WHITE PLAINS, July 14, 2003 — This fall Pace Law School will offer joint degree programs with New York Medical College School of Public Health. The combined degree program with New York Medical College will enable candidates to earn a Juris Doctor/ Masters in Public Health degree (J.D./ M.P.H.) in as little as four years of study.

The joint degree program with New York Medical College will be open to newly admitted students and those currently enrolled who are less than halfway through their studies. Among the suggested public health courses for law students are Public Health Risk Assessment, Overview of Managed Health Care, Long-Term Care Delivery Systems, and Health Economics. Law courses for students of public health may include Food and Drug Law, Health Care for the Disabled and Disadvantaged, Introduction to Health Law I and II, and a course on malpractice and professional discipline.

"Our joint program New York Medical College reflect the increasing sophistication of our entering students, and their (and our) recognition that limiting one's education to traditional disciplinary categories may not expose students to the knowledge necessary to achieve success.  Inter-disciplinarity has become a touchstone of many graduate and post-graduate programs," said David Cohen, Dean of Pace Law School. "Joint programs recognize the operational efficiencies associated with developing avenues for our students to access existing outstanding programs and curricular opportunities in colleges and universities in our region. In addition, we are finding that a significant percentage of entering students are seeking to obtain more than the regular JD degree.  These multi-university joint degree programs recognize the innovative and distinctive curricular initiatives that characterize Pace Law School."

For more information on enrollment or information sessions, please call Pace Law School at (914) 422-4128.

Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is located in White Plains, N.Y., 20 miles north of New York City. The School offers the J.D. program for full-time, and part-time day, and evening students. Its post-graduate program includes the LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees in Environmental Law and an LL.M. in Comparative Legal Studies. Pace has one of the nation's top-rated environmental law programs and its Clinical Education Program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in domestic violence prosecution, securities arbitration, criminal justice, and disability rights.