THE JOINT JD/MSW DEGREE

THE JOINT DEGREE PROGRAM IS challenging but rewarding. As a joint degree student in social work and law, you'll learn the crafts of lawyering and social work and enter field placements, summer internships, and eventually the workplace with a unique skill set and valuable practice experiences. The Graduate School of Social Service and School of Law offer a combined program of study in graduate level social work and law to students who seek to earn both a Master's degree in Social Work and Juris Doctor.

This interdisciplinary program provides individuals interested in social work and law the opportunity to obtain graduate degrees in both programs in four academic years. The joint degree program allows you to complete in four years a course of study that would otherwise take five years if initiated separately.

Alumni of the joint degree program in social work and law at Fordham University have gone on to work in a variety of settings in law and social work. Some alumni choose to work as attorneys as assistant district attorneys and law guardians, while others find employment as social workers, as program directors, and therapists.