PhD in Law & Policy Program

D.J.S., and Ph.D., in Law & Policy Program

Cambridge Graduate University ’s College of Law, Policy & Global Studies has an unmatched academic program, offering law and policy Masters and Doctoral degrees – the LL.M., Masters in Laws & Policy, D.J.S. (Doctorate in Juridical Science), and Ph.D. in Law & Policy – and several joint degrees with other Cambridge Graduate University Colleges , including the College of Business, and the College of Regulatory Science & Public Health. The faculty has a range and depth of expertise in fields of legal scholarship and practice, which allows the college to offer a robust global immersion curriculum. These include a wide range of praxis leadership based projects and courses that give students the opportunity to put classroom learning to work solving real-world problems. The academic program is also notable for the world’s only global campus format, offering immersion experiences in each region of the globe to gain rare insights in international and comparative law. Students generally have multidisciplinary interests and explore those interests in the global immersion intensives with faculty that share and mentor their experiences, scholarship, and curriculum throughout the program.

Law is deeply implicated in our economic, political, and social worlds. And so the pursuit of any goal of significance invariably involves an engagement with law. The curriculum is designed for students who seek to understand how law and policy can be harnessed for global impact, or who wish to pursue careers as global leaders and change agents.

The College of Law, Policy & Global Studies includes not only those courses and clinics that are obviously relevant, but also courses and activities that may seem less obviously linked to law and policy, but are critical to building relevant understanding, skills, and strategies. Learning about the past, analyzing relationships among law, society, culture, stakeholders, the economy, globalization, business, and social institutions, dissecting powerful institutions, and developing skills and capacities – including data and policy analysis skills – are all important steps; so is understanding particular problem areas and related legal materials.

The College of Law, Policy & Global Studies is designed to encourage students to concentrate on a broad and integrated analysis of variables creating global impact. The College views the variables as deeply related to each other. The College’s intent is to enable students to develop a rich understanding of the promises and limitations inherent in the various modes and areas of work that are of interest to the student.

Curriculum topics and modules include international trade and business, pharmaceutical and medical device regulation, social change, litigation, organizational leadership, institutional reform, judicial management, electoral politics, legal regimes, constitutional law, racial justice, securities, finance, venture law, media & internet, social welfare, religious freedom, labor, economic development, criminal justice, civil justice, land use, property, environment, economic justice, health care, public health, poverty, security, energy, film and media production, IT, IP, immigration, human rights, bio ethics, biotechnology, patent law, and more.

The D.J.S., and Ph.D. in Law & Policy are juridical science programs at Cambridge Graduate University , and the College of Law, Policy & Global Studies ’ most advanced law degrees, designed for leading jurists, governmental law and policy makers, international and regional business practitioners, and legal academics who wish to pursue applied leadership along with sustained independent study, research and writing. Cambridge Graduate University has a vibrant faculty of successful practitioners and scholars from around the world. Many of the global cohort members are already Judges, attorneys, and faculty in their home countries, the U.S., or in other countries. D.J.S. and Ph.D. candidates will produce a dissertation that will constitute a substantial and valuable contribution to legal scholarship.

There are five stages to the D.J.S. and Ph.D., in Law & Policy program:

• Completion of a study plan which includes coursework

• Successful completion of the comprehensive exam

• Presentations at the Doctoral Colloquium

• Submission and acceptance of a doctoral dissertation

• Successful oral defense of the dissertation

The first two of these requirements—preparation and completion of a study plan, and successful completion of the comprehensive exam—are completed during the first year of study. The D.J.S. and Ph.D. in Law candidates normally complete the remaining requirements—presentations at the Doctoral Colloquium, submission and acceptance of the dissertation, and oral defense of the dissertation—during the 12-36 month period following completion of the comprehensive exam.

As a global leader, Cambridge Graduate University is designed for you. Cambridge Graduate University is the world’s first global campus university crafted by the world’s top scholars for a select cohort of global leaders to have 21st Century global impact and beyond. Prestigious scholars and practitioners from elite universities, such as Harvard, MIT, Yale, Oxford, London School of Economics and more, personally travel with, mentor and transform each select cohort of global leaders through global immersion intensives, building a rare and powerful global network of global leaders for global impact. It is your time! Let’s transform and empower you!

Why Choose Cambridge Graduate University? 1. World’s prestigious educators and practitioners as faculty. A rare faculty of prestigious scholars and successful practitioners from every sector of the global economy, with Ph.D.s, LL.M.’s, J.D.s, and other graduate degrees from Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale, London School of Economics, University of Chicago, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Oxford, and more, personally mentor mid-career global leaders and guide their immersion into each global region. This prestigious faculty is brought to you and travels the globe with you for easy access and engagement.

2. World’s elite global network. Prestigious faculty guide select cohorts of the most successful mid-career professionals and scholars. Cohort members are carefully chosen by the admissions committee for global diversity, professional and academic success, and capacity for global impact in the 21st century. The elite cohort grows together, experiences the curriculum and immersion together, and builds a global network of global leaders for global impact during their lifetime.

3. World’s only global campus university. For the elite global network to understand and lead the world requires immersion into the world. The prestigious faculty uses the living global classroom to teach, mentor, experience, transform and empower the elite global network.

4. World’s elite global leader access. Elite global leaders have ambitious and fully professional, academic, and personal lives and responsibilities. The curriculum is crafted by the prestigious faculty to ensure professional, academic, economic, social advancement of the careers of global leaders, without interrupting their income, professional or personal lives, but enhancing their lives, and to connect them with a network of global scholars and practitioners throughout the globe.

5. World’s authentic and fun engagement. Prestigious faculty and elite cohort members engage the world in a personally authentic backstage format of adult truths and discussions that are based on respect, honesty, strength, intelligence, and most importantly, having a full and fun life while doing so.

6. Global Campus and U.S. Campus Pathway Programs. Through regional global partner universities, students can begin their first-year curriculum in their home country or with Cambridge Graduate Univesity's Cyber Campus, and upon completion of their first year or initial degree, transfer to the Global Campus or U.S. Campus Program. The U.S. Campus Program is delivered in four distinct U.S. Cities, such as Cambridge/Boston, Washington, D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles. The U.S. Campus curriculum is crafted by the prestigious faculty to ensure professional, academic, economic, social advancement of the careers of global leaders, without interrupting their income, professional or personal lives, but enhancing their lives, and to connect them with a network of U.S. scholars and practitioners.

7. Cyber Campus Program. The Cyber Campus Program delivers Cambridge Graduate University live, interactive degree curriculum and content through its Cyber Campus facilities and state-of-the-art technology, to permit completion of the degree with the Cyber Campus, or to provide access and participation in the U.S. Campus and Global Campus Pathway Programs.