U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Despite unfounded assumptions about a “typical law student” whose life has never strayed from a legal path, plenty of incoming law school students already have other advanced degrees. Master’s degrees are most common, either in academic subjects like the humanities or social sciences or professional programs like an MBA or master’s in public policy. More rarely, a student may have earned a doctorate or medical degree before law school or may be completing both programs concurrently.