JD/MIS Dual Degree Program

The Juris Doctor and Master of Information Science (JD/MIS) dual degree program is designed to allow students to develop a deep technological understanding of the legal issues in the information and computer technology industry and to learn about technical requirements in a law practice. The JD/MIS program will allow students to simultaneously pursue a Juris Doctor degree and a Master of Information Science degree. The programs require 24 semester hours of required and elective courses in the MIS program and 88 semester hours of required and elective courses in the JD program. The program is structured to allow students to earn both degrees in less time than is required to earn each degree separately. Students interested in either of these programs must apply to both schools separately.

Admission to both the School of Law and the School of Library and Information Science is required. Students must apply to both schools separately and meet the standards and requirements set by each program. An LSAT score may be used in place of GRE scores for admittance to the School of Library and Information Science. Students already enrolled in the School of Law must apply for admission to the program no later than the end of their first year of law study (30 credit hours), and students already enrolled in the School of Library and Information Science must apply to the School of Law no later than the end of their first year of MIS study (18 credit hours).

The JD/MIS degree requires a total of 103 combined credit hours, with 24 required and elective course hours from the MS program and 88 required and elective credit hours in the JD program. Nine credit hours of library science courses will meet the elective requirement for the law degree (79 law and 24 library science). While enrolled in the program, students must satisfy the academic requirements of each school as incoming students.

For further information, please contact Professor Patrick Roughen of the School of Library and Information Sciences by email ([email protected]) or phone (919-530-5151) or Professor Nichelle Perry, law library director, by email ([email protected]) or phone (919-530-5188).