Law and Social Work Joint Degree

The Juris Doctor Curriculum

The Juris Doctor program consists of 79 credit hours of instruction. The law curriculum consists of 36 credit hours of required courses. Thirty credits are taken during the student's first year in the program.

The remaining 43 credit hours of elective classes may be chosen from the large selection of courses offered by the College of Law.

In addition, all J.D. students must complete an upper level writing requirement and 20 hours of pro bono legal work.

The following are the 36 credit hours of required courses in the J.D. curriculum:


Civil Procedure Contracts I Contracts II Criminal Law Property I Property II Torts Legal Writing & Research I Legal Writing & Research II Constitutional Law I Constitutional Law II Professional Responsibility	4 3 2 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 3

TOTAL	36

Social Work Curriculum

APPROVED LAW COURSES
The following law courses have been approved to count toward the MSW degree as electives:


Administrative Law Alternative Dispute Resolution Bioethics and the Law Civil Rights Survey Employment Discrimination Employment Relations Law Survey Family Law Genetics, Ethics, Law & Policy Health Law and Policy Women and the Law	3 3 3 3 3 4 3 2-3 3 3

FIELD PLACEMENT & ADVANCED SEMINAR

The College of Social Work requires two internships for traditional students and one internship for advanced standing MSW students. Students in the joint degree program would complete their final MSW internship in a Law/Social Work internship, such as the College of Law’s Children’s Advocacy Center, the Attorney General’s Office or the like. Approved internship sites are coordinated through the Office of Field Education at the College of Social Work. There would need to be access to both an attorney and a MSW supervisor at the internship site. Students who choose the Children’s Advocacy Center for their internship may not take the course for Law School credit.

While in their final internship, students would attend an advanced seminar with some of the assignments tailored to integrate the two professions.

The major responsibility for planning and carrying out an integrated program of courses in both schools lies with the individual student assisted by the advisor for the program in each college. The joint degree program must be completed within 5 years, although most students complete the program in 4 years. For further information, contact both the College of Law and the College of Social Work.

J.D. PROGRAM
Associate Dean Wayne Logan
Florida State Law

Room R201
425 West Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, FL 32306
Tel: 850.644.4759
E-mail: wlogan@law.fsu.edu
Web site: www.law.fsu.edu

M.S.W. PROGRAM
Pamela Graham
M.S.W. Director
Florida State University College of Social Work
Room 2517, Univ. Center, Bldg. C
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2570
Tel: 850.644.1201
E-mail: Pgraham@mailer.fsu.edu
Web site: http://csw.fsu.ed