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Dual-Degree Program at IUPUI Makes Bachelor's Degree and J.D. Attainable in 6 Years
09/19/2016
A new program at IUPUI will make it more cost-effective for students interested in studying law in Indiana. Through the new accelerated dual-degree program, students will earn a bachelor of arts in law from the School of Liberal Arts and a juris doctorate from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in six years, rather than the traditional seven. The cost savings is expected to be around $10,000 in undergraduate tuition.
A story about the new program was published in the Indiana Lawyer on September 16.
“IU McKinney School of Law is pleased to offer this new program, which will help enable some of the university’s most outstanding students from liberal arts to pursue a law degree here in Indianapolis,” Dean Andrew R. Klein said in the news story.
Interested students must have a high school grade-point average of at least 3.5 and have scored in the 50th percentile or higher on the SAT or ACT. During their junior year at IUPUI, students in the program must have a college grade-point average of 3.2 and score at least 149 on the LSAT. IU McKinney makes the final admission decision. The deadline for high school students to apply for the program is November 1. To learn more, contact Julie Smith, Assistant Dean of Student Recruitment, at 317-278-9745 or js216@iu.edu
