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Juris Doctor / Master Public Policy (JD/MPP)

Curriculum

The joint JD/MPP degree program requires a total of 130 units: 48 units of the public policy curriculum and 82 units of law courses. It thus permits the student to complete in four years what would ordinarily require five years if undertaken separately.

JD

First-year law students follow a rigorous course of study that covers the following subjects: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Introduction to Ethical Lawyering, Legal Research and Writing, Property, and Torts.

After the first year, students are required to complete 18-21 units of additional required courses (depending on the units offered for certain courses), including: Corporations, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Federal Income Taxation, Remedies, and Wills and Trusts.

Students also have the opportunity to select from a broad range of elective courses, clinics, externships, and student-edited journals.

MPP

The required 48 units of MPP study and other MPP-related requirements for a joint MPP/JD are as follows:

MPP 600
The Roots of American Order: What is Public Policy (4 units)		 MPP 601
Ethical Dimensions of Public Policy: Great Books and Great Ideas (4 units)
MPP 602
Applied Economic Analysis of Public Policy I (4 units)		 MPP 603
Applied Research Methods in Public Policy (4 units)
MPP 604
Political, Organizational, and Strategic Aspects of Public Policy Analysis (4 units)		 MPP 605
Applied Economic Analysis of Public Policy II (4 units)
MPP 606
Public Policy and the Legal Framework (4 units)		 MPP 607
Policy Seminar (4 units)
MPP 699
Summer Internship or Field Study (CR/NC)		 MPP XXX
School of Public Policy Electives (20 units)