The University of Kansas School of Law is one of the few law schools in the United States to offer a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.), the terminal degree in law. The S.J.D. program is designed for students interested in deep legal research and writing, and a career as a legal scholar or a senior public official.

Recent S.J.D. graduates are working as faculty at universities in Egypt, Taiwan and Japan; and policy researchers at private firms in the U.S.

Candidates must hold a basic law degree (LL.B.) and a master’s (LL.M.), or a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school; show an accomplished academic record; and compose an original, thoughtful dissertation proposal.

Why KU

One-third of full-time faculty have written casebooks used at U.S. law schools
2 KU law faculty were U.S. Supreme Court clerks
KU’s Project for Innocence: 33 conviction reversals since 2009
7,300+ alumni live in all 50 states and 18 foreign countries
#18 “best value” law school in the nation — National Jurist Magazine
12 interdisciplinary joint degrees
27th nationwide for lowest debt at graduation. — U.S. News & World Report
70 percent of upper-level law classes have 25 or fewer students
Nearly 800 employment interviews at law school, 2012-13
Top 25% for number of 2013 grads hired by the nation’s largest law firms
20th: for number of law alumni promoted to partner at the 250 largest law firms

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Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.)

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