Social Work and Law (J.D./M.S.W.)
Florida State Law and the College of Social
Work’s joint degree program in Law and Social
Work, J.D./M.S.W., permits completion of both
degree programs concurrently. Applicants must
apply for acceptance to both colleges according to
the individual department’s admission criteria.
For the joint degree program, both the GRE and
LSAT must be taken in order to be considered. Applicants
to the College of Social Work must have a
bachelor’s degree, an upper division (junior and senior)
grade point average of 3.0 or better or a minimum
combined score of 1000 on the verbal and
quantitative portions of the GRE. At the College of Law, for the Fall 2009 entering class, the average LSAT score was a 161 and the median GPA was a 3.53.
Once a student is accepted in to both colleges, they
must then complete an application for the joint
degree program, which is located at thelaw school's Office of Admissions and Records. This is
normally done during the first year of law school.
The first year of study is generally done at the College
of Law.
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The normal program sequence for a student in the
Clinical concentration of social work is: |
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1st Year 2nd Year 3rd & 4th Years Total Law Courses Total MSW Courses Total JD/MSW Courses |
30 hrs of Law Courses Traditional* - 31 hrs of Social Work Courses Advanced** - 30 hrs of Social Work Courses Traditional - 75 hrs Law & SW Courses Advanced -55 hrs Law & SW Courses Traditional - 82 hrs (6 cross-credits) Advanced -82 hrs (6 cross-credits) Traditional - 54 hrs (6 cross-credits) Advanced -33 hrs (6 cross-credits) Traditional - 136 hrs Advanced - 115 hrs |
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The normal program sequence for a student in the
Social Policy & Administration concentration of social work is: |
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1st Year 2nd Year 3rd & 4th Years Total Law Courses Total MSW Courses Total JD/MSW Courses |
30 hrs of Law Courses Traditional* - 31 hrs of Social Work Courses Advanced** - 30 hrs of Social Work Courses Traditional - 75 hrs Law & SW Courses Advanced -55 hrs Law & SW Courses Traditional - 79 hrs (6 cross-credits) Advanced - 79 hrs (6 cross-credits) Traditional - 54 hrs (6 cross-credits) Advanced -33 hrs (6 cross-credits) Traditional - 133 hrs Advanced - 112 hrs |