JD/MA
Joint Degree in Global Business Law
The Joint Degree in Global Business Law (JD/MA) program is sponsored jointly by the Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Law School (Paris 1) and the Institut d’Études Politiques (Sciences Po). The program allows Penn Law students to graduate with both the JD and French Master degrees after spending their 3L year studying in Paris.
The JD/MA is a multi-disciplinary program that provides a small number of lawyers and students with an in-depth theoretical and practical acquaintance with the nature and needs of the global market by synthesizing law and political science.
Penn Law JD/MA participants typically study in Paris after having already finished two years of legal study in Philadelphia. Upon successful completion of their year in Paris, and assuming prior satisfaction of all Penn Law-related requirements, students receive both a JD and the French Master.* Successful completion of the program provides participants with the academic training required to take the bar exam in a U.S. jurisdiction. While it also provides an academic credential sufficient to qualify graduates to take the bar examination in France, they would realistically need substantial additional preparation before doing so.
JD students apply to the JD/MA program during their 2L year and must receive formal approval from the Penn Law Office of Graduate and International Programs. They then apply for acceptance to Paris 1/Sciences Po, which gives preference to students with a working knowledge of French. To be eligible to apply to the JD/MA program, JD students must have taken the required 1L program and, in their 2L year, be on their way to completing a minimum of 31 of the 55 upper-level semester hours required for graduation.
In Paris 1/Science Po (where some classes are taught only in English, others only in French), students take a prescribed course series, including General Introduction to Law, Contracts, Torts & Restitution, Corporations and Agencies, International Trade, Antitrust and Competition, International Contracts, and WTO Litigation. Students are also required to take two optional courses from a list of electives. Students should note that the program’s academic calendar differs in some respects from Penn’s.
Once at Penn Law, students will be invited to information sessions provided by the Office of Graduate and International Programs to learn more about this program and the application process.
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* The French title for the degree program is “Master – Droit et globalisation économique.”
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