<p>Hey,</p>
<p>I was wondering, say hypothetically speaking, someone wants to go to Law School at a particular college and attend their graduate school at the same time. Is this against most college's rules and regulations? Thanks for reading my post:)</p>
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someone wants to go to Law School at a particular college and attend their graduate school at the same time. Is this against most college's rules and regulations? Thanks for reading my post
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<p>No. In fact, some law schools encourage it. You should research on joint Ph.D/J.D. programs offered by the schools which you want to attend. I know Harvard, Yale, and Georgetown has one. Yale, in fact, allows you to combine their J.D. program with a Ph.D program at another school... like Princeton ; )</p>
<p>Note you must apply seperately to both the graduate school and law school. You can only do a joint program if you are accepted at both schools.</p>
<p>And yes, you will have to do the GRE and the LSAT... and you will have to obtain an extra rec for grad school (or do law schools also require three recs?).</p>
<p>Thanks for the speedy response;) Well, actually I dont mind taking the GRE and LSAT but I thought it might be a problem if I wanted to get two degrees at seperate schools at the same time (phew--what a mouthful).</p>
<p>Anyone considering this too?</p>
<p>Oh and also, my friend [when she applied to law school] sent three recs, if I recall correctly. It might of been just for her peace of mind, but...yeah.</p>
<p>HTH.</p>
<p>most schools i looked at have formal joint degree programs (i'll be doing one in law & urban planning next year) and will also allow you to create your own. In most cases, you can save about a year of school compared to doing the two degrees seperately. And yes, most places make you take the GRE as well as the LSAT...but Michigan's urban planning school took the LSAT in place of the GRE for joint degree applicants...it was awesome!</p>
<p>Some schools have a joint MBA/JD degree. They usually work like this: You have to be accepted separately into both programs, but you can start one program before the other. Generally you start law school first, and after your first year of law school you begin taking your MBA classes in addition to your law classes. Because many MBA students work full-time, a lot of MBA classes are at night, and you can go summers as well. A number of classes apply to both programs, so you can graduate with both degrees in 4 years instead of 5, taking about 8 less courses than you would take if you did the programs separately.</p>
<p>Wow! Thanks guys. I have been contemplating over this course of action regarding the future of my education for a while now. I hope that if I can get into a top 20 school, I will be permitted to participate in a joint degree program. Anyhoo, thanks again guys! </p>
<p>Any other comments are welcomed:)</p>
<p>These joint programs must come with a hefty price tag.</p>
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Wow! Thanks guys. I have been contemplating over this course of action regarding the future of my education for a while now. I hope that if I can get into a top 20 school, I will be permitted to participate in a joint degree program. Anyhoo, thanks again guys!
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<p>Be careful: Most good law schools do might not have correspondingly good philosophy Ph.D programs.</p>
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These joint programs must come with a hefty price tag.
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<p>It depends on who is offering the program. For a Ph.D in philosophy, the decent departments usually provides full aid.</p>
<p>"Be careful: Most good law schools do might not have correspondingly good philosophy Ph.D programs."</p>
<p>^Now, how did you know I was interested in philosophy?;)</p>
<p>not all joint degrees "come with a heavy price tag."<br>
i'm getting a master's along with my law degree, and actually got more funding than I can use for the master's part. In the end, I won't pay any tuition and I'll get a stipend of at least $500/month while I'm taking classes for the masters. </p>
<p>in the semesters that i'm taking law school classes, though, I still have to pay law school tuition. </p>
<p>and spending the extra year in school means one less year to pay back loans, and one more year where the loans accrue before I can start paying them back (this could be mitigated by having an extra summer to work, depending on who'd hire me--big law firms can pay their summer associates up to $3000 a WEEK). So the joint degree is more expensive, but not as terrible as it could be.</p>
<p>Also, if one does a joint program between Yale Law School and, say, Princeton Philosophy, the latter program is fully funded. </p>
<p>The graduate director even cut me off when I asked whether Ph.D candidates obtain funding: "They all get funding. 21,9. (I think that is the number he stated)."</p>
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<p>I read about Lisa Schwartz who completed a JD/MBA, where her JD was at Yale and her MBA at Harvard. </p>
<p>Of course, she happened to be one of the few undergrads in the history of Harvard College to have gotten a perfect GPA.</p>
<p>Ha, I'm planning the same thing. Only I plan to study international relations and law, because I want to practice international law in the district. Most dual programmes run 4yrs, and require seperate admission to both schools. And some universities only let you engage in a dual programme with their respectives schools. Notable exceptions do exsist. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks!:) </p>
<p>I was hoping maybe I could do a J.D at Harvard and a Ph.d at Princeton..I dont know though. I am still contemplating over several other alternatives just to be realistic. </p>
<p>Thanks again, all!</p>
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I was hoping maybe I could do a J.D at Harvard and a Ph.d at Princeton..I dont know though. I am still contemplating over several other alternatives just to be realistic.
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<p>It is impossible to do both at the same time.</p>
<p>Edit: I believe that only Yale Law School allows one to combine programs from two different schools.</p>
<p>Really? I didnt know that..</p>
<p>So, in theory, how hard would it be to pursue and MBA at HBS and a JD at Yale Law? Fairly high, I'd expect, but any specifics out there?</p>
<p>And from a practical perspective, how does one manage this?</p>
<p>Seems like you'd have one hell of a commute</p>