Doctor's degree in Juridical Science at Harvard University

 

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Doctor's Degree in Juridical Science at Harvard University

Harvard University
Doctor's degree
Juridical Science

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-Degree Requirements-
Harvard Law School admits approximately 12 to 15 applicants to S.J.D. candidacy each year. Students who have not received an LL.M. degree from Harvard or another leading U.S. law school are virtually never admitted to S.J.D. candidacy. Students who have received an LL.M. degree from another leading U.S. law school are only rarely admitted directly to S.J.D. candidacy. Applicants interested in the S.J.D. program ordinarily must first apply to and successfully complete the Harvard Law School LL.M. program. Successful completion of the Harvard Law School LL.M. program does not, however, guarantee admission into the S.J.D. program.

Admissions Criteria
Admission to the S.J.D. program is highly competitive. In order to be admitted, an applicant must have obtained his or her previous degree or degrees in law with distinction. Normally the applicant must have obtained a grade point average of between A- and B+ (or higher) in his or her Harvard Law School LL.M. studies. In reviewing each application for admission, the Committee on Graduate Studies also will consider the applicant's purposes in seeking to pursue advanced studies, legal scholarship to date (including the LL.M. paper), experience in academic or other law-related activities, recommendations, and dissertation proposal. The applicant must satisfy the Committee on Graduate Studies that he or she is capable of pursuing advanced studies, of completing substantial research in a subject relating to law, and of making, in his or her dissertation, a significant contribution to legal scholarship.

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