{"id":2776,"date":"2017-07-14T14:50:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T18:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/?page_id=3764"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:15:32","slug":"j-d-m-a-e-r-e-s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/jd-program\/joint-dual-degree-programs\/j-d-m-a-e-r-e-s\/","title":{"rendered":"J.D.\/M.A. in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Juris Doctor\/Master of Arts in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (J.D.\/M.A.E.R.E.S.) degree candidates must satisfy course requirements for both the J.D. and M.A.E.R.E.S. degrees. In addition to the J.D. and M.A.E.R.E.S. degrees, a Joint Program Certificate will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the program. Students undertake a four-year course of study comprising a minimum of 109 academic credits (79 credits of Law Center courses and 30 credits of M.A.E.R.E.S. work, with 6 credits of J.D. coursework counted toward the M.A.E.R.E.S. degree requirements and 6 credits of M.A.E.R.E.S. coursework counted toward the J.D. degree requirements).<\/p>\n<p>Candidates for this joint degree must meet the graduation requirements and satisfy the academic standards of both programs (for J.D. program requirements, see the Juris Doctor Program chapter of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/go\/handbook\">Georgetown Law Student Handbook of Academic Policies<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>Curriculum Outline<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>24 credits of M.A.E.R.E.S. coursework, including two advanced language courses, Introduction to Area Studies, and the Capstone Seminar;<\/li>\n<li>30 credits of the required first-year law program (taken in the first or second years of the joint program);<\/li>\n<li>49 credits in further law courses during the third and fourth years (or during Summer sessions), which must include:\n<ul>\n<li>a course in professional responsibility;<\/li>\n<li>the upperclass writing requirement;<\/li>\n<li>6 credits of experiential coursework (1 credit may be earned in the optional first-year Week One simulation course);<\/li>\n<li>International Law I: Introduction to International Law (may be taken as a first-year elective);<\/li>\n<li>13 credits in further international law courses, of which at least 9 credits should complement the student&#8217;s area concentration (these courses may also satisfy the upperclass writing requirement or experiential credit requirement, but supervised research projects do not count toward the required credits in international law courses);<\/li>\n<li><em>For students matriculating in Fall 2022 or later:\u00a0<\/em> a course that teaches students to think critically about the law&#8217;s claim to neutrality and the law&#8217;s differential effects on subordinated groups, including those identified by race, gender, indigeneity, and class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>6 credits of additional M.A.E.R.E.S. coursework, taken in the third and\/or fourth years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juris Doctor\/Master of Arts in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (J.D.\/M.A.E.R.E.S.) degree candidates must satisfy course requirements for both the J.D. and M.A.E.R.E.S. degrees. 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