Overview
The JD/MSLL dual degree requires 15 credits in selected STEM courses, and 15 credits that must be taken from specific JD/MSLL law courses.
By counting the 15 credits of JD/MSLL law courses toward both the JD degree and MSLL degree, full-time students are able to complete both degrees in approximately 3.5 years (or 3 years with summer school) and part-time students are able to complete both degrees in approximately 4.5 years (or between 3.5 years and 4 years with summer school). At graduation, successful students will receive both a JD and MSLL degree.
If conditionally accepted into the JD/MSLL program, full-time students will take foundational 1L law courses in the fall semester. If these students achieve a minimum 3.0 GPA in the fall semester, in the spring semester, these students will take the foundational MSLL science course, Introduction to Molecular Biology for Professionals, instead of Constitutional Law, and then take Constitutional Law in their second year. Part-time students will complete their first year of the part-time JD program in its entirety, and if they achieved a minimum 3.0 GPA at the end of their 1LE year, they will take the foundational science course, Introduction to Molecular Biology for Professionals in the fall of their second year of the part-time JD program. All students will need to achieve a grade of at least a “B” in the Introduction to Molecular Biology for Professionals course to continue in the program and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.