The JD program offers a rigorous, integrated curriculum designed to ensure the development of academic, procedural and lawyering skills. Flexible scheduling allows students to choose either a full-time or part-time option, and to begin in either the fall or spring semester.

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Our curriculum combines traditional classroom education, skills training from top-tier attorneys, and immersive, hands-on learning through live-client clinics and field placements.

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Earn a JD while working on a second advanced degree, all within four years. Part-time students can complete a joint degree program in as few as six years.

Pace Law offers 10 different dual degree programs. Dual Degree students must apply and be admitted separately to the Law School and the relevant joint degree partner school.

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Our graduate programs offer students the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of their chosen areas of law, while at the same time learning the skills necessary to put their new knowledge to work.

Pace Law offers leading Master of Laws (LLM) programs in environmental law and comparative legal studies. Within these two programs, students may choose from among several specializations according to their particular interests and goals.

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Global Environmental Law

Climate Change Law

Land Use and Sustainable Development Law

The LLM in Comparative Legal Studies welcomes non-US trained lawyers seeking greater knowledge of US law and the US legal system. The program begins with an introduction to US legal principles and methods which builds on the student’s experience in his or her home country. Students choose courses in specialized areas of US law, including public or private international law, intellectual property, dispute resolution, business transactions or international human rights. They may also choose an optional specialization in International Business Law.

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Pace Law's highly competitive SJD Program in Environmental Law is ideal for aspiring legal scholars and teachers. This research-oriented degree program guides emerging scholars through the process of writing and publishing a doctoral dissertation that fosters original knowledge in a specific area of environmental law.

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