JD/MPH Joint Degree Program
and Certificate in Public Health Law

The joint degree program is designed for students who want to understand and shape the role of the law in promoting public health or in regulating the financing and delivery of health care services. Professional opportunities include government health or environmental agencies, private firms, and universities. Candidates will study law courses during their first year, mostly public health courses in their second year, and primarily law courses in their third and fourth years, including internships in health or environmental law. Students are required to complete a research paper on a topic that addresses both law and health; this paper satisfies both the Advanced Research and Writing Requirement in the School of Law and the concentration project in the Department of Public Health.

Requirements: 82 credit hours of law courses; 37 credit hours of public health courses; research paper. See JD/MPH Requirements.

In addition, the Department of Public Health within the IU School of Medicine has recently announced a new opportunity for professionals to receive a certificate in public health law. Please see the department’s webpage www.pbhealth.iupui.edu for more details or download a flyer with information about the certificate. For additional information contact:

Ms. Carol Kacius
IU Department of Public Health
Regenstrief Health Center
1050 Wishard Blvd.
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-2872

Tel: (317) 278-0337
Web: http://www.pbhealth.iupui.edu