Criminal Justice, Joint MA & JD
Earn a Criminal Justice Dual Degree: MA in Criminal Justice & Juris Doctorate (JD) Joint Degree. Advance your legal career with our top-rated program from Seattle University.
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About this Program
Save Time When You Earn Your MA in Criminal Justice and Juris Doctorate (JD) Degrees Together
Are you interested in obtaining both the Master of Arts in Criminal Justice (MACJ) and Juris Doctorate (JD) degrees?
With our joint degree program, you may complete the degrees in less time than if the two degrees were obtained independently.
How It Works
The MACJ/JD joint degree program allows you to choose whether your first year of study is spent in the Department of Criminal Justice at the College of Arts and Sciences or in the School of Law.
The second year is spent in the other school. The last two years are mixed, allowing you to take courses in both the MACJ and Law School.
Students are required to be admitted separately to both the School of Law and the Criminal Justice Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. Current students interested in the joint degree option must apply for the other program during the fall term of their first year of study.
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Internships for Career Preparation
While internships are not required for academic credit, there are a wide range of internship and employment opportunities in criminal justice at the local and national level.
Top-Notch Clinical Legal Training Program
We offer an unparalleled experiential training program. From your first day, you'll learn to apply your classroom learning in situations helping real clients with real legal problems.
Crime and Justice Research Center
We recognize that crime and its prevention, response and reparation are community concerns. We address those through the integration of perspectives, strategies and approaches based on evidence-based practices and collaborative engagement.
Move Your Career Forward with a Criminal Justice Degree
Grounded in social justice, our interdisciplinary master’s in criminal justice offers a comprehensive, rigorous and analytic study of crime and the societal responses to it.
As one of the best colleges for criminal justice, you’ll experience an Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences aligned program and learn from renowned faculty members.
Along with joining a program that’s highly respected, you’ll train in a program with a special emphasis on criminal justice ethics, diversity, critical thinking and leadership.
Customize your program to advance your career goals with one of the following specializations:
- Criminal justice research and evaluation
- Victimology
- Investigative criminology
TOP-RATED JD DEGREE
Earn your law degree in a top-rated JD program. With a solid grounding in legal theory and philosophy, practical training and experiential learning, you will be prepared to pass the bar exam and practice law effectively.
Our innovative approach to legal education combines exceptional teaching by a distinguished faculty with a variety of experiential learning opportunities.
With a solid grounding in legal theory and philosophy, you'll learn to apply your classroom learning in situations helping real clients with real legal problems.
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