Int’l arb people — does your firm value a PhD in international law / investment law areas? Considering a PhD (part time) offer from top school.

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You can get a PhD is law? I’d be interested in that! I just didn’t know it even existed.

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It does though many people think it’s useless. I think it might be a “nice to have” to get into teaching at some point and/or specialized in a certain field.

Following. In what country is the PhD?

Im from BM - my office doesnt really value it aside from during recruitment. Also if you are a senior, it probably helps with bd to some extent. Do consider this may differ from office to office

May I ask what schools you’re looking at for the PhD?

A2 don’t know yet but most schools are gonna be remote due to covid and I think they’ll likely continue offering online only options even after
A1 there aren’t many but that makes application process much easier 😂

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My firm values only JD...

This is sad. I know of firms paying LLMs less even though the do the exact same work of JDs, and giving LLMs title of “consultant” instead of “associate” for the exact same reason.

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