William S. Boyd School of Law University of Nevada, Las Vegas
 































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The William S. Boyd School of Law and the UNLV School of Social Work offer a dual Juris Doctor/Master of Social Work (JD/MSW) degree program that allows students admitted to both programs to pursue the two degrees concurrently.

Pursued individually, the JD requires the completion of 89 credit hours and the MSW requires the completion of 60 credit hours. The dual MSW/JD degree would require the completion of 80 law credit hours and 51 social work credit hours, as 9 hours of law courses are accepted toward the MSW and 9 hours of social work courses are accepted toward the JD.

Applicants to the JD/MSW degree program must apply for, and gain admission to, both the Boyd School of Law JD program and to the School of Social Work MSW program, respectively. Admission requirements are the same as those listed under the regular JD and MSW programs.

While applications from current students in either program will be considered, students normally should seek and satisfy admission to enter both programs upon entering the university. However, petitions requesting admission to the dual JD/MSW program from students at more advanced stages in either program will be considered.

Those interested are encouraged to submit a request for permission to participate in the program, along with applications for admission, at the earliest possible time. Contact the William S. Boyd School of Law at (702) 895-2440 and the UNLV School of Social Work programs at (702) 895-3311 or http://socialwork.unlv.edu/ for further information on admissions requirements.


JD/MSW CURRICULUM


Required Law Courses:

44 credits*
Civil Procedure/Alternative Dispute Resolution I 3
Civil Procedure/Alternative Dispute Resolution II 3
Constitutional Law I 3
Constitutional Law II 3
Contracts 5
Criminal Law 3
Lawyering Process I 3
Lawyering Process II 3
Upper-level writing-intensive course (one of various courses) 2-3
Professional Responsibility 3
Property I 3
Property II 2
Torts 4
Third Semester Lawyering Process Course 3


Required MSW Courses

51 credits
Social Policy I and II 6
Social Work Research I and II 6
Social Work Practice I 3
Social Work Practice II 3
Human Behavior I and II 6
Cross-cultural Competence 3
Foundation Field Practicum I and II* 6
DP, APP or CW Concentration Field Practicum I and II** 6
Advanced Practice Required courses 12


Free Electives at Law School:

24 credits


MSW Electives:

9 credits
Principles of Public Administration 3
Personnel Administration 3
Fiscal Administration 3
Cross-cutting Issues in Child Welfare 3
Legal and Ethical Issues in Social Work 3
Child Welfare Policy and Services 3
Child Welfare Administration and Supervision 3
Advanced Practice with Children 3
Advanced Seminar in Policy 3

Directed Electives at Law School:

12 credits

Administrative Law 3
Alternative Dispute Resolution Survey 3
Bill of Rights in Law and Regulation 2-3
Bioethics and the Law 2-3
Business Organizations I 3-4
Capital Defense Clinic 1-6
Child, Parent, and the State 2-3
Children in Society: Selected Problems 2-3
Child Welfare Clinic 1-6
Civil Rights Litigation 3
Congressional Externship 6
Criminal Procedure I 3
Criminal Procedure II 3

Disability Law 3
Domestic Violence and the Law 3
Education Law and Policy 2-3
Employment Discrimination Law 3
Employment Law 3
Family Law 3
Federal Income Tax 3
Feminist Jurisprudence 2-3
First Amendment Rights 3
Government & Public Interest Externship 1-12
Health Care Liability and Quality Regulation 3
Health Care Organization and Finance 3
Immigration Clinic 1-6
Immigration Law 3
International Human Rights Law 2-3
Interviewing Counselingand Negotiations 3
Judicial Externship 3-6
Juvenile Justice Clinic 1-6
Juvenile Law 2-3
Land Use Regulation 3
Law and the American Indian 3
Law and Social Justice 3
Legislative Externship 1-12
Mediation 2-3
Negotiation 2-3
Seminar in Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation & the Law

2-3

Available Courses

Administrative Law

Advanced Appellate Advocacy

Advanced Contracts (Sales and Leasing)

Advanced Issues in Tax

Advanced Legal Research

Advanced Mediation

Advanced Negotiation

Alternative Dispute Resolution Practicum

American Legal History

Antitrust

Arbitration

Banking Law

Basic Bankruptcy

The Bill of Rights in Law and History

Bioethics and the Law

Business Bankruptcy

Business Organizations I

Business Organizations II

Capital Defense Clinic

Child, Parent, and the State

Child Welfare Clinic

Children in Society: Selected Problems

Civil and Criminal Litigation in Tax

Commercial Law: Core Concepts of Secured Transactions and Payment Systems

Community Property

Conflict of Laws

Congressional Externship

Constitutional Law II

Criminal Procedure I

Criminal Procedure II

Cyberlaw

Directed Readings

Directed Research

Disability Law

Domestic Violence and the Law

Economics and the Law

Education Law and Policy

Employment Discrimination Law

Employment Law

Entertainment Law

Environmental Quality Law

Estate and Gift Tax

Evidence

Family Law

Federal Courts

Federal Income Tax

Federal Taxation

Feminist Jurisprudence

First Amendment Rights

Gaming Law

Gaming Policy Law Seminar

Government & Public Interest Externship

Health Care Liability and Quality Regulation

Health Care Organization and Finance

Immigration Clinic

Immigration Law

Insurance Law

Intellectual Property II

International Human Rights Law

International Public Law

Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiations

Judicial Externship

Juvenile Justice Clinic

Juvenile Law

Labor Law

Land Use Regulation

Law and the American Indian

Law and Literature

Law and Social Justice

Law Journal

Law Practice Management

Lawyering Theory and Practice

Legislation and Statutory Interpretation

Legislative Externship

Natural Resources Field Seminar

Payment Systems

Pretrial Litigation

Privacy, Publicity & Defamation

Products Liability

Public Lands and Natural Resources Law

Real Estate Finance

Remedies

Secured Transactions

Securitization

Seminar in Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation and the Law

Separation of Powers Law

Special Topics in Law

Media Law

Society of Advocates

Taxation of Business Entities

Trial Advocacy

Water Law

Wills, Trusts and Estates

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