Hi everyone,
I am currently a full time student at the University of La Sorbonne in France from which I graduate next spring 2017. I have a double major in law and philosophy. I have an average of 12/20 which is considered satisfying. To paint you the picture, a 15/20 is considered to be an A student in the American grading system.
Right after that, I would like to be an international student in an American law school so I have a couple questions.
Would pursing a Master of Science in Philosophy will ease my admission into a law school?
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If so, is there a particular university that you could recommend me?
Thanks !
I’m moving this to the law school forum but leaving a redirect link from the graduate school forum. I genuinely don’t know whether an MA in philosophy will help you get into law school. My instinct is that it won’t necessarily, but I have seen in the class profiles of entering elite law school classes that a significant chunk of students do have other advanced degrees.
However, there are lots of universities that offer an MA in philosophy if you want one. Choosing one is a matter of choosing one that matches your scholarly interests as well as one you can afford. In order to recommend you universities, people would have to know what your philosophical interests are - and even that is difficult for people outside of your field. The best way to do this is to visit the websites of universities in which you are interested to see if they have MA programs in philosophy, or look at ranking lists of philosophy programs and see which ones have MA programs (there’s one called Philosophical Gourmet Report, although it focuses on PhD programs), or to look at philosophy papers and monographs that have come out recently and see where those professors are teaching.
No, it will not ease your admission into law school. Law schools do not consider grades after your first bachelors.