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Doctorate in Law, Sciences Po School of Research (Paris, France)

Sciences po campus in paris, paris, france, # 64 qs subject rankings, 36 months program duration, yes scholarships, law and legal studies main subject area, program overview, main subject.

Law and Legal Studies

Study Level

• Theoretical training with an international dimension;
• Extensive knowledge of the basic legal techniques, concepts and legal reasoning;
• A precise and critical approach to the tools for theorising law ;
• With a comparative and global point of view;
• Personalised supervision within the research centres from committed and internationally recognised academics.
• The doctoral program aims to train top-level lawyers who are aiming mainly for academic and research careers in France and abroad. They will be legal theorists, highly trained in a wide range of methods, open to multidisciplinary approaches and to the diversity of legal cultures. To this end, the thesis may be written in French or in English.

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• First year: Learning the fundamentals: Undergraduate students are introduced to the disciplines and methods taught at Sciences Po – economics, history, humanities, law, political science, and sociology. Certain courses are related to the regional minors offered on each campus.
• Second year: Acquiring intellectual autonomy: Students choose a major – Economy & Society, Political Humanities, or Politics & Government –, explore a range of multidisciplinary courses, and interact with the research methodologies linked to their chosen major.
• Third year: Students spend their their year abroad. They have the choice between a full year of study exchange at one of Sciences Po's 478 partner universities, including: UC Berkeley, Bocconi, Cambridge, Columbia, King’s College, London School of Economics, McGill, MIT, National University of Singapore, Oxford, UBC, University of Cape Town, University of Chicago, University of São Paulo.
• Dual Degree with Columbia University (New York, USA)
• Dual Degree with Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)
• Dual Degree with Keio University (Tokyo, Japan)
• Dual Degree with the National University of Singapore (NUS)
• Dual Degree with the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)
• Dual Degree with the University of California Berkeley (USA)
• Dual Degree with University College London (UK)
• Dual Degree with the University of Hong Kong
• Dual Degree with the University of Sydney (Australia)

Dual Bachelor's Degrees in France

• Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: Applied Mathematics & Social Sciences
• Sorbonne Université: Social Sciences & Literary Humanities
• Dual Degree in Human & Social Sciences and Geoscience with the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP): "Policies of the Earth"
• Dual Degree in Human & Social Sciences and Life Science with the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA): "Environment, Society and Sustainability"
• Dual Degree in Life & Social Sciences and Mathematics / Computer Science with the University of Paris:"Algorithms & Decisions"
• Dual Degree in Life & Social Sciences with the University of Paris: "Politics of Life and Identities"

Our goal is to open minds and develop critical thinking

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Graduate studies at Sciences Po are hosted within seven schools, all located on our campus in Paris. The seven schools offer a wide variety of master's programmes that take place over two years, all tailored to the professional world. We also offer international dual degrees, in which students spend one year at Sciences Po and one year abroad at the partner university.

To learn more about Sciences Po's graduate training programmes, download our Graduate Schools brochure , and stay in touch!

30 Master's programmes are open to students with a Bachelor's degree or equivalent. All Master's programmes are two-years-long, with four 12-week semesters. During the second year, one semester is spent completing an internship or a field study, writing a Master's thesis, or studying at a partner university.

PhD programmes offer solid training in research. Students study for their PhD in one of Sciences Po’s 11 research centres.

Sciences Po Graduate Schools

• Sciences Po School of Management & Impact
• Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA)
• Sciences Po School of Public Affairs
• Sciences Po Law School
• Sciences Po Urban School
• Sciences Po School of Research
• Sciences Po School of Journalism

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The Sciences Po Law School

Our ambition: to recruit students from all horizons holding degrees of higher education.

Our challenge: to teach them law, through an interactive pedagogical method that develops their critical mind and creativity . It will give them the opportunity not only to join the Bar, but also to contribute to the business world, economic regulation agencies or the Judiciary.

Some of them will choose to follow their curriculum within a PhD program that relies on an international academic network of excellence. It promotes research in the fields of economic law, globalization, public action, or theories of law and justice.

We hope that you will share our enthusiasm in fostering this original project and developing research in law that is open to the world.

Sébastien Pimont , Dean of the Sciences Po Law School

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Doctor of Science of Law (JSD)

The Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD) is the Law School’s most advanced law degree, and is considered a doctorate equivalent to a Ph.D.  It is designed for those interested in becoming scholars and teachers of law including interdisciplinary approaches to law.

Study toward the degree is open only to a small number of exceptionally well-qualified students who hold a JD or LL.B earned outside the United States.  Students in the program develop substantive expertise in one or more fields of law and have the opportunity to pursue substantive and methodological training in allied disciplines across the broader university, including but not limited to, the social sciences, humanities, and engineering.  The program culminates in the student producing a dissertation under the personal supervision of a Faculty committee comprised of law school professors as well as, where appropriate given the student’s interests, faculty from other departments of the university.

There are two different tracks for admission into the JSD program.  A minimum of two students will be admitted from among students who have completed the Stanford Program in International Legal Studies (SPILS)  at Stanford Law School.  In addition, students at Stanford and at other law schools in the United States who will have completed LLM degrees prior to the commencement of the JSD program are encouraged to apply for admission and will be seriously considered.  To be competitive, students applying from LLM programs must have completed (and must submit) a serious piece of independent, original research demonstrating their scholarly potential.

Admission to the JSD program is on a highly selective basis. Please note that admission to SPILS or to any Stanford LLM program does not imply a commitment by Stanford Law School to accept a student into the JSD program.

Some need-based funding, as well as funding to conduct research and attend conferences is available to admitted JSD students.

Questions concerning the JSD program should be directed to [email protected] .

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The law and philosophy program.

The Law and Philosophy Program (LPP) is a joint endeavor of the School of Law and Department of Philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin. The University has established the LPP as a combined J.D. and Ph.D. degree program. The program makes it possible to complete both degrees in seven years.  Students in LPP may count two law courses towards the Ph.D. requirements and four philosophy courses towards the J.D. requirements, and by doing so, they can save roughly a year’s worth of work towards the two degrees.  To be eligible for the program you must apply separately to the Law School and the Philosophy Department’s Ph.D. program and be admitted to both.

The Law School and the Philosophy Department have internationally distinguished faculties in law and philosophy and offer extensive coverage of topics overlapping the two fields. The faculties are particularly known for their work in the philosophy of criminal law; the philosophical foundations of constitutional law and constitutional interpretation; jurisprudence; law and justice, philosophical issues in private law, and the intersection of legal theory with political theory, meta-ethics, and moral psychology.

The Law School and the Philosophy Department work closely together to maintain a coherent program of study. The director of the LPP has appointments in both units and actively advises students in the program as they progress toward their degrees. The Philosophy Department offers competitive financial aid for the Ph.D. program. The law school offers a limited number of fellowships to students at the dissertation stage, as well as in-state tuition waivers qualifying non-residents for in-state tuition during the first year of law school. After the first year, non-resident students may qualify for in-state law school tuition if they also hold a Teaching Assistant appointment in the Philosophy Department.

Students who have earned a J.D. or Ph.D. elsewhere and who are pursuing the other degree in the Philosophy Department or the Law School are welcome to participate in the seminars and workshops that the LPP sponsors.

Professor John Deigh , School of Law [email protected]

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Update on cornell-uaw negotiations.

Dear Ithaca campus community,

As you may know, the university and the United Automobile Workers (UAW) have been working on a new collective bargaining agreement since April 2024. The UAW represents about 1,300 of our employees across campus, including in Dining, Building Care, Facilities, CALS, CVM and the Statler Hotel. The university and the UAW have had a productive labor-management relationship for more than 40 years, and we are committed to the continued success of this relationship and to reaching our next agreement.

Despite the best efforts of the university, the parties have not yet reached a new agreement. The parties have been successful on a number of key issues concerning the bargaining unit, such as health and personal leave (“HAP”), vacation consistent with university policy, and health and safety. We have proposed to the UAW that we use the federal mediator assigned to the negotiations or a mediator of the UAW’s choice to assist the parties in reaching a complete agreement. The UAW has rejected this suggestion.

The University’s latest offer to the UAW includes the following:

• 6% wage increase in the first year, with additional increases in each of the additional proposed years.
• Changes to wage rates based on years of service which, with the 6% increase, result in wage increases of at least 10% for more than half of the unit.
• A reduction of the time for new employees to reach the job rate for their positions, from three years to one year.
• An increased wage for our most senior employees, recognizing them at 10 years and 25 years of service.
• Bonuses recognizing the longevity of employees at 5 and 15 years of service.
• Increases to clothing and shoe allowances across the unit, including provision of these allowances to additional groups of employees.
• Increased pay rates for employees providing peer-to-peer on the job training.
• Increased eligibility for shift differential.
• Support for tipped employees with retirement savings.

We are committed to continuing to bargain with the UAW to reach a new agreement.

The university is aware that the UAW has voted to authorize a strike and has scheduled a rally for today at Bailey Hall. If a strike is called, employees represented by the UAW may decide to join the strike or they may elect to report to work. We respect employees’ right to make this decision.

If the UAW calls a strike, the university has contingency plans in place to maintain essential services. Any shifts in operations, such as reduced dining hours or offerings, will be communicated on a rolling basis as these impacts may vary day to day. Employees with questions should consult with their supervisors for additional guidance on contingency plans.

The university continues to bargain in good faith. We remain hopeful we will find common ground on the remaining open issues and reach a tentative agreement acceptable to the employees represented by the UAW.

Christine Lovely Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

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Dual degree programs, jd/phd program.

The combined JD/PhD program is run concurrently between Northwestern's Law School and the Department of Political Science. It is designed for a select number of students wishing to study both law and political science. Potential students must be admitted to  both  programs. Interested Students should speak to Traci Burch or Karen Alter .

Dual PhD Programs with  Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

Graduate students in Political Science—particularly in the fields of International Relations, Comparative Politics and Political Theory—are eligible for the innovative dual PhD programs that Northwestern has established with the  Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)  and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales . Proficiency in French is required, but can be acquired with support from the  French Interdisciplinary Group . Interested students should speak to Michael Loriaux .

iCourts PhD in Law

Northwestern Political Science doctoral students can apply to earn a Phd in Law from the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law.  Funding for the dual degree is available through the iCourts Center of Excellence .  Interested students should speak to Karen Alter .

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Graduate students tackle healthcare policy reform during new fellowship at Johns Hopkins

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August 5, 2024 : By Ryan Klinker - Office of Communications & Public Engagement

Three students from Liberty University’s Master of Public Health (MPH) program have spent nearly a year in an exciting new fellowship thanks to a partnership between the School of Health Sciences (SHS) and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

The research fellowship at Hopkins, a collaboration between Dr. Heidi DiFrancesca, dean of Liberty’s School of Health Sciences , and Dr. Marty Makary, Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins, is designed for MPH students to conduct research on healthcare policy at the JHU School of Medicine and attend related events. The fellowship is one year long, beginning each August, and is under the direction of Makary and his research team, which includes Christi Walsh, M.S.N.-C.R.N.P., director of the Healthcare Graduate Research Program at Johns Hopkins. Makary, a pancreatic surgeon, is an outspoken proponent for healthcare reform and has given multiple Grand Rounds lectures on the topic at Liberty.

One of three students selected to particiate in the competitive fellowship, Andrea Mackenzie, saw the fellowship as a chance to fulfill her dreams of impacting the modern healthcare system in America.

“This couldn’t have been a more perfect opportunity,” said Mackenzie, who has been accepted to start her Ph.D. in Public Policy at Liberty. “It was through my (MPH) studies that I realized that one of the greatest effects we could have on the health of the nation would be in education and primary prevention, which seeks to avoids problems in the first place before they happen. It became clear to me that the policies, programs, and choices of our culture have a direct impact on health outcomes, and following a problem upstream to the source often leads to public policy opportunities.”

She joined fellow MPH students Faith Magwenzi and Asonganyi Aminkeng in the fellowship, working mainly in a remote setting, in addition to meeting together one or two times per month virtually and once a month in Washington, D.C.

“After hearing about the fellowship, I was immediately drawn to it due to the valuable skill sets that fellows would gain upon completion,” Aminkeng said. “I wanted to apply because I saw this as an excellent opportunity to enhance my knowledge and skills in public health, and it aligned perfectly with my career goals.

A core phase of the fellowship for each student was coming up with three scientific ideas presumed to be true, looking into the history of these “facts,” and determining their validity based on the researched evidence. The purpose of the exercise was to show how the practices and standards of medicine change over time, sometimes far later than they ought to, and that healthcare can and should make changes as new findings are discovered.

“We were challenged to think and question everything and research and really ask, ‘What do we know and what do we not know? What do we think we know that we get wrong?’” Mackenzie explained. “We looked back historically to see how these beliefs or conclusions came to be. We got to do a different type of research where it wasn’t just gathering publications from recent years; we were going back decades and, in some cases, centuries.”

One example that Mackenzie looked into was the history of ovarian cancer treatments that have existed since the 18th century. She read through old journals and accounts of surgeries that talked about how ovarian cancer was believed to originate in the ovaries, leading doctors to perform surgeries that remove ovaries, when recent findings point to fallopian tubes as the place where the cancer starts.

Magwenzi said this survey of scientific findings and beliefs over the centuries was a highlight for her as well.

“I have enjoyed the internship, particularly diving into literature and learning new things,” she said. “The fact that the internship challenged deeply held assumptions about health was eye-opening.”

Additionally, the students participated in three research projects, working collaboratively as each student took the lead on one of the projects. Aminkeng oversaw research on the prescribing of antibiotics in telemedicine and instances of improper dosage. Magwenzi led a project on the association between prescription rates and costs of weight-loss medications and obesity trends among Medicaid users in the United States. Mackenzie led a study on national physician cesarean section rates in low-risk deliveries.

All three projects were presented at Liberty’s annual Research Week in April. Mackenzie’s C-section research won first place in the Graduate Applied Research Poster Presentation category. Her presentation was also selected by the National Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society to be presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) national conference in October.

During the fellowship, the students traveled to conferences where they met with professionals who are impacting healthcare policy from different angles. On Capitol Hill, the students attended a conference hosted by the Paragon Health Institute, which provides healthcare research as well as market-based policy proposals for improved outcomes in the public and private sectors. They also met with members of Congress, including Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, and sat in on hearings regarding healthcare reform. In Oklahoma City, the group attended the Free Market Medical Association’s 10th annual conference, where they met innovators who are finding alternative and efficient routes to provide patient care.

The fellowship also included lessons in searching for and writing grants, and students were able to shadow Makary in the operating room at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

“I have particularly enjoyed learning about grant writing, which is an essential skill for an aspiring public health expert like me,” Aminkeng said. “Additionally, I have developed a deeper understanding of health policy issues and health insurance challenges in the U.S. Understanding the intricate relationship between public health and the health systems in America has reinforced my commitment to making meaningful contributions to improve health outcomes both nationally and globally.”

Mackenzie said the experience of the fellowship was a “springboard” for her career: “This experience brought theory and hypothetical learning into practical reality. We met and made professional connections that are invaluable to my breadth of understanding and a future vision of hope for our healthcare system.”

“The internship awarded me a network of talented individuals and groups that I would otherwise not have access to who can be potential employers and partners in the future,” Magwenzi added. “I gained tons of research experience and as someone who wants to focus on research, the experience has been invaluable.”

DiFrancesca is excited for all the ways the students have benefitted from the experience and how they can now share it with their classmates and the department.

“Through this research fellowship collaboration, we are making an investment in the next generation of public health leaders, underscoring the (School of Health Sciences’) commitment to ensuring our students are well-prepared to tackle the multifacteted challenges of the public health landscape. This enriching experience fosters students growth as burgeoning public health professionals and researchers, equipping them with the necessary skills, knowledge, and exposure to thrive as public health professionals capable of addressing complex health issues and contributing to evidence-based solutions.”

She also spoke about the benefits that this program brings with respect to both their academic journey and on their career trajectory.

“The comprehensive and immersive research fellowship provides a holistic learning experience through a combination of hands-on research, exposure to real-world policy and practice, interdisciplinary learning, and personal and professional development opportunities. This positions them well for successful careers in the dynamic field of public health.”

The first year of the original three-year partnership agreement is about to conclude — an agreement that includes a rigorous, competitive application process that begins with the department chair and other faculty identifying potential candidates and ends with candidates interviewing with Johns Hopkins staff.

“I am delighted to see the profoundly positive and dynamic outcome of our first year and look forward to more students having the opportunity to participate in this collaborative research fellowship in upcoming years.” DiFrancesca said.

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The Ph.D. is primarily intended for students who would like to pursue careers in teaching and research. The Masters degree is a prerequisite, with the thesis providing evidence of ability to conduct research. However, the Masters is just the first step in the Ph.D. programme, which equips students with the core knowledge and methodological tools to pursue in-depth research at the doctoral level.

Beginning in the first year of both the masters and doctoral programmes, a mentor guides students in all of their work, particularly in the development of research papers.

The key objective is to enable students to demonstrate an excellent command of the knowledge and methods in their chosen field.

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Dr. autumn mcclellan awarded 2024 clas faculty award.

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The Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law is proud to announce that Dr. Autumn McClellan has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Faculty Award for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. This accolade is a testament to Dr. McClellan’s exceptional dedication to her students and her significant contributions to the field of sociology.

Dr. McClellan teaches a variety of courses, including Principles of Sociology, Methods of Social Research, Sociological Data Analysis, and the Research Experience—a unique course she developed to provide undergraduate students with hands-on research experience. Under Dr. McClellan’s mentorship, her Research Experience students have consistently won awards for their research and conference presentation skills, demonstrating the high caliber of their work and her effective guidance. Her role as an advisor on numerous undergraduate Senior Theses further highlights her dedication to fostering independent research and helping students explore topics of their own interest.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. McClellan is an active advisor for several student organizations. She serves as the faculty advisor for Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD), the international sociology honors society, where she is heavily involved in providing both social and professional development activities for students. She has also served as the advisor to the Student/Farmworker Alliance and the Gator Juggling Club, demonstrating her commitment to supporting a diverse range of student interests.

“[Dr. McClellan’s] nomination was among several that we received, and the selection process was highly competitive,” said Raeland Mitchell, President Elect of the CLAS Student Council. Mitchell went on to say that Dr. McClellan’s commitment to teaching excellence and student success is truly admirable, and have made a significant impact on students’ time at the University of Florida.  “[Her] commitment to teaching and excellence has been noticed and valued by students and colleagues alike.”

The 2024 Faculty Award includes a commemorative plaque that will serve as a lasting reminder of Dr. McClellan’s commitment to teaching and excellence. This honor reflects her outstanding achievements and unwavering dedication to providing the best education possible for her students.