Masters level (LLM or equivalent).

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

Two mandatory graduate seminars (Legal Research Methods & Perspectives and Advanced Legal Research). If similar courses have been taken at another institution different course requirements apply.

Graduate-level courses relevant to a student’s research topic (for credit or audit), as recommended by the student’s supervisor and in consultation with the supervisory committee.

A course of directed reading set by the student’s supervisor and supervisory committee.

An oral qualifying exam to demonstrate readiness to pursue a dissertation.

Final dissertation proposal

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

PTE Academic

75

TOEFL^® IBT

88

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Business Law View 10 other PhDs in Business Law in Canada

Academic requirements

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

English requirements

PTE Academic

75

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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

On-line application (currently $110 fee)

Two Recommendations (completed online) from professors who taught you at law school.

PhD applicants: one of your referees should be your LLM supervisor.

Include the email addresses of your referees on the application form When you submit your application (with payment fee) your referees will automatically receive an email message with the link to your application to complete the reference form.

Transcripts (official transcripts from each university attended may be uploaded to application by applicant).

Graduates and/or current students of Queen’s University do not need to upload or submit official transcripts. Queen’s transcripts will be printed from the internal system.

For degrees earned outside of Queen's University, official transcript(s) are to be uploaded to the application site for review purposes.

Tuition Fee

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International

3848 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1924 CAD per semester during 48 months.
National

3848 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1924 CAD per semester during 48 months.

Living costs for Kingston

1015 - 1615 CAD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Law.

Available Scholarships

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