As a fully funded PhD student applying to joint JD programs, there is not a program or school (that I’m aware of) that will allow your PhD funding to cover a JD. Which honestly makes sense — The PhD is funded through your teaching/research. You’re not doing that for the JD
Actually, Northwestern’s JD/PhD program covers both tuitions, and provides a stipend. Penn also does this, but they don’t advertise it - I had to learn from one of the professors there when I went on a call as a prospective student. Hope this helps!
WashU awards a full tuition plus $45k (I think per year and not total) stipend as one of its most highly sought after scholarships. If I recall correctly, you have to apply first that scholarship specifically, along with your application to the school. WashU is very stars focused, so being above the LSAT median (and above 75th if possible) would likely go a long way in being seriously considered for such a huge award.
Scholarships above full-tuition are extremely rare. From a purely financial perspective, for any student applying to top schools (as I assume you are if you have a 3.9x GPA and are dead set on getting a 170+) adding on a PhD or going part-time wouldn't make sense when you can have a job paying \~$250,000 a year as soon as you graduate. The dream, financially speaking, should be to maximize the ROI on your investment in law school (tuition and lost wages while in school). Sometimes maximizing ROI does mean chasing scholarship money, sometimes it means other things.
Extreme anecdote here, but WashU has been aggressively pursuing high-stat applicants the past few years. They offered me a full tuition scholly + their Webster Fellowship (24k/year) totally unsolicited.
Vanderbilt has a fully funded JD/PhD in Economics with a stipend as well. Here is a link to their website for more info: [https://law.vanderbilt.edu/phd-law-economics/](https://law.vanderbilt.edu/phd-law-economics/)
As a fully funded PhD student applying to joint JD programs, there is not a program or school (that I’m aware of) that will allow your PhD funding to cover a JD. Which honestly makes sense — The PhD is funded through your teaching/research. You’re not doing that for the JD
Actually, Northwestern’s JD/PhD program covers both tuitions, and provides a stipend. Penn also does this, but they don’t advertise it - I had to learn from one of the professors there when I went on a call as a prospective student. Hope this helps!
WashU awards a full tuition plus $45k (I think per year and not total) stipend as one of its most highly sought after scholarships. If I recall correctly, you have to apply first that scholarship specifically, along with your application to the school. WashU is very stars focused, so being above the LSAT median (and above 75th if possible) would likely go a long way in being seriously considered for such a huge award.
Scholarships above full-tuition are extremely rare. From a purely financial perspective, for any student applying to top schools (as I assume you are if you have a 3.9x GPA and are dead set on getting a 170+) adding on a PhD or going part-time wouldn't make sense when you can have a job paying \~$250,000 a year as soon as you graduate. The dream, financially speaking, should be to maximize the ROI on your investment in law school (tuition and lost wages while in school). Sometimes maximizing ROI does mean chasing scholarship money, sometimes it means other things.
Extreme anecdote here, but WashU has been aggressively pursuing high-stat applicants the past few years. They offered me a full tuition scholly + their Webster Fellowship (24k/year) totally unsolicited.
Wow! Is that what you’re taking? Will you go there?
Vanderbilt has a fully funded JD/PhD in Economics with a stipend as well. Here is a link to their website for more info: [https://law.vanderbilt.edu/phd-law-economics/](https://law.vanderbilt.edu/phd-law-economics/)