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This program synthesizes legal and business issues for students who want to practice law involving business clients, work in a corporate law department, or work in a government agency regulating business. Candidates usually spend the first year in law school and then take graduate business courses and law courses concurrently for the remainder of the program.

Requirements: 80 credit hours of law courses; 39 credit hours of business courses.

» http://kelley.iupui.edu/evemba/ProgramOfStudy/mbaJD.cfm

For additional information contact:

Kelley School of Business Graduate Programs
Business/SPEA Building 3024
801 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5151
Phone: (317) 274-4895
Fax: (317) 274-2483
E-mail: mbaindy@iupui.edu

Students in this program are prepared for understanding and dealing with the legal and managerial frameworks of public service, nonprofit, and quasi-governmental institutions. In the final year of the program, a research paper on a topic in both areas of study is supervised by faculty advisors from both schools.

Requirements: 84 credit hours of law courses; 34 credit hours of SPEA courses; research paper.

» http://www.spea.iupui.edu/graduate/mpa/

For additional information contact:

School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Business/SPEA Building 3027
801 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5150
Phone: (317) 274-4656
E-mail: INFOSPEA@iupui.edu

Students prepare to become health lawyers or health care administrators-professionals who understand the legal and administrative structures of health services. Students are required to attain a specialization and complete a research paper on a topic in both areas of study, supervised by faculty advisors from both schools. Candidates usually complete the first 31 credits in the law school and divide remaining coursework between the two schools.

Requirements: 82 credit hours of law courses; 45 credit hours of SPEA courses; research paper.

» http://www.spea.iupui.edu/graduate/mha/

For additional information contact:

School of Public and Environmental Affairs
MHA Graduate Program
Business/SPEA Building 3027
801 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5150
Phone: (317) 274-4656
E-mail: MHASPEA@iupui.edu

Designed for students who want to understand and shape the role of the law in promoting public health or in regulating the financing and delivery of health care services. Professional opportunities include government health or environmental agencies, private firms, and universities. Candidates will study law courses their first year, mostly public health courses their second year, and primarily law courses in their third and fourth years, including internships in health or environmental law. Students are required to complete a research paper on a topic that addresses both law and health. This paper satisfies both the Advanced Research and Writing Requirement in the School of Law and the concentration project in the Department of Public Health.

Requirements: 82 credit hours of law courses; 37 credit hours of public health courses; research paper.

» http://www.pbhealth.iupui.edu

For additional information contact:

IU Department of Public Health
Regenstrief Health Center
1050 Wishard Blvd.
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-2872
Phone: (317) 278-0337

The demand for law librarians with dual degrees in law and library and information science has increased dramatically in recent years. The joint J.D./M.L.S. degree prepares students for careers as law librarians in academic, governmental and law firm settings. Candidates study law courses during their first year, adding courses from the School of Library and Information Science during the remaining three years. Students are required to participate in a law library internship and write a research paper covering a topic that is relevant to both areas and supervised by faculty members from both schools.

Requirements: 84 credit hours of law courses; 30 credit hours of library and information science courses; research paper; law library internship.

» http://www.slis.iupui.edu/programs/dual/law.asp

For additional information, contact:

IU School of Library and Information Science
University Libraries
755 West Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5195
Phone: 317-278-2375
Fax: 317-278-1807

Advocacy is central to the mission of both the law and social work professions. Education in both disciplines provides professionals with unique knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of serving vulnerable populations and combating injustice. The required law school curriculum for this joint degree program includes the law school's first and second-year required courses and the course in professional responsibility. Candidates spend their second year of the program primarily in the School of Social Work working on the required core curriculum for the MSW degree. Students are required to complete a concentration in the School of Social Work in the second through fourth years of the program, which includes a social work practicum/internship. Candidates are also required to write a research paper on a topic that addresses the fields of law and social work and that is designed to meet the advanced writing requirements of the law school.

Requirements: 82 credit hours of law courses; 50 credit hours of social work courses; social work practicum/internship; research paper.

» www.socialwork.iu.edu

For additional information, contact:

Sherry Gass, M.S.W.
M.S.W. Student Affairs Coordinator
IU School of Social Work
902 West New York St., ES 4133
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317-274-6727
Email: stgass@iupui.edu

The joint J.D./M.A. with a concentration in Health Law and Bioethics provides a unique and valuable perspective on the field of bioethics through combining the philosophical study of bioethics with a legal education. Candidates usually spend the first year in law school, adding courses from the IU Department of Philosophy during the second year. In addition to the basic required law school courses, students in this program will be required to complete the requirements for the Concentration in Health Law. The capstone project for this joint degree program will be a paper in a topic that addresses the fields of law and bioethics. This paper will satisfy both the advanced research and writing requirement at the law school and the thesis/research project in the Department of Philosophy.

Requirements: 84 credit hours of law courses; 30 hours of coursework in the Department of Philosophy. See JD/MA Requirements.

» http://indylaw.indiana.edu/centers/clh/student/jointdegrees.htm#jd-ma

For additional information contact:

Jason T. Eberl, Ph.D.
Graduate Director, Department of Philosophy
Cavanaugh 331
425 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140
Phone: (317) 278-9239
Fax: (317) 278-4579
Email: jeberl@iupui.edu