School of Public Service

J.D./M.P.A. Dual Degree Program

The J.D./M.P.A. Dual Degree Program prepares students for a variety of challenging careers in law firms, health care facilities, for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, government agencies and consulting firms. The J.D. degree offered by Touro Law Center provides fundamental legal theory and emphasizes critical thinking, analysis and communication skills. The M.P.A. Degree offered by the Department of Health Care and Public Administration in the College of Management at Long Island University’s C.W. Post Campus, contributes a strong theoretical and applied grounding in the administration of health care organizations and agencies.

The program’s unique strengths include mastery of organizational processes and structures, administrative and management techniques, and policy analysis and creation. Earning the dual degree positions students for leadership roles in the rapidly changing and integrating fields of health administration and health law.

Degree Requirements
The number of credits required to obtain the dual degrees is 111, as up to 12 credits from each program can be transferred to the other. Pursuing the dual degrees, as opposed to pursuing degrees independently, offers the advantage of reducing credit requirements by up to 24 credits. Although this is a dual program, the J.D. and M.P.A. degrees are awarded separately by their degree-granting institutions upon successful completion of respective degree requirements.

Transfer Credits

C.W. Post Courses
Up to 12 credits earned from the following C.W. Post required courses can bed transferred and applied toward the 87 credits Touro Law Center requires for its J.D. degree:

Required
MPA 503 Economic Environment and the Public Sector
MPA 507 The Policy Process
HAD 603 Fundamentals of Budgeting and Finance
HAD 604 Administrative Responsibility and the Legal Environment

Touro Law Center Courses
Up to 12 credits earned from the following Touro Law Center courses can be transferred and applied toward the 48 credits the C.W. Post Campus requires for its M.P.A. degree:

Electives
LAW 792 Administrative Law
LAW 606 Advanced Legal Research (2 credits)
LAW 704 Alternative Dispute Resolution
LAW 950 Bio-Medical Ethics Seminar (2 credits)
LAW 913 Elder Law (2 credits)
LAW 896 Elder Law Clinic (5 credits)
LAW 776 Employment Discrimination Law
LAW 777 Employment Law
LAW 794 Environment Law
LAW 666 Family Law
LAW 893 Family Law Clinic (6 credits)
LAW 701 Federal Courts
LAW 976 Government Regulations (2 credits)
LAW 983 Health Care Law
LAW 772 Labor Law
LAW 670 Land Use Planning
LAW 980 Law and Medicine: Selected Topics (2 credits)
LAW 981 Law and Medicine: Medical Malpractice (2 credits)
LAW 721 Legal History
LAW 798 Legislation (2 credits)
LAW 967 Rights of Children (2 credits)
LAW 669 Sex-Based Discrimination (2 credits)
LAW 647 Sociology of Law
LAW 797 State and Local Government

Required
Constitution I & II (6 credits if both)
Contracts I & II (6 credits if both)

Admission Requirements and Procedures
Full-time students can earn the dual degree in four years; part-time students in five. Flexible schedules are available for the working professional. Students should normally complete the combined program within six years.
Admission will be restricted to those who meet the entrance criteria of each educational institution separately. Touro Law students applying for C.W. Post’s M.P.A. program may submit LSAT results for review. Both C.W. Post and Touro Law Center provide academic counseling to help you with your plan of study.

Financial Aid
All traditional financial aid sources are available if you qualify. At C.W. Post, much of the aid is available as Academic Assistantships. At Touro Law Center, Dean’s Fellowships, Achievement and Merit Scholarships, and Incentive Awards- offering tuition remission in varying amounts- are available to qualified applicants, in addition to traditional financial aid sources.

Contact Information
For information please contact:

J.D./M.P.A. Program Director
Department of Health Care and Public Administration
College of Management
C.W. Post Campus
Long Island University
720 Northern Boulevard
Brookville, New York 11548-1300
Phone: (516) 299-2770
Fax: (516) 299-3912

J.D./M.P.A. Program Director
Office of Admissions
Touro Law Center
225 Eastview Drive
Central Islip, New York 11722
Phone: (631) 421-2244, ext. 312
Fax: (631) 421-9708
E-mail: admissions@tourolaw.edu