Law JD/Health Management and Policy MPH
Major: Law / Health Management and Policy
Degree Awarded: Juris Doctor (JD) and Master of Public Health (MPH)
Calendar Type: Quarter (MPH); Semester (JD)
Minimum Required Credits: 126.0 (47 quarter MPH credits and 79 semester JD credits)
Co-op Option: Available for full-time on-campus graduate students
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 22.0208
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 23-1011
About the Program
The dual degree in law and public health allows highly motivated students to take courses at Drexel's Thomas R. Kline School of Law and Dornsife School of Public Health and earn degrees from both. They acquire basic skills in both disciplines and gain a unique perspective on their intersection. The first year of study is at the Law School, where students complete the standard first-year curriculum. They take full-time public health courses during either their second or third year at their option. At the Dornsife School of Public Health, they major in Health Management and Policy for the MPH, learning skills necessary for policy-making, management, and legal roles in health care and population health. After completing the MPH curriculum, students return to the Law School to complete the law curriculum. As part of their studies, they take a co-op in a public health law setting and complete a related written public health project. Students typically finish both programs in three-and-a-half years.
Students are awarded the JD and MPH degrees at the end of the dual degree program once all degree requirements for the JD and MPH are completed.
Additional Information
For more information about this program, please contact:
DSPH Academic Advising Team
Office of Education
Dornsife School of Public Health
dsphadvising@drexel.edu
Theresa Gallo
Assistant Dean of Academic & Student Services
Thomas R. Kline School of Law
tg337@drexel.edu
Robert I. Field
Program Director
Professor, Thomas R. Kline School of Law and Dornsife School of Public Health
rif24@drexel.edu
Additional information can be found on the Dornsife School of Public Health and the Thomas R. Kline School of Law websites, including admissions criteria and how to apply.
Degree Requirements
Please note that the credits for the LAW courses are shown in semester credits, and the Public Health courses are shown in quarter credits. The JD/MPH joint program requires the completion of 56.0 quarter credits in Public Health and 85.0 semester credits in Law. However 6.0 semester elective credits and 9.0 quarter elective credits are shared.
| Required Law Courses | ||
| LAW 550S | Torts | 4.0 |
| LAW 552S | Contracts | 4.0 |
| LAW 554S | Civil Procedure | 4.0 |
| LAW 555S | Legislation and Regulation | 3.0 |
| LAW 556S | Property | 4.0 |
| LAW 558S | Criminal Law | 4.0 |
| LAW 560S | Constitutional Law | 4.0 |
| LAW 565S | Legal Methods I | 3.0 |
| LAW 566S | Legal Methods II | 3.0 |
| LAW 830S | Professional Responsibility | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 780S | Health Care Quality Regulation | 3.0 |
| LAW 781S | Health Care Business Regulation | 3.0 |
| Law Electives and Menu Requirements (43.0-44.0 credits total; 6.0 of which are satisfied by HMP 500, HMP 501, HMP 511) | 38.0-37.0 | |
One Upper-Level Writing Course (WUL) | ||
One Statutory Course | ||
One Professional Practice Course | ||
| Required Public Health Courses | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| BST 571 | Introduction to Biostatistics | 3.0 |
| EPI 570 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3.0 |
| HMP 505 | Qualitative Data and Mixed Methods Analysis | 3.0 |
| PBHL 510 | Public Health Foundations and Systems I | 4.0 |
| PBHL 511 | Public Health Foundations and Systems II | 4.0 |
| Major Courses | ||
| HMP 500 | Health Management and Policy I | 3.0 |
| HMP 501 | Health Management and Policy II | 3.0 |
| HMP 550 | Health Disparities: Systemic, Structural, Environmental & Economic | 3.0 |
| Policy Selective | 3.0 | |
| Legal Aspects of Public Health * | ||
| Management Selective (select one) | 3.0 | |
| The Business of Healthcare: Advanced Healthcare Financial Management | ||
| Health Care Organizations and Management | ||
| Management of Healthcare Outcomes | ||
| Social Justice/Equity Selective (select one) | 3.0 | |
| Maternal & Child Health Policy | ||
| Historical and Contemporary Developments in Social Justice | ||
| Violence, Trauma and Adversity in Public Health | ||
| Public Health and the Complexity of Mental Health Policy: Exploring Past, Present, and Future | ||
| Public Health Advocacy and Activism | ||
| Health Systems Policy Analysis | ||
| Abolition Frameworks for Public Health: Transformative Policies for a New Society | ||
| Disability and Measurement | ||
| Medicaid and Disability Policy | ||
| Applied Practical Experience | ||
| PBHL 500 | Practical Experience for the Master of Public Health | 0.0 |
| Integrative Learning Experience | ||
| HMP 750 | Integrative Learning Experience | 3.0 |
| HMP 751 | Integrative Learning Experience II | 3.0 |
| Public Health Electives ** | 6.0 | |
| 15.0 credits of electives, 9.0 of which are satisfied by LAW 780S and LAW 781S | ||
| Total Credits | 126.0 | |
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Required as Policy Selective for JD/MPH students
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Students choose from any BST, CHP, EOH, EPI, HMP, or PBHL course from the 500-999 level. Students can take additional 500-level or above electives across the university as long as they meet prerequisite and restriction requirements. Students can contact their faculty mentor to discuss elective options.
| Upper-Level Writing (WUL) Courses (may also be used as electives once requirement is fulfilled): | ||
| LAW 610S | Reproductive Rights & Justice | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 611S | Sex, Gender, & the Law | 3.0 |
| LAW 614S | Supreme Court Seminar | 3.0 |
| LAW 640S | Education Law | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 647S | The Rights of Children | 2.0 |
| LAW 673S | Crime and Community | 2.0 |
| LAW 741S | Estate Planning | 2.0 |
| LAW 790S | Toxic Torts | 2.0 |
| LAW 791S | Regulating Patient Safety | 2.0 |
| LAW 793S | Mental Health Law | 3.0 |
| LAW 805S | Public Interest Law and Policy | 2.0 |
| LAW 827S | Immigration Litigation | 2.0 |
| LAW 832S | Contract Theory Seminar | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 836S | Legal History | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 838S | Foundations of Legal Analysis | 2.0 |
| LAW 840S | Literature and The Law Seminar | 2.0 |
| LAW 842S | Law and Mind Sciences | 2.0 |
| LAW 844S | Law and Social Movements | 3.0 |
| LAW 848S | Courts and Public Policy | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 882S | Litigation Drafting | 2.0 |
| LAW 884S | Contract Drafting | 2.0 |
| LAW 910S | Appellate Advocacy | 2.0 |
| LAW 920S | Drexel Law Review | 1.0-6.0 |
| LAW T880S | Special Topics in LAW | 1.0-5.0 |
| Statutory Courses (may also be used as electives once requirement is fulfilled): | ||
| LAW 620S | Administrative Law | 4.0 |
| LAW 622S | Employment Discrimination | 3.0 |
| LAW 623S | Election Law | 3.0 |
| LAW 624S | Environmental Law | 3.0 |
| LAW 642S | Special Education Law | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 674S | Health Care Fraud and Abuse | 2.0 |
| LAW 675S | Federal Criminal Law | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 676S | White Collar Crime | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 700S | Business Organizations | 3.0-4.0 |
| LAW 701S | Federal Income Tax | 4.0 |
| LAW 702S | Enterprise Tax | 4.0 |
| LAW 706S | Secured Transactions | 3.0 |
| LAW 708S | Payment Systems | 3.0 |
| LAW 710S | Bankruptcy | 3.0-4.0 |
| LAW 711S | Sales | 3.0 |
| LAW 714S | Securities Regulation | 3.0 |
| LAW 740S | Trusts and Estates | 3.0 |
| LAW 760S | Copyright | 3.0 |
| LAW 761S | Patents | 3.0 |
| LAW 764S | Trademarks & Unfair Competition | 3.0 |
| LAW 792S | Food and Drug Law | 3.0 |
| LAW 796S | Insurance Law | 2.0 |
| LAW 820S | Immigration Law | 3.0-4.0 |
| LAW 821S | European Union Law | 2.0-3.0 |
| LAW 826S | Refugee and Asylum Law | 2.0 |
| Professional Practice Courses (may also be used as electives once requirement is fulfilled): | ||
| LAW 924S | Entrepreneurial Law Clinic | 6.0 |
| LAW 931S & LAW 654S | Law Co-op and Lawyering Practice Seminar | 8.0-9.0 |
| LAW 933S & LAW 654S | Co-op Intensive and Lawyering Practice Seminar | 12.0 |
| LAW 941S & LAW 942S | Criminal Litigation Clinic I and Criminal Litigation Clinic II | 12.0 |
| LAW 943S & LAW 944S | Civil Litigation Clinic I and Civil Litigation Clinic II | 12.0 |
| LAW 947S & LAW 948S | Federal Litigation and Appeals Clinic and Federal Litigation and Appeals Clinic II | 12.0 |
| LAW 950S & LAW 951S | Community Lawyering Clinic I and Community Lawyering Clinic II | 12.0 |
| Free Electives (may require permission to enroll) | ||
| Any other unspecified LAW course numbered 550S and above may count as a JD elective | ||
Sample Plan of Study
MPH After Law Year 2
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits | ||
| LAW 550S | 4.0 | LAW 555S | 3.0 | VACATION | |||
| LAW 552S | 4.0 | LAW 556S | 4.0 | ||||
| LAW 554S | 4.0 | LAW 558S | 4.0 | ||||
| LAW 565S | 3.0 | LAW 566S | 3.0 | ||||
| 15 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits | ||
| LAW 560S | 4.0 | LAW 830S (recommended term) | 2.0-3.0 | LAW 654S | 2.0 | ||
| LAW 780S | 3.0 | LAW 781S | 3.0 | LAW 931S | 7.0 | ||
| Law Electives/Menu Requirements | 7.0 | Law Electives/Menu Requirements | 10.0-9.0 | ||||
| 14 | 15 | 9 | |||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BST 571 | 3.0 | EPI 570 | 3.0 | HMP 505 | 3.0 | VACATION | |
| HMP 500 | 3.0 | HMP 501 | 3.0 | HMP 751 | 3.0 | ||
| HMP 550 | 3.0 | HMP 511 | 3.0 | PBHL 500 | 0.0 | ||
| PBHL 510 | 4.0 | HMP 750 | 3.0 | PH Electives/Selectives* | 9.0 | ||
| PH Electives/Selectives* | 3.0 | PBHL 511 | 4.0 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | ||||||
| Law Electives | 12.0 | ||||||
| 12 | |||||||
| Total Credits 126 | |||||||
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Students pick one Management Selective and one Social Justice/Equity Selective.
MPH After Law Year 1
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits | ||
| LAW 550S | 4.0 | LAW 555S | 3.0 | VACATION | |||
| LAW 552S | 4.0 | LAW 556S | 4.0 | ||||
| LAW 554S | 4.0 | LAW 558S | 4.0 | ||||
| LAW 565S | 3.0 | LAW 566S | 3.0 | ||||
| 15 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BST 571 | 3.0 | EPI 570 | 3.0 | HMP 505 | 3.0 | VACATION | |
| HMP 500 | 3.0 | HMP 501 | 3.0 | HMP 751 | 3.0 | ||
| HMP 550 | 3.0 | HMP 511 | 3.0 | PBHL 500 | 0.0 | ||
| PBHL 510 | 4.0 | HMP 750 | 3.0 | PH Electives/Selectives* | 9.0 | ||
| PH Electives/Selectives* | 3.0 | PBHL 511 | 4.0 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits | ||
| LAW 560S | 4.0 | LAW 781S | 3.0 | LAW 654S | 2.0 | ||
| LAW 780S | 3.0 | LAW 830S | 2.0-3.0 | LAW 931S | 7.0 | ||
| Law Electives / Menu Requirements | 7.0 | Law Electives/Menu Requirements | 10.0-9.0 | ||||
| 14 | 15 | 9 | |||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | ||||||
| Law Electives | 12.0 | ||||||
| 12 | |||||||
| Total Credits 126 | |||||||
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Students pick one Management Selective and one Social Justice/Equity Selective.