Starting this fall, UW-Madison will offer a dual-degree program that combines a juris doctor law degree with master of public health.
The program will be a joint effort between the School of Medicine and Public Health and the law school to train students in both public health and law.
Because law plays a large role in public health work and vice versa, Law School Dean Margaret Raymond said she hopes merging the two subjects will allow students to broaden their skills and help them find jobs.
“This dual degree calls upon the extraordinary resources of UW-Madison to help our students build unique portfolios equipping them to solve some of our society’s most pressing concerns,” Raymond said in a statement.
UW will be one of few schools across the nation to offer such a dual-degree program. However, past graduates who completed the two programs separately have found internships and jobs that combine both areas of study.
