{"id":2823,"date":"2017-07-14T14:58:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T18:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/?page_id=3787"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:06:20","slug":"j-d-m-s-f-s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/jd-program\/joint-dual-degree-programs\/j-d-m-s-f-s\/","title":{"rendered":"J.D.\/M.S.F.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<h2>Curriculum Outline<\/h2>\n<p>The J.D.\/M.S.F.S. program requires completion of 115 academic credits (76 credits of Law Center courses and 39 credits of M.S.F.S. work, with 9 credits of M.S.F.S. coursework counted towards the J.D. degree and 9 credits of J.D. coursework counted towards the M.S.F.S. degree). The program also requires:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>satisfactory performance on the M.S.F.S. oral proficiency in a foreign language examination;<\/li>\n<li>a passing score on the M.S.F.S. oral examinations;<\/li>\n<li>successful completion of the graduation requirements of both programs, including the M.S.F.S. internship requirement; and<\/li>\n<li>maintenance of a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00\/4.00 in the M.S.F.S. program and the required minimum cumulative grade point average for the J.D. program (see the Juris Doctor Program chapter of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/academic-resources\/registrar\/student-handbook\/\">Georgetown Law Student Handbook of Academic Policies<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The required 115 J.D.\/M.S.F.S. academic credits are distributed as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>30 credits in the required first-year law program;<\/li>\n<li>15 credits of core M.S.F.S. courses:\n<ul>\n<li>International Trade;<\/li>\n<li>International Finance;<\/li>\n<li>Globalization of Intersocietal Relations;<\/li>\n<li>International Relations: Theory and Practice; and<\/li>\n<li>Analytical and Statistical Skills;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>21 credits in M.S.F.S. electives related to one of four broad divisional concentrations:\n<ul>\n<li>Global Business &amp; Finance;<\/li>\n<li>International Development;<\/li>\n<li>Global Politics &amp; Security; or<\/li>\n<li>a self-designed concentration (subject to approval, including regional and comparative studies);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>3-credit M.S.F.S. Workshop;<\/li>\n<li>46 credits in additional J.D. courses, including:\n<ul>\n<li>a course in professional responsibility;<\/li>\n<li>the upperclass legal writing requirement;<\/li>\n<li>6 credits of experiential coursework;<\/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\u2019s claim to neutrality and the law\u2019s differential effects on subordinated groups, including those identified by race, gender, indigeneity, and class; and<\/li>\n<li>16 credits of International Law J.D. courses, which must include International Law I: Introduction to International Law (3 credits, may be taken as a first-year elective);\u00a04 credits of <a href=\"https:\/\/curriculum.law.georgetown.edu\/jd\/jd-msfs-international-law-core\/#coursestext\">International Law &#8220;core&#8221; courses<\/a>; and 9 credits of International Law &#8220;core&#8221; and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/curriculum.law.georgetown.edu\/jd\/jd-msfs-international-law-related\/#coursestext\">International Law &#8220;related&#8221;<\/a> courses taken in the upperclass years (please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/curriculum.law.georgetown.edu\/course-search\/\">Curriculum Guide<\/a>\u00a0 for the current schedule of courses). Supervised research projects do not count toward the required credits in international law courses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Typical Credit Distribution<\/h2>\n<p>A typical distribution of the 115 academic credits in the J.D.\/M.S.F.S. Program:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Year: 24 M.S.F.S. credits (and students are expected to complete a 15-20 hours\/week M.S.F.S. internship during their first year)<\/li>\n<li>Second Year: 31 J.D. credits<\/li>\n<li>Third Year: 21 J.D. credits, 9 M.S.F.S. credits<\/li>\n<li>Fourth Year: 24 J.D. credits, 6 M.S.F.S. credits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.D.\/M.S.F.S. degree candidates must satisfactorily complete course requirements for both the J.D. and M.S.F.S. degrees. 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