PhD Law - Family Regulation and Society (Family Justice) in Exeter United Kingdom | University of Exeter

Pursuing a PhD offers an intellectually engaging and fulfilling journey, enabling you to explore a legal topic of personal interest. To earn a PhD, your dissertation must contribute fresh, original insights to legal scholarship, whether by presenting innovative doctrinal or theoretical approaches to the subject matter or through empirical studies that yield new understandings of legal issues. The family justice system refers to the legal framework governing disputes within families or between family members and the state, incorporating both judicial processes and alternative resolution methods like attorney negotiations, mediation, and advisory services.

An MA by Research serves as strong proof to potential employers, in academia or professional fields, of your capacity to perform autonomous research and generate original work within set timeframes.

This research-based Master's degree could lay the foundation for an academic path or significantly boost your career prospects in the legal field. You'll gain from the School's outstanding connections with legal professionals at local, national, and global levels. Our graduates enjoy exceptional standing with employers and compete effectively in the job market. Annually, the Careers and Employment Service organizes a Law Careers Fair, attracting numerous legal firms seeking to recruit the University's graduates.