我们的博士学位法为我们三个研究领域中的任何一个提供监督：商法，人权法或公法。我们的研究涉及英国及其他地区有关司法意义的辩论。我们的工作人员已经与并将继续与联合国，各国政府，人权组织和全球公司合作。我们在赢得经济及社会研究理事会（ESRC），纳菲尔德基金会和勒沃胡姆信托基金会等资助机构的重大研究经费方面拥有出色的记录。我们以前的学生继续从事法律业务，工商业，非政府组织部门和学术界，包括我们在埃塞克斯大学法学院的学术界的工作。
The PhD in Law facilitates research in a wide range of areas that are represented through the School of Law's eight research clusters. These relate to: human rights, law and technology, business law, socio-legal studies, public law, law and society, health law and criminal justice.<br>The School of Law is also home to specific inter-disciplinary research centres including the Human Rights Centre, the Essex Armed Conflict and Crisis Hub, and the Essex Transitional Justice Network. Additionally, through the strong relationship between the School of Law and the Human Rights Centre, other inter-disciplinary clusters and initiatives have developed which include the Essex Business and Human Rights Project, the Human Rights and Big Data Project, and the Human Rights and Environment cluster.<br><br>Our School of Law research graduates have gone on to a wide variety of careers including those in international and intergovernmental organisations, governments throughout the world, commerce and industry, non-governmental organisations and, as might be expected, in the legal profession and the judiciary.