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LAWSJD - Scientiae Juridicae Program

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LawLaw DoctoralSJD - Scientiae Juridicae Doctor

Overview

Program Requirements

Completion requirement

See requirements for the emphasis below.

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

24 

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

SJD students are required to take:

  • course: Federal Indian Law (3)

  • course: International Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples (2)

Additionally, international students must complete:

  • course: Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research  (2)

  • course: Introduction to the U.S. Legal System (2)

After their year in residency, SJD students must work with their dissertation faculty chair to enroll in dissertation credits. The SJD student must work with the IPLP faculty advisor to determine the appropriate number of dissertation credits.

 

Emphasis Elective Coursework

The SJD program is designed to be flexible and students must work with their faculty advisor to determine which electives courses to take. Examples of courses include:

  • course: Tribal Courts and Tribal Law (3)

  • course: Tribal Water Law (3)

  • course: Child, Tribe & State (2)

  • course: Law of Gaming & Gambling (2)

  • course: Critical Race Practice (2)

  • course: Native American Natural Resources (3)

  • course: Comparative Law on Indigenous Peoples (3)

  • course: Law and Culture (3)

  • course: Indian Energy Law (2)

  • course: Conflict of Law (3)

  • course: International Human Rights (3)

  • course: International Environmental Law (3)

  • course: Business Organization (3)

  • course: Administrative Law (3)

  • course: Water Law (3)

  • course: Family Law (3)

  • course: Real Estate Transactions (3)

  • course: Constitutional Law II (3)

  • course: Equal Protection (3)

  • course: Secured Transactions Article 9 (3)

  • course: Intellectual Property Law (3)

  • course: Estate Planning (2)

  • course: International Human Rights Advocacy Workshop Law (2)

  • course: Indigenous Peoples Law Clinic (2-6)

  • course: Rebuilding Native Nations: An Introduction (1)

  • course: Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Under International Law (1)

  • course: Indigenous Data Sovereignty (1)

  • course: Comparative Legal Systems and Their Role in Nation Building (1)

  • course: The Evidence of Indigenous Nation Building (1)

  • course: Constitutions of Indigenous Nations (1)

  • course: Creating Indigenous Entrepreneurs (1)

  • course: Comparative Indigenous Governance (1)

  • course: Intergovernmental Relations (1)

  • course: Native Economic Development (1)

  • course: Making Change Happen: Community Engagement and Transformation (1)

  • course: Business Ethics and Indigenous Values (1)

  • course: Tribal Business Law (1)

  • course: Indigenous Research Governance: Codes, Policies, and Guidelines (1)

  • course: Indigenous Peoples and the Environment (1)

  • course: The Role of Indigenous Organizations in Native Nation Building (1)

  • course: Cultural Property of Indigenous Peoples (1)

  • course: Independent Study (1-3)

  • course: Externship (1-6)

 

Additional Emphasis Requirements

Upon completion of the one-year residency requirement, candidates spend one to two years completing their dissertation and related research. Students must fully complete all degree requirements no later than three years after the end of their year in residence. See handbook (below) for additional information on the dissertation.

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.