Domestic Dual Degree Programs

As an incoming student, you can apply for one of our five domestic dual degree programs by completing the law school application and selecting one dual degree program under Full-time Division "degree objective." The law school Committee on Admissions will judge your application on the same criteria as non-dual degree candidates, so it is not more competitive to be admitted to the law school if you apply to a dual program.

Once your law school admissions file is complete, WCL will forward copies of your application materials to the corresponding graduate school admissions office. You will receive separate decision letters from the law school and the graduate program. The decisions are independent and you could be admitted to one program and not the other. If you are admitted to both the JD program and graduate program, you would enroll your first year at the Washington College of Law. Your second and third years would be a combination of law and graduate coursework. You would complete your law school coursework by three years and the remaining 1 to 2 semesters would be graduate coursework. A dual program takes 3.5 to 4 years to complete as a full-time student.

Current law students may apply to a dual degree program during their first year of law school by requesting in writing that the law school registrar's office forward your application and transcripts to the graduate program.

JD/MA in International Affairs with the School of International Service
JD/MBA with the Kogod School of Business
JD/MPA Law and Public Administration with the School of Public Affairs (Instituted in Fall 2008)
JD/MPP Law and Public Policy with the School of Public Affairs (Instituted in Fall 2008)
JD/MS in Justice, Law and Society with the School of Public Affairs

International Dual Degree Programs

During your first year of law school you can apply to one of our four international dual degree programs in either Australia, Canada, France or Spain. These unique programs prepare students to practice in the U.S and and abroad. Applicants to the programs in Spain must pass the DELE exam to satisfy the language requirement. Applicants to the France program must show proof of French proficiency. Each year three to four students are selected for each international dual degree program.

JD/LLB; WCL and the University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Canada)
JD/Master I/Master II; WCL and the University of Paris X-Nanterre (Paris, France)
JD/Grado en Derecho; WCL and the University of Carlos III (Madrid, Spain)
JD/Masters in Law (Juris Doctor); WCL and Monash University School of Law (Melbourne, Australia)-- (New for Fall 2009)