International Affairs and Law

The Colleges of Law and Social Sciences & Public Policy joint-degree program in Law and International Affairs, J.D./M.S., permits completion of both degree programs concurrently. Interested applicants must first begin their study at the College of Law. Once enrolled in the first-year
law curriculum, interested applicants will complete all necessary documentation for the application process through the Department of International Affairs as well as a joint-degree application by the end of the first year in law school. All required documents should be returned to the College of Law Office of Admissions.


For the joint-degree program, typically both the GRE and LSAT must be taken in order to be considered. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree, an upper division (junior and senior) grade point average of 3.0 or better and a minimum combined score of 1000 on the verbal and quantitative portions of the GRE. Applicants who have scored a 158 or better on their LSAT will have their GRE requirement waived. The College of Law’s fall 2010 entering class median LSAT score and GPA were 162 and 3.52.

Application and Degree Requirements