Joint Degree JD/MIS

The Juris Doctor/Master of Information Science program allows students who are interested in a career in law librarianship to simultaneously pursue a Juris Doctor degree and a Master of Information Science degree.  This joint degree option is available to both day- and evening-program law students.  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.

The 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 technology requirements in a law practice.

For further information, please contact Professor Patrick Roughen of the School of Library and Information Sciences by email (proughen@nccu.edu) or phone (919-530-5151) or Professor Nichelle Perry, Law Library Director, by email (nperry@nccu.edu) or phone (919-530-5188).

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. Students already enrolled in the Law School may 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 may apply to the Law School no later than the end of their first year of MLS study (18 credit hours).

The JD/MIS requires 103 combined credit hours. Twenty-four required and elective credit hours come from the MIS program, and 88 required and elective credit hours come from the JD program. Nine credit hours of library science courses will meet the elective requirement for the law degree (79 law, 24 library science). While enrolled in the program, students must satisfy the academic requirements of each program.

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