STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES FOR THE IU MCKINNEY MASTER OF JURISPRUDENCE (M.J.) PROGRAM
The Master of Jurisprudence is designed for individuals interested in developing a better understanding of the law, but not wishing to practice law or to earn a J.D. degree.
Graduates will:
- Develop an ability to recognize and demonstrate an understanding of the US legal system and its governing bodies and agencies that regulate or otherwise affect that MJ graduate’s job or career.
- Acquire fluency in advanced legal terminology through a plethora of substantive legal texts, cases, statutes, and memoranda while enrolled in courses at IU McKinney.
- Successfully demonstrate a capacity to read and understand legal documents, including judicial opinions, statutes, regulations, executive orders, and legislative commentaries.
- Acquire the ability to assess more effectively situations they encounter on the job that may require or justify the engagement of legal professionals.
- Acquire the ability to communicate more effectively with those legal professionals when those professionals identify a range of options that are appropriate to the circumstance at hand and the MJ graduate will have a better understanding of those range of options.
- And finally, hone their critical and analytical thinking skills while at IU McKinney and will be able to communicate those thoughts in a clear, precise, and concise way.
