Distance Degree PHD in Business Law or Similar Program?

Question

I am in search of a PhD from a state or regionally accredited (foreign or US) institution (course or research) that I can complete through distance education. The area I would like to study is: Business Law, Ethics or Corporate Leadership or something similar.

Answer 1

PhD are programs. Those three subjects don't have PhD programs in the US. I highly doubt there would be a PhD program for any of those anywhere in the world. The subjects you picked tend to be individual subjects taken as one class in either a law program or a business program.

A law degree in the US is technically a doctorate. An MBA is just a masters. I'm not sure why you're looking for a PhD program unless you want to call yourself "doctor".

You may find a correspondence law degree course in another country such as Hong Kong, but it will likely be a general law degree in which you can take a course such as business law.

Answer 2

To teach law at a good university, you'd really need to earn a Master's in Law, in a specialized area, on top of a JD. (It's the only field in which a Master's follows a doctorate rather than the other way around.) So, you'd be in school for 5 or 6 years anyway. Some law schools will hire people with JD's only to teach some courses but often not as regular faculty, and these may not be the best law schools. You might also need a doctoral-level research degree in "juridical science," depending on how far you wanted to go. You need to decide what really interests you. The academic job market in the arts and sciences isn't good right now, and I'm not expecting it to improve, so doing a PhD in Poli Sci might not be the most practical option and should be your choice only if you truly love Poli Sci. While the market for lawyers is also a problem at the moment, I think they have better prospects. At least with a JD, you could practice, even if the market for law professors weren't strong after you completed an LL.M.