JD/PhD in Law and Psychology

The Thomas R. Kline School of Law and the Department of Psychology in the Drexel's College of Arts and Sciences offer a joint and integrated JD/PhD Program in Law and Psychology. The program melds two already ongoing successful endeavors, the JD degree at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law and the PhD in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology, thus further enhancing Drexel University’s leadership in multidisciplinary education. Students in the program complete all 85 semester credits required for graduation from the law school and all 91 quarter credits required completing the doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology. The program provides those students who wish to pursue professional degrees in both law and psychology with a more efficient plan of study. The juris Doctor program was started in semester calendar type. PROGRAM GOAL Within the broad framework of the program’s philosophy, the JD/PhD in Law and Psychology has three specific goals: Develop scientist-practitioners who will produce legally sophisticated social science research to aid the legal system in making better empirically based decisions Produce lawyer-psychologists who will participate in the development of empirically and theoretically sophisticated mental health policy by legislatures, administrative tribunals, and the courts Educate highly trained clinicians who can contribute to the advancement of forensic psychology in such areas as criminal law, domestic relations, and civil commitment