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Law Application for Graduation deadline: Mar. 02, All day
Last day to submit Application for Graduation and assure inclusion in the Commencement Program and July diploma delivery: Mar. 02, All day
Deadline Credit/No Credit: Mar. 02, All day
Improvising in Place: An Interdisciplinary Jazz Studies Colloquium: Mar. 02, 08:00 am
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Law Application for Graduation deadline: Mar. 02, All day
Last day to submit Application for Graduation and assure inclusion in the Commencement Program and July diploma delivery: Mar. 02, All day
Deadline Credit/No Credit: Mar. 02, All day
Applied Humanities Graduate Student Boot Camp Competition Deadline: Mar. 09, All day
University of Kansas Spring 2015 Grad Fair: Mar. 11, 10:00 am

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WBB vs. Iowa State: Mar. 02, 07:00 pm
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Baseball vs. Utah: Mar. 06, 03:00 pm
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Degrees for International Students
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Juris Doctor

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

Summary of S.J.D. Program Structure

Year and Semester	Activity
*1st Year - Fall	Coursework related to dissertation research 8 total credits (7 coursework credits plus 1 credit hour for dissertation work) Begin research/writing dissertation
*1st Year - Spring	Coursework related to dissertation research 8 total credits (7 coursework credits plus 1 hour credit hour for dissertation work) Continue research/writing dissertation
1st Summer	1 credit hour for research/writing dissertation
2nd Year - Fall	1 credit hour for research/writing dissertation
2nd Year - Spring	1 credit hour for research/writing dissertation
2nd Summer	1 credit hour for research/writing dissertation
3rd Year - Fall	1 credit hour for research/writing dissertation
3rd Year - Spring	1 credit hour for research/writing dissertation Oral Examination at KU Law Passage of Dissertation

* 1st Year must be in residence at the University of Kansas School of Law

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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