Public Policy (JD/MPP)

Students must satisfy both the JD and the MPP requirements before either degree may be conferred.

Taken independently, the JD program would require completion of the first-year Law program plus 56 law credits in upper-year courses, while the MPP would require 8.0 FCEs over two years.

The combined program requires:

• Year 1,  the completion of the first-year Law program;
• Year 2, the completion of the first year MPP program with the exception of PPG 1008H (in the second year of the combined degree), in place of which students will add one upper level Law course; that upper level Law course will be counted towards the fulfillment of a student's MPP degree requirements, rather than the fulfillment of the J.D. requirements. Students register through the MPP program for this course and it will be graded on the MPP/SGS scale.
• Years 3 and 4, a total of 45 law credits and 4 half courses in public policy which meet all requirements in upper years.

This combined program uses the existing procedures and services for admissions, registration, courses and advising provided by the Faculty of Law and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.