Boston,
MA,
United States
Type
Private
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
Doctor of Juridical Science - International Law in Boston United States | Suffolk University
Suffolk University
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Boston United States
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Qualification
Doctor of Philosophy
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
57,192
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months
For students aiming to delve into legal academia through extensive research and scholarly writing, Suffolk Law provides a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) program. Comparable to a PhD in other disciplines, the SJD represents the highest attainable law degree, demanding exceptional academic achievement along with prior completion of both JD and LLM degrees.
Suffolk Law's SJD program is an intellectually demanding course of study that encourages students to broaden their perspectives and challenge conventional legal scholarship. Participants benefit from guidance by seasoned professionals and interact with influential thinkers in the legal arena. Admission to the SJD program requires candidates to produce a comprehensive, publishable dissertation that offers novel insights to legal scholarship as a degree requirement.
Advance your legal education, develop innovative approaches to legal thought, and achieve your professional ambitions in the legal field.
Modern legal practice increasingly incorporates international dimensions across nearly all specialties. Whether addressing global commerce or cross-border human interactions, our international law students train for a profession that spans worldwide jurisdictions. Suffolk Law provides diverse international coursework, covering subjects from public international law to global finance and comparative legal systems. These courses emphasize how multiple legal frameworks influence business dealings and conflict resolution, as well as attorneys' roles in the international economic landscape.
Discerning students recognize that effective participation in tomorrow's global community necessitates understanding the dynamic principles of international law. They choose Suffolk Law for our specialized international curriculum and Boston's multicultural environment. Our international law students hail from diverse backgrounds, often multilingual, with classes representing over 30 nations spanning from Canada to China and elsewhere.
The International Law Concentration addresses growing student demand for international legal studies, welcoming all with serious interest in this expanding field. Students may pursue International Law either as a Concentration or Area of Focus.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.0
Qualification Requirements
We require for admission to the SJD program minimum TOEFL scores of 100 for the internet-based test, 250 for the computer-based test or 600 for the paper-based test.
Submit a 10-15 page substantive research proposal that will serve as the basis for beginning the dissertation research. It is very important that this research proposal be carefully written and well-organized.
Submit two letters of recommendation, at least one of which must be from a full-time member of a law school faculty and another of which must be from a professor or faculty advisor of your LL.M. program.
Submit a letter or email from the proposed Committee Chair. The Committee Chair should agree to serve as the Committee Chair for the applicant's dissertation committee, recommend admission, and provide comment on evaluating the research proposal.
Submit undergraduate and graduate transcripts (including your first degree in law and your LL.M. degree or equivalent from a U.S. law school accredited from the ABA, or from a non-U.S. law school with equivalent standards). Applicants who graduated from a non-U.S. law school with equivalent standards must utilize either the Law School Admission Council's Credential Assembly Service (CAS) or World Evaluation Services (WES) at for a credential evaluation.
Provide a curriculum vitae.
Provide TOEFL or IELTS scores (if English is a second language), The TOEFL/IELTS score used in conjunction with your LL.M. application is sufficient. If you did not submit a score with your LL.M. application, please sit for one of these tests.
Submit a 10-15 page substantive research proposal that will serve as the basis for beginning the dissertation research. It is very important that this research proposal be carefully written and well-organized.
Submit two letters of recommendation, at least one of which must be from a full-time member of a law school faculty and another of which must be from a professor or faculty advisor of your LL.M. program.
Submit a letter or email from the proposed Committee Chair. The Committee Chair should agree to serve as the Committee Chair for the applicant's dissertation committee, recommend admission, and provide comment on evaluating the research proposal.
Submit undergraduate and graduate transcripts (including your first degree in law and your LL.M. degree or equivalent from a U.S. law school accredited from the ABA, or from a non-U.S. law school with equivalent standards). Applicants who graduated from a non-U.S. law school with equivalent standards must utilize either the Law School Admission Council's Credential Assembly Service (CAS) or World Evaluation Services (WES) at for a credential evaluation.
Provide a curriculum vitae.
Provide TOEFL or IELTS scores (if English is a second language), The TOEFL/IELTS score used in conjunction with your LL.M. application is sufficient. If you did not submit a score with your LL.M. application, please sit for one of these tests.
Tuition
USD
57,192