Doctor of Juridical Science#Australia

The SJD is offered by the Australian National University,{{cite web |title=Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.), ANU College of Law - ANU |url=https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/2018/program/9031XSJD |website=programsandcourses.anu.edu.au |publisher=Australian National University |access-date=12 November 2019|location=Canberra, Australia}} Bond University,{{cite web |title=Doctor of Legal Science (Research) |url=https://bond.edu.au/program/doctor-legal-science-research |website=bond.edu.au |publisher=Bond University |access-date=12 November 2019 |location=Gold Coast, Australia |language=en-AU |date=5 November 2019}} La Trobe University,{{cite web |title=Doctor of Juridical Science |url=https://www.latrobe.edu.au/courses/doctor-of-juridical-science |website=latrobe.edu.au |publisher=La Trobe University |access-date=12 November 2019 |language=en |location=Melbourne, Australia |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124103902/https://www.latrobe.edu.au/courses/doctor-of-juridical-science |url-status=dead }} the University of Canberra,{{cite web |title=Course - University of Canberra |url=https://www.canberra.edu.au/coursesandunits/course?course_cd=384JA&version_number=1&-Government---Law&year=2019 |website=canberra.edu.au |publisher=University of Canberra |access-date=12 November 2019|location=Canberra, Australia}} the University of New South Wales,{{cite web |title=Juridical Science (PrDoc) |url=http://legacy.handbook.unsw.edu.au/research/programs/2017/1740.html |website=legacy.handbook.unsw.edu.au |publisher=University of New South Wales |access-date=12 November 2019 |language=en |date=9 March 2017|location=Sydney, Australia}} the University of Technology Sydney,{{cite web |title=C02027v5 Doctor of Juridical Science |url=https://cis.uts.edu.au/handbookfiles/courses/c02027.html |website=cis.uts.edu.au |publisher=University of Technology Sydney |access-date=12 November 2019 |language=en|location=Sydney, Australia}} and the University of Western Australia.{{cite web |title=Doctor of Juridical Science |url=https://www.uwa.edu.au/study/courses/doctor-of-juridical-science |website=uwa.edu.au |publisher=University of Western Australia |access-date=12 November 2019 |location=Perth, Australia |language=en |date=7 November 2019}}

The University of Sydney stopped accepting new applications for an SJD in 2018.{{cite web |title=Doctor of Juridical Studies at University of Sydney|url=https://postgradaustralia.com.au/institutions/university-of-sydney-usyd/courses/doctor-of-juridical-studies|access-date=9 May 2025}}

In Canada, the JSD or SJD is only offered at University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Other law schools in Canada still offer a PhD in law as the terminal degree.

In Italy, the title of Doctor of Juridical Science (dottore in scienze giuridiche) is awarded to holders of a Degree in Juridical Sciences (laurea in scienze giuridiche, EQF level 6), while Magistral Doctor of Juridical Sciences (dottore magistrale in scienze giuridiche) is awarded to holders of a Magistral Degree in Juridical Sciences (laurea magistrale in scienze giuridiche, EQF level 7).

Instead, the terminal degree for law, is the research doctorate (PhD, dottorato di ricerca), awarding the title of Research Doctor (dottore di ricerca).

The JSD, or SJD, is a research doctorate, and as such, in contrast to the JD, it is equivalent to the more commonly awarded research doctorate, the PhD.[http://www.ed.gov/international/usnei/us/doctorate.doc Doctorate document]{{dead link|date=October 2011}} at US Dept. of Education It is the most advanced law degree.

Applicants for the program must have outstanding academic credentials.{{cite web|url=https://law.duke.edu/internat/sjd/ |title=S.J.D. Degree |publisher=law.duke.edu|access-date=26 March 2018}} A professional degree in law (such as a JD) is required, as well as an LLM.{{cite web |url=http://www.law.gwu.edu/ACADEMICS/DEGREES/Pages/sjd.aspx |title=Doctor of Juridical Science Degree |publisher=Law.gwu.edu |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105143245/http://www.law.gwu.edu/Academics/degrees/Pages/sjd.aspx |archive-date=5 November 2011}} Exceptions as to the latter condition (i.e., holding an LLM) are seldom—if ever—granted.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.georgetown.edu/graduate/sjd_general.html |title=Georgetown Law – Doctor of Juridical Science (Admissions) |publisher=Law.georgetown.edu |date=21 September 2011 |access-date=18 October 2011}}

The JSD/SJD typically requires three to five years to complete.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.duke.edu/curriculum/degreerequire/sjd |title=Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) Requirements |publisher=Law.duke.edu |access-date=18 October 2011}} The program begins with a combination of required and elective coursework. Then, upon passage of the oral exam, the student advances to doctoral candidacy. Completion of the program requires a dissertation, which serves as an original contribution to the scholarly field of law.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsadmissions/index.aspx?id=196 |title=Tulane Law School Prospective Students |publisher=Law.tulane.edu |access-date=18 October 2011}}

The JSD/SJD is rarely earned by American scholars. The American Bar Association considers the JD a sufficient academic credential for the instruction of the law. This has been adopted by virtually all American law schools, though outstanding academic performance and an extensive record of legal publications are usually required for tenure-track employment at most universities. Most scholars who complete the JSD/SJD at American universities are either international students seeking academic employment in their home countries (where a research doctorate may be required) or American scholars already employed, and who wish to further their legal education at the highest level.

Notable recipients of the degree of Doctor of Juridical Science include:

• Erwin Griswold (Harvard, 1929), United States Solicitor General
• Mastin Gentry White (Harvard, 1933), Judge on the United States Court of Federal Claims
• Francis Mading Deng (Yale, 1968), South Sudanese diplomat
• Sang-Hyun Song (Cornell Law School, 1970), President of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
• Lobsang Sangay (Harvard, 2004), former President of the Central Tibetan Administration and professor of law at Harvard University
• Charles Hamilton Houston (Harvard, 1923), prominent civil rights attorney{{cite book |last1=Houston |first1=Charles Hamilton |title=Charles H. Houston: an interdisciplinary study of civil rights leadership |date=2012 |publisher=Lexington Books |location=Lanham [Md.] |isbn=9780739143582 |page=5}}
• Pauli Murray (Yale, 1965), prominent civil rights advocate{{cite news | first=Jonathan | last=Yardley | title=A Woman's Triumphs in a Fight for Justice | date=7 May 1987 | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104388271.html?dids=104388271:104388271&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+07%2C+1987&author=By+Jonathan+Yardley.+Jonathan+Yardley+is+book+criticfor+Washington+Post+Book+World%2C+where+this+review+first+appeared.&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=A+Woman's+Triumphs+In+a+Fight+for+Justice&pqatl=google | work=Newsday | access-date=30 March 2010 | archive-date=16 June 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616231018/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104388271.html?dids=104388271%3A104388271&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=May+07%2C+1987&author=By+Jonathan+Yardley.+Jonathan+Yardley+is+book+criticfor+Washington+Post+Book+World%2C+where+this+review+first+appeared.&pub=Newsday+%28Combined+editions%29&desc=A+Woman%27s+Triumphs+In+a+Fight+for+Justice&pqatl=google | url-status=dead }}
• Ayala Procaccia (University of Pennsylvania, 1972), Israel Supreme Court Justice
• Edward H. Levi (Yale, 1938) President of University of Chicago, US Attorney General
• Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou (Columbia, 2011), member of the Hellenic Parliament
• Christos Rozakis (University of Illinois, 1973) (President of the Administrative Tribunal of the Council of Europe and former vice-president of the European Court of Human Rights)
• Ma Ying-jeou (Harvard, 1980), former President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Theodor Meron (Harvard), professor of law (New York University School of Law) and president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
• Daniel Boorstin (Yale, 1940), American historian
• Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud (Harvard, 1986), The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
• Katherine Franke (Yale Law School, 1998), Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Columbia University; Director, Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School; Faculty Director, The Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Columbia Law School{{cite web|url=http://www.law.columbia.edu/fac/Katherine_Franke|publisher=law.columbia.edu|title=Katherine Franke | Faculty | Columbia Law School|access-date=2 September 2016}}
• Lucian Bebchuk (Harvard, 1984), William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance Director, Program on Corporate Governance, Harvard Law School.{{cite web|url=http://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10058/Bebchuk|author=Harvard Law School|publisher=hls.harvard.edu|title=Lucian A. Bebchuk | Harvard Law School|access-date=2 September 2016}}
• Xue Hanqin (Columbia, 1995), U.N. International Court of Justice judge

• Doctor of Law
• Legum Doctor (Doctor of Laws; LLD)
• Juris Doctor (JD)
• Master of Laws (LLM)
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
• Doctor of Canon Law, Catholic Church (JCD)

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