JD and Masters of Public Health

The J.D./M.P.H. is an interdisciplinary program in law/public health designed for students who wish to integrate study of the legal and health care systems and reduce by one year the time required to obtain both degrees. It recognizes that an understanding of the legal system is increasingly important to health care administrators and policy planners, while policy planners trained initially in law, and attorneys more generally, find a sound professional grasp of health care systems and their administration is vital to their own work. Students completing the degree will develop expertise in public health legal issues. This degree program is intended to train qualified persons for leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. Instructors include members of UConn Health s Division of Public Health Law and Bioethics in the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care; other UConn Health faculty; joint faculty of the UConn School of Law; and health attorneys and public health practitioners from the greater Hartford area. Students enrolled in the interdisciplinary program must earn 86 credits toward the law degree and 48 credits toward the M.P.H. degree. However, they may accelerate by applying 12 credits in relevant law courses to the M.P.H. degree and 12 credits in public health law and policy courses to the J.D. degree.