Overview

Endowed by Harold and Jane Hirsh and home to GW’s joint degree programs in law and public health, the program is designed to foster an interdisciplinary approach to the study of health policy, health law, public health, and health care.

Features

The Hirsh Program’s overall goal is to advance a greater understanding regarding how the law influences and shapes all facets of health care and public health, as well as how the changing system affects traditional areas of the law.

At the same time, the Health Law and Policy program at George Washington University seeks to achieve the pragmatic objectives of readying law degree candidates and practicing lawyers for the broad range of health law-related careers that are available today.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

The MPH degree consists of 45 credits. There are 15 residential MPH program disciplines. The MPH degree includes a required, supervised Practicum.

Because eight of these credits will be cross-credited from the Law School, JD and LLM students need to complete 37 credits of coursework in the GWSPH to earn the MPH degree. MPH core coursework is required and cannot be substituted with Law school coursework.

JD candidates selecting joint degree studies in one of the more science-oriented MPH disciplines, such as epidemiology or biostatistics, should anticipate the possibility of a slightly longer course of study than students who select a less scientific area, such as health policy; this can result because of American Bar Association accreditation rules that limits the types of courses that are allowed to be transferred to the Law School.

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

45 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Washington, D. C., United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

Applicants to the joint law-public health degree/certificate program may apply for admission to GWSPH at or after the time they apply to the GW Law School. JD candidates who do not apply concurrently to the Law School and GWSPH are encouraged to file the MPH or Certificate application by the spring semester of their first year of law school. LLM candidates are encouraged to apply to GWSPH at the time they apply to the Law School or during their first semester on campus.

Applicants to the joint law-public health program must complete the application processes for both the GW Law School (JD or LLM) and for the Milken Institute School of Public Health (MPH or Certificate). Admission to the joint degree program requires admissions acceptances from both Schools. Applicants who are accepted by one School but not the other are free to enroll in the School to which they have been accepted.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

87525 USD / full

≈ 87525 USD / full
Out-of-State

87525 USD / full

≈ 87525 USD / full
Domestic

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In-State

87525 USD / full

≈ 87525 USD / full

Living costs

Washington, D. C.

United States

1705 - 2975 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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General requirements

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