DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM JD/MALAW & MODERN MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES TUDENTS MAY PURSUE CONCURRENT WORK IN THE HORACE H. RACKHAM GRADUATE STUDIES Sprogram in Modern Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MMENAS) through the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies and the Law School, leading to the Master of Arts (MA) and Juris Doctor (JD) degrees. Through this program, all requirements for both degrees can be completed in three-and-a-half to four years of concurrent enrollment. This dual program recognizes the growing need for specialists who combine training in law with substantive knowledge of the language, culture, and history of the Middle East and North Africa. The program also gives students the opportunity to take advantage of expanding employment opportunities brought about by increased U.S. governmental and commercial relations with the countries of this region. Students admitted to the dual degree program in Law and Modern Middle Eastern and North African Studies are required to earn credit in each school. Beyond the basic requirements, students generally are not restricted in their selection of courses in the Law School. BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE JD REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MA Students entering the Law School must complete the Students must complete 30 credit hours in the Graduate required first-year law curriculum. Fall starters must take School’s MMENAS program, including four courses one elective course of three or four credit hours during chosen from the JD/MA Core Course List, and MMENAS their second semester. All students must complete the 695 graduate seminar. following before graduation: at least one international or comparative law course of two or more credit hours, A master’s essay is required, and third-year proficiency at least one upper-level course with a rigorous writing must be achieved in Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Persian, component, one statutory or regulatory course of or Turkish. Undergraduate courses taken to meet the three or more credit hours, one course in professional language requirements do not count toward the credit hour responsibility of two or more credit hours, and two credit requirement for these degrees. The master’s essay for the hours of experiential learning. Separate courses must MA should be written in the MMENAS 698 course, and be taken to fulfill the upper-level course with a rigorous the 3 credit hours earned in that course may be applied writing component, the professional responsibility course, toward the 30 credit hours required in the MMENAS and the experiential learning course. program. A non-essay option is available which requires six additional elective credit hours from the approved The JD requires a minimum total of 83 credits, earned MMENAS course list; these hours would be in addition to between Law School courses and courses at the Center the 30 credit hours normally required for the MA. for Modern Middle Eastern and North African Studies through the Rackham School of Graduate Studies. Up to nine (9) of the required hours may be earned Students must earn at least 70 credits toward the JD for appropriate International Law courses taken in the through courses taken in the Law School. Law School. Twelve (12) credit hours may be taken from the satisfaction of requirements for the companion degree. Instructions for requesting Law School credit for non-law courses are posted on the CTools site for dual degree students. DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM JD/MA ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS Applicants must gain separate and independent At the beginning of their final year of study admission to both the Law School and the Center in the combined program, students should for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, consult with their Rackham academic adviser affiliated with the Horace H. Rackham School of and the Law School Registrar regarding Graduate Studies, and should contact the admissions forms that need to be completed prior to office of each school for application and admission graduation. Also at this time, students should GENERAL DUAL DEGREE information. The applicant’s LSAT score may be used submit a Dual/Joint Degree Election Form ITEMS OF NOTE in place of the GRE. * (www.rackham.umich.edu/current-students/ policies/academic-records/dual-joint-degree- Any JD who enrolls concurrently Students must satisfy the requirements of each programs) for approval from both the Law in another degree program will school for each degree and should consult with School and the Center for Modern Middle be awarded the JD degree after advisers in each school for the precise graduation Eastern and North African Studies. Students completing all of the requirements for the dual, joint, or combined requirements for each degree. Students should not should review the completed sample forms degrees. (As a practical matter, expect any Law School courses beyond first-year on the CTools page prior to filling out the form. this means that the student will courses to be offered in the summer term. Students Students may also consult with the Office of receive the JD degree either after will not receive credit toward the JD for coursework Student Affairs if there are any questions or at the same time as he or she receives the degree(s) in the other taken prior to matriculation at the Law School. regarding completion of this form. program(s).) This policy will not Students should consult with the MMENAS adviser affect the student’s class year concerning credit toward the MA for Law course The combined degree is not open to those who have for purposes of the Law School’s work. Tuition will be assessed at either the Law already earned either the JD or the MA in Modern commencement ceremony or alumni events, and it will not apply if a School or the Graduate School rate, whichever is Middle Eastern and North African Studies. Students student discontinues the other higher, when courses toward both degrees are taken who are registered in the first or second year at the degree program(s). A law student in one term. Law School may apply for admission to the dual who believes that he or she will degree program. experience some hardship as a result of this policy may petition the Associate Dean for Academic CONTACT INFORMATION Programming for an exception. LAW SCHOOL MIDDLE EASTERN & JD courses traditionally have a later grading deadline than other degree Admissions Office NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES programs. In some occasions, this University of Michigan Law School Academic Services later JD grading deadline may affect South Hall, Suite 2200 Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies a student in his or her final term if 701 S. State St. International Institute another degree program desires all of the student’s grades prior to the Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215 Weiser Hall, Suite 300 JD grading deadline. 734.764.0537 500 Church St. Email: [email protected] Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106 Website: law.umich.edu 734.764.0350 Email: [email protected] DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS Website: ii.umich.edu/cmenas Office of Student Life University of Michigan Law School 316 Hutchins Hall 625 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215 734.764.0516 Email: [email protected] * Information contained herein is valid as of 2/7/18 and is subject to change. Contact with the appropriate admissions office is advised..