J.D./M.P.P. Dual Degree Program

The J.D./M.P.P. Program is offered in conjunction with the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. The program allows NCCU Law School Day Program students to complete both a Juris Doctor degree and a Master of Public Policy in less than the usual five-year period that would regularly be necessary to obtain each degree separately.

Students must apply separately to both programs; admission to one program does not guarantee admission to the other. Law students who are interested in the J.D./M.P.P. dual degree should contact the Office of Academic Affairs at the School of Law for more information.

The Juris Doctor degree is granted after completion of a minimum of 88 semester hours of both required and elective law school courses. To qualify for the M.P.P. degree, students must complete 39 credit hours at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy.

The M.P.P. degree has a number of required courses such as Policy Analysis I and II, Statistics and Data Analysis, Ethics and Policy Making (or an approved Ethics Course Option), Microeconomics I and II, Politics of the Policy Process, and Quantitative Evaluation Methods.

Students must also complete a summer internship. Approximately 12 credits of the M.P.P. degree may be used toward the 88 needed to complete the J.D. It is the expectation that students will complete the first year of the M.P.P. program before beginning the J.D. program.

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For more information about this program, please contact the Office of Student Affairs.