JURIS DOCTOR/MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

The J.D./M.P.H. program comprises two individual degrees. A student in this program is expected to complete the required 84* academic credits for the J.D. at Georgetown, as well as the 80 units necessary for the M.P.H. at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in four years. Students may request, by written petition, to apply 10 M.P.H. credits (equivalent to 6 Law Center credits) to their J.D. academic credit requirement.

The student will spend his or her first year at the Law Center, taking the standard curriculum of 31* credits for a first-year J.D. student. The student then will spend the ensuing 11 months in residence at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health completing the M.P.H. component of the joint degree program. After completing the M.P.H., the student will return to the Law Center to complete the remaining two years of the J.D. program, including a course in Professional Responsibility and the legal writing requirement.

Participants in this joint degree program complete the following:

• 31* credits in required first-year law curriculum;
• 11 months (starting in July) in residence at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. During this period, students complete a series of M.P.H. core courses. While at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, they are also required to take: Public Health and the Law, and Ethical Issues in Public Health. Students are also directed to suggested elective courses;
• During the final two years at the Law Center students are strongly urged to take the Advanced Health Law seminar, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law II, and at least one additional seminar in health law, biomedical ethics, law and science, or a related subject; and
• Residency Requirement (see J.D. Program section).
  

With permission, students are eligible to enroll in courses at Georgetown’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics. The M.P.H. degree will not be awarded until requirements for the J.D. degree have been completed.

* 1 fewer credits is required for students who completed the first-year law curriculum in the 2005-06 or 2006-07 academic years. 2 fewer credits are required for students who completed the first-year law curriculum prior to the 2005-06 academic year.