Overview

Features

Assist the public through work with a Pitt Law clinic (health law, elder law, the environment and immigration, among others). Serve as a full-time extern on Capitol Hill or throughout Washington, D.C., as part of the Semester in D.C. Program. Intern with a federal agency, nonprofit or corporation. Participate in a national or international moot court competition.

You can also pursue a JD and a second master’s degree at another Pitt school—in an area such as bioethics, business, public health, and social work—or at nearby Carnegie Mellon University in less time than it would normally take to complete two consecutive degrees. This program is offered at the University of Pittsburgh.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Contracts
Criminal Law
Legal Analysis & Writing
Legislation and Regulation
Torts
Civil Procedure
Constitutional Law
Property

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-05-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Pittsburgh, United States

Disciplines

Legal Studies View 59 other PhDs in Legal Studies in United States

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Academic requirements

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English requirements

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130

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must submit a $65 application fee
Applicants must have completed a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the United States before the first day of law school.
Applicants are required to register with the Credential Assembly Service (CAS) through LSAC and must take the LSAT.
A required personal statement gives the committee a view into the non-academic world of the applicant and serves as the interview.
Letters of recommendation play an equally important role in this process. We recommend three letters, although none are required.
We encourage applicants to submit a Resume.
In addition to a bar examination, there are character, fitness, and other qualifications for admission to the bar in every U.S. jurisdiction.
A matriculated student is required to submit an official trancscript verifying all academic credits undertaken and degree(s) conferred by the first day of class in the 1L year.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

53434 USD / year

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Out-of-State

53434 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

39936 USD / year

≈ 39936 USD / year

Living costs

Pittsburgh

United States

1148 - 1944 USD / month

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