Students can earn both degrees in seven years. The Law School gives credit for up to four pre-approved courses in the Department of History toward the JD degree. The Department of History requires that the student complete the full PhD coursework, which may include several courses from the Law School curriculum.
Most often, students spend their first year in the Department of History and their second year at the Law School, completing the traditional 1L curriculum. The next two years are spent in combined coursework in the two departments, followed by dissertation writing. On occasion, for the exceptional candidate, some other arrangement of coursework may be possible.
