Students from this program earn a Master in Social Work degree from the Brown School and a Juris Doctoris degree from Washington University School of Law. The program of study requires 125 credit units taken over the course of four years. The goal of this program is to prepare students with combined skills in both social work and law for advanced practice with complex social and legal issues in areas in which law and social work converge.

Some of the areas in which the knowledge and skills offered by this joint degree are necessary are community development, housing and rehabilitation, mental health, criminal and juvenile justice administration, family mediation, and legal aid to the poor. Visit the JD/MSW webpage for more information about this program.

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