Admission requirements for the J.D.-M.P.A. program include all requirements noted in the LSU Graduate School Catalog for the M.P.A. program plus those required for admission to the LSU Law Center. Separate applications to both the LSU Graduate School and LSU Law Center must be made, with appropriate test scores—GRE and LSAT—provided.
Applicants admitted into the J.D.-M.P.A. program would spend the first consecutive fall and spring semesters as a full-time student in the Law Center. After completion of the first year in the Law Center, joint degree students simultaneously schedule both M.P.A. and law courses until the requirements for both degrees are fulfilled. Satisfactory completion of the requirements of the J.D.-M.P.A. program should take approximately three and one-half years of full-time study (including summers) and culminates in the awarding of the M.P.A. & Juris Doctor. Tuition and fees will be paid to both the Law Center and LSU according to the number of credit hours for which the student is registered in each program.
The respective faculties of the law school and the business school have approved an award of 9 hours of credit toward the J.D. for courses taken in the MPA program and of 6 hours of credit toward the MPA for courses taken in the law school.
Financial assistance is available to eligible J.D.-M.P.A. students in the form of graduate assistantships and fellowships. For more information on this program, please consult the LSU General Catalog, or contact: Director, Public Administration Institute, 3200 Patrick F. Taylor Hall, College of Business Administration, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, 225-578-6743, or visit LSU’s homepage: www.lsu.edu. If you have additional questions, contact the Office of Admissions and Student Records, 202 Law Center, 225-578-8646.
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