JURIS DOCTOR/MASTER OF SCIENCE IN FOREIGN SERVICE

J.D./M.S.F.S. degree candidates must satisfactorily complete course requirements for both the J.D. and M.S.F.S. degrees. In addition to the J.D. and M.S.F.S. degrees, a Joint Program Certificate will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the program.
The J.D./M.S.F.S. program requires completion of 115* academic credits (76* credits in law and 39 credits in M.S.F.S. courses with 9 credits of M.S.F.S. course work counted toward the J.D.), satisfactory performance on the M.S.F.S. oral proficiency examination in a foreign language and the M.S.F.S. oral examinations, and maintenance of a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
The required 115* J.D./M.S.F.S. academic credits are distributed as follows:

• 31 credits in the required first-year law curriculum*;
• 15 credits of required M.S.F.S. courses taken during the first year: International Trade; International Finance; History: Globalization of Intersocietal Relations; and International Relations: Theory and Practice;
• 21 credits in M.S.F.S. electives in one of six broad divisional concentrations: Foreign Policy/International Security; Global Commerce and Finance; International Business-Government Relations; International Development; International Conflict Management; or a self-designed concentration (subject to approval, including regional studies) taken in the first, third and fourth years;
• a 3-credit M.S.F.S. Workshop, taken in the third or fourth year;
• 16 J.D. credits in the international law curriculum taken in the third and fourth years;
• 29 credits in additional upperclass law courses, including Professional Responsibility and successful completion of the legal writing requirement, taken in the third and fourth years;
• Residency Requirement (see J.D. Program section); and
• Minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0.

A typical distribution of the 114 academic credits in the J.D./M.S.F.S. Program is as follows:
First year: 24 M.S.F.S. credits
(students are also expected to complete a 15-20 hours/week internship during this year)
Second year: 31* J.D. credits
Third Year: 21 J.D. credits
9 M.S.F.S. credits
Fourth Year: 24 J.D. credits
6 M.S.F.S. credits

* 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.