The J.D.- M.P.H. is offered with the School of Public Health and Health Services . Students must be admitted to both the Law School and, separately, to the school that will confer the master's degree. Each school must separately approve a student's application to pursue a joint degree program.
Students can normally complete the two degrees in four years of full-time study.
The joint degrees must be conferred simultaneously and only after all requirements for both degrees have been met. Once a student has been admitted to both schools as a joint degree candidate, the first year of study must be devoted exclusively to the prescribed law curriculum. After the first year of law studies, the Law School will allow 12 credit hours of course work completed in the master's program to count toward completion of the 84 credit hours required for the law degree. The Law School offers two joint degree programs for LL.M. candidates. The LL.M.- M.P.H. is offered with the School of Public Health and Health Services for students who are pursuing the LL.M. in Environmental Law.