• The UW Law School faculty recently voted to pause Ph.D. admissions for two years while the program goes through a reexamination and review.
  • The Ph.D. in Law prepares graduates for global leadership in the judiciary, academia, business, and government
  • Since 1966, the program has offered a select number of diverse students the opportunity to attain their highest professional aspirations and career goals.
  • A preeminent center for interdisciplinary legal studies, UW Law offers a global focus and innovative approach to integrating legal scholarship within the humanities and social sciences, medicine and global health, business and technology, and environmental and public policy.
  • The Ph.D. program is designed to provide a rich and thorough foundation in research methodologies, jurisprudence, legal theory, policy, dissertation preparation, and ready access to specialized elective coursework from within the law school and university-wide research centers, institutes, and schools.