| Semester | JD‐MPH NU Bouve After 1L |
|---|---|
| 1L Fall | Classes |
| 1L Spring | Classes |
| Summer | JD Co‐op + HEPP |
| Fall | NU Bouve |
| Spring | NU Bouve |
| Summer | JD Classes |
| Fall | JD Co‐op + Bouve Practicum |
| Spring | JD Classes |
| Summer | JD Co‐op + Capstone |
| Fall | JD Co‐op |
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Public Health - Bouvé
JD/MPH with Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences
The JD/MPH dual-degree program with Bouvé College of Health Sciences brings together interdisciplinary faculty from the School of Law, School of Business, College of Social Sciences and the Humanities and the Khoury College of Computer and Information Sciences with expertise in collaborating with diverse urban populations to provide students with the practice-based knowledge, skills and experience needed to address public health problems and assume leadership roles in the field.
Northeastern offers the nation’s premier Cooperative Legal Education Program. Students in the JD/MPH program are required to satisfy the law school’s co-op requirements and must complete at least one co-op related to public health. Students in the dual-degree program may pursue the law school’s concentration in Health Policy and Law and Bouvé’s concentration in Urban Health.
Possible Patterns of Attendance
Examples of JD Courses in the Program
- Administrative Law
- Bioethics and Law
- Disability Law
- Law and Development
- Employment Law: Safety and Health
- Domestic Violence Clinic
- Health Law
- Health Care Fraud and Abuse
- Human Rights in the Global Economy
- International Health Law
- Juvenile Courts: Delinquency, Abuse and Neglect
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Poverty Law & Practice Clinic
- Problems in Public Health Law
- Public Health Law Clinic
- Private Litigation for Social Justice
- Refugee and Asylum Law
- Reproductive and Sexual Rights and Health
- State and Local Government
- Social Welfare Law
Examples of MPH Courses in the Program
- Public Health Core Courses: Society, Behavior and Health; Public Health Administration and Policy; Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Biostatistics
- Urban Health Core Courses: Principles and History of Urban Health; Urban Community Health Assessment; Race, Ethnicity and Health; Health Education and Program Planning
- Evaluating Health Care Quality
- Economic Perspectives on Health Policy
- Health Advocacy
- Strategic Management and Leadership in Health
- Program Evaluation
- Food, Food Policy and Health
- Public Health Nutrition
- Global Health
- Advances in Measuring Health Behavior
- Critical Appraisal of Research Literature
- Community Based Participatory Research
- Qualitative Methods in Health and Disease
- Social Epidemiology
JD/MPH Capstone
In addition to satisfying all other degree requirements, all students in the JD/MPH program must complete an Urban Health Capstone Project. This project provides students with the opportunity to work on-site in a range of diverse public health practice settings reflective of their dual interests in law and urban public health. Students integrate their knowledge and skills in a major research, program planning, or policy development project. Students are supported in the design and implementation of the Capstone Project by a committee of public health faculty and content specific experts.
Admission
To be admitted to the dual-degree program, students must be admitted to both Northeastern University School of Law and Bouvé College of Health Sciences. Students should apply online to the School of Law through LSAC. The application for the MPH program is available at: Apply Yourself (AY). The AY application fee and GRE requirements are waived for JD/MPH students.
The JD/MPH program also accepts applications during a student’s first or second year of law school at Northeastern or from students transferring to Northeastern. Admission to the School of Law does not guarantee admission to the MPH program. Both applications must be submitted by March 1 for those applying to the dual-degree program.
Additional information is available on the MPH program website.