2 one-year PhD programs in Law — US

2 programs for a PhD in Law in the US that answer which programs in this group finish in a year. Every program here is 12 months long or shorter.

one-year Programs

Every program here is 12 months long or shorter.

  1. 1

    Columbia University

    Doctor of the Science of Law

    Application deadline
    Mar 15
    Program duration
    12 months
  2. 2
    Application deadline
    May 1
    Annual tuition
    $28,810
    Program duration
    12 months

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Complete Program List2 programs

The complete list of Law PhD Programs, ranked by their global university rank first.

First programs in this cohort
RankUniversityProgramDuration
#12Columbia UniversityDoctor of the Science of Law12 months
#301–400University of IowaDoctor of Juridical Science (SJD)12 months

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