Harvard Law School, one of the top law programs in the nation, offers a coordinated J.D./Ph.D. program. Students wanting to pursue additional studies outside of the field of law must make a separate application to the graduate school as well. Harvard is well known for its interdisciplinary focus in nearly all fields of academia. Because of this, students have the opportunity to choose from numerous fields of study for the Ph.D. Students not only can pursue the Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, but also through the divinity school or by making arrangements at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) or Tufts University. Harvard's graduate school offers Ph.D. programs in more than 50 fields of study. Some of programs that might be popular among law students include social policy, sociology, political economy and government, organizational behavior, economics, history, and health policy.
Harvard Law School
1563 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-3109
law.harvard.edu
New York University also offers joint-degree programs that might be attractive to potential law students. Although NYU's Ph.D. programs offered in conjunction with the J.D. are not as numerous as Harvard's, NYU offers ample opportunity to pursue related fields of study. One joint program offered at NYU leads to the J.D. and a Ph.D. in philosophy, while another leads to the J.D. and the Ph.D. in law and society. Each program is closely matched. Areas of focus within the philosophy program include contemporary law and political theory, constitutional law, contemporary ethical theory and political philosophy. The program in law and society concentrates on areas such as legal history, law and politics, psychology and law, economic analysis of law, criminology, sociology and anthropology.
New York University
40 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
212-998-6060
law.nyu.edu
Also well known for its interdisciplinary programs, Stanford's law school offers J.D./Ph.D. programs in numerous fields of study. One of the advantages students have at Stanford is a joint-degree curriculum that often allows students to complete both degrees up to two years faster than most typical joint-degree programs. This can also bring significant cost savings to the student. Areas of study available to Stanford's law students include bioengineering, history, economics, management science and engineering, philosophy, sociology, political science, and psychology. Students are not limited to these programs; rather, these are established programs that students most commonly pursue. Depending on the degree program, Stanford students either follow a preapproved curriculum or develop their own based on their own academic and research interests.
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
650-723-4985
law.stanford.edu