Credits 8

Duration full-time 5

Languages English

Location 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803, United States

Website http://law.widener.edu/Academics/GraduatePrograms/SJD.aspx

Completion Requirement To earn the S.J.D. degree, the candidate must complete a dissertation of at least 75,000 words, including notes. The dissertation may be in the form of a book or article, and may consist of up to three non-duplicative articles or chapters. The dissertation must be of publishable quality, and must be published or accepted for publication unless the Director of the Institute waives that requirement. Completion of the dissertation will be supervised by a dissertation committee. The candidate must submit annual written progress reports describing research and writing activities and performance in course work, if any. Finally, the candidate must make a satisfactory oral defense of the dissertation before the dissertation committee, and must orally present the dissertation in a forum open to the Law School community and the public.

Language Requirement If the candidate’s native language is not English, proof of high proficiency in written English (as reflected on performance on TOEFL