Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association

Sociology of Law Graduate Programs (United States)

Departments with "Law" or "Law and Society" listed as areas of expertise in the 2002 ASA Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology, or departments not listing these as areas but having three or more faculty listed as working in this area. This does not include criminal justice, criminology, delinquency, deviance, or criminology. Schools that may have separate law and society programs (or equivalent) are not identified above. This list was prepared by Ryan D. King, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

University of Arizona, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://fp.arizona.edu/soc/

Boston College, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA,, MSW, MBA, PhD
Web address: http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/sociology/

University of California, Davis; Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/

University of California, Irvine; Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD

Web address: http://www.sociology.uci.edu/

University of California, Santa Cruz; Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: PhD
Web address: http://sociology.ucsc.edu/

Carnegie Mellon, Department of Social and Decision Sciences

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://www.hss.cmu.edu/departments/sds/

Central Michigan University, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA
Web address: http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/sasw/grad_prog.htm

University of Delaware, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://www.udel.edu/soc/

DePaul University, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA
Web address: http://condor.depaul.edu/~soc/

Illinois State University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Graduate Degrees: MA, MS
Web address: http://lilt.ilstu.edu/soa

University of Minnesota, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://www.soc.umn.edu/

University of Nevada—Reno, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA
Web address: http://www.unr.edu/cla/soc

New York University, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD

http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/socio/

Northern Illinois University, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA
Web address: http://www.sociology.niu.edu

Northwestern University, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: PhD
Web address: http://www.cas.northwestern.edu/sociology

Pennsylvania State University, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://www.sociology.psu.edu

Purdue University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Graduate Degrees: MS, PhD
Web address:

SUNY Buffalo, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://sociology.buffalo.edu

Suffolk University, Department of Sociology, Graduate Program in Criminal Justice

Graduate Degrees: MS
Web address: http://www.cas.suffolk.edu/sociology/cjms/home.html

University of Tennessee—Knoxville, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://web.utk.edu/~utsocdep

University of Texas El Paso (Environmental Law), Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Graduate Degrees: MA
Web address: http://www.utep.edu/soci/

Texas A&M University, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MS, PhD
Web address: http://sociweb.tamu.edu

University of Virginia, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://www.virginia.edu/sociology

Western Kentucky University, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA
Web address: http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/AHSS/Sociology/

William Patterson University, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA
Web address: http://ww2.wpunj.edu/cohss/sociology

University of Wyoming, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA
Web address: http://uwyo.edu/Sociology

Sociology of Law Graduate Programs (Canada)

University of Calgary, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://www.soci.ucalgary.ca/

Queens University, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/sociology/

University of Toronto, Department of Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://www.utoronto.ca/sociology/

York University, Graduate Program in Sociology

Graduate Degrees: MA, PhD
Web address: http://www.arts.yorku.ca/soci/

Graduate Programs in Law & Society, Legal Studies, Joint Degrees MA and JD/PhD

Below is a list of institutions that offer graduate programs in Law & Society, Legal Studies or Joint Degrees in Sociology or Social Science and the Law. Please check department websites for further information. This list was compiled by Nancy Fischer, Department of Sociology, Macalester College (fischern@macalester.edu). If you are aware of other programs that should be included on this list (or if changes need to be made to this list), please let us know!

American University, School of Public Affairs

offers an M.S. and PhD in Justice, Law and Society
Web address: http://www.asu.edu/copp/justice/graduate/index.htm

University of California, Berkeley; School of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program

offers a PhD in Jurisprudence and Social Policy
Web address: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/jsp/

University of California, Irvine; Department of Criminology, Law & Society; School of Social Ecology

offers a Masters and PhD in Criminology, Law & Society
Web address: http://www.seweb.uci.edu/cls/

University of Cincinnati, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences

offers a joint MA/JD in Women’s Studies and Law
Web address: http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/womens_studies/

Indiana University, Bloomington; Graduate Legal Studies Program, School of Law

offers a PhD program in Law and Social Science
offers a Master of Laws (LLM) in Legal Studies
offers a Masters of Comparative Law (MCL) for those who wish to gain familiarity with American law and legal institutions
Web address: http://www.law.indiana.edu/graduate/index.shtml

New York University, Institute for Law and Society, Graduate Law and Society Program

offers a PhD in Law and Society
offers joint degrees (JD/PhD and JD/MA) in Law and Society
Web address: http://www.law.nyu.edu/ils/

State University of New York, Buffalo; Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy

offers joint JD/PhD in Law, Sociology
the Baldy Center serves as a coordinating point for students wishing to pursue joint degrees in Law and Social Sciences or Humanities.
Web address: http://www.law.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/studentinfo.html

Northeastern University, Boston; School of Arts and Sciences

offers Masters and PhD in Law, Policy and Society
offers joint degrees (JD/PhD and JD/MS) in Law, Policy and Society
Web address:

Northwestern University, Chicago; Center for Legal Studies

offers a certificate in Law and Social Science
offers a joint degree (JD/PhD) in Law and Social Science
Web address: http://www.northwestern.edu/legalstudies/graduates.htm

Warwick University, U.K.; School of Law, Law and Sociology Program

offers a joint degree in sociology and law
Web address: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/socialstudies/law/ML13/

University of Wisconsin, Madison; Department of Sociology, Deviance, Law and Social Control Program

offers a joint degree (JD/PhD) in Law, Sociology
Web address: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/soc/grad/soc_of_deviance.html

York University, Toronto; Socio-Legal Studies

offers an MA and PhD degree
Web address: http://www.yorku.ca/gradslst/

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