<p>Has anybody gone down this road? I was looking at a few philosophy phd combinations and this one seems more intertwined. Boston University offers this program jointly, but I am not sure many others do. </p>
<p>I am just posting to see if anybody has taken this path, I realize this would be a pretty limited field of career to scholarly research, teaching, writing with slim pickings for tenure track positions.</p>
<p>But... probably much cheaper than law school, which was my other thought to combine a philosophy phd as many top schools are offering this combination for legal academia/jurisprudence etc. </p>
<p>How would this be viewed as a combination in the field? How respected or how worthless would this additional 1-2 years of study in the classics be?</p>
<p>I am trying to set my self apart from just a simple philosophy phd. </p>
<p>Please no comments on how boring this might be to some...</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>If you want to do research in Law, then the route you’ve described probably wouldn’t be the best fit. If you want to do research in the legal field specifically, then a JSD/SJD would be appropriate. </p>
<p>In terms of cost (including opportunity cost), getting a PhD would be just about as expensive, depending of course on how long it all takes you.</p>
<p>A friend of mine is very interested in philosophy as well. She considered doing a joint JD/Philosophy PhD but after looking at joint programs and thinking about it, she decided that she wants to go to law school first. After all, law school does do quite a bit of theory, which is what she likes. She also realized that a PhD in Philosophy might not even be necessary to get a job in legal academia. So I wouldn’t desert the idea of law school just yet.</p>
<p>I get the feeling that the OP isn’t looking to go into legal academia, he is just looking for ways to make his philosophy Ph.d stand out in the job market. From looking at recent hires at top universities, it doesn’t look like a masters in a related field is something that is selling candidates, but if your interests lie in classical philosophy it sure wouldn’t hurt.</p>