<p>I want to go to law school. But I also love chemE and want to go further than undergrad with it. Are there many schools that offer definite MS/JD programs. I don't know many law schools that also have top chemE grad schools but U of I and Stanford. Likelyhood of me getting into stanford: 1:1,000,000. Also as awesome as U of I sounds for IP, I don't want to stay there for 7 years. That's 3 years too many. Are there other schools that offer this? Is it common enough to try and think like this is a good idea? I'll look up some more schools in the meantime but I just want to hear want some people think about this.</p>
<p>There wil be no overlap between the courses you would take for an MS in chemical engineering and law school. That means there are no actual joint programs. There's no reason why you should limit yourself to schools that are strong in both areas; feel free to study the two subjects sequentially at two different schools.</p>
<p>If you want to practice law, you'll probably want to get the M.S. first. Getting a master's degree in an unrelated subject may signal to potential employers that you're not fully committed to the legal profession.</p>
<p>Agree with Greybeard except for the last sentence. If you want IP law, a master's degree is extremely helpful. I've heard of law practices which have offered to pay the law school tuition of science/engineering Ph.D.s.</p>
<p>Yeah ok maybe I should have clarified. I want to do patent law. Here at U of I, patent law is very popular within the law school, thereby MS's are popular or joint degree program (they usually have to make them up b/c the only official program is an MS in CS and a JD). I know I have to apply to each grad school (law & grad in ChemE seperately but if I make both, they try to work things out)</p>
<p>If I go to law school, Im going to do IP and I don't see why a master's (or doctorate) in subject I would hopefully be working more with would be seen as not committed. That last sentence in ariesathena was more of the type of help that I was looking for. I was wondering if anyone knew of any schools besides Stanford & U of I that have this type of prgram? And if they do, is it a good one?</p>