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The Ph.D. in Law prepares graduates for global leadership in the judiciary, academia, business and government. Since 1966, the program has offered a select number of diverse students the opportunity to attain their highest professional aspirations and career goals. A preeminent center for interdisciplinary legal studies, UW Law offers a global focus and innovative approach to integrating legal scholarship within the humanities and social sciences, medicine and global health, business and technology, and environmental and public policy.

The Ph.D. program is designed to provide a rich and thorough foundation in research methodologies, jurisprudence, legal theory, policy, dissertation preparation and ready access to specialized elective coursework from within the law school and university-wide research centers, institutes and schools. Throughout the program, our graduate students receive individualized attention from exceptional faculty and staff.

With its long and respected history, the Ph.D. program provides students with a global alumni network. Alumni are committed supporters and mentors and lead in many sectors around the world.

The Ph.D. program requires a minimum of three years’ study, at least two years of which are comprised of coursework taken while in residence at the UW. Ph.D. candidates must complete 90 credits. A minimum of 60 credits must be taken at the UW including a minimum of 27 dissertation credits. Some of the credits earned in an LL.M. program may be counted among the 60 credits.

Doctoral dissertation committees are led by faculty experts from UW Law and include members with deep knowledge and expertise from across the university. Students can customize their studies with interdisciplinary coursework, independent study, field research, global internships and externships.

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Established in 1889, the School of Law is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and is on the American Bar Association's list of approved law schools. Graduates of the School are prepared to practice law anywhere in the United States. Additional information about the School is contained in the current School of Law catalog.

Juris Doctor Program

The Juris Doctor (JD) degree is conferred upon a student who has met the residence requirements, consisting of eight quarters of at least 12 credits each, and has earned at least 135 credits satisfactory to the School of Law.

As with most law schools in the United States, the first-year courses are required and are designed to introduce students to basic legal skills, foundational subject matter, and the variety of public and private processes with which the profession is concerned. Those courses deal with contracts, torts, property, civil procedure, criminal law, constitutional law, transnational law, perspectives on the law, and legal analysis, research and writing.

To graduate, a student must complete the following requirements during their second and third years of law school:

• 87 more credit hours (assuming the completion of 48 credits during the first year), for a total of 135 credit hours
• At least 5 more residence quarters of at least 12 credits per quarter, for a total of 8 or more residence quarters (including the first year)
• Professional Responsibility (4 credits)
• Administrative Law (4 credits) beginning with the 1L class entering in Autumn 2018
• Business Organizations (4 credits) beginning with the 1L class entering in Autumn 2018
• Evidence (4 credits) beginning with the 1L class entering in Autumn 2018
• Public Service requirement
• Experiential Coursework requirement
• Advanced writing requirement

New students may enter the School of Law only in autumn quarter. To be considered for admission, applicants must follow the application instructions listed on the School of Law website, register with the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) and Credential Assembly Service (CAS), take the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and demonstrate that they have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited U.S. or Canadian university or the foreign equivalent whose program has been deemed comparable to that of a four-year baccalaureate degree prior to commencing the law program. Applications are due by March 15.

For those students who have carefully researched their law school options, the Early Decision Program provides an expeditious evaluation and decision by the Admissions Committee. The program is designed for those applicants that are confident that the University of Washington School of Law is their clear first choice. Admission through the Early Decision Program is competitive, as applicants are evaluated under the same criteria as those who apply during the regular admissions cycle. In choosing this option, applicants are expected to commit to the University of Washington School of Law, if admitted, and may not apply Early Decision to any other law school in the same admissions cycle. Applications must be submitted by November 15 to be considered.

Transfer Applicants

A JD student who has completed their first-year JD curriculum at a member school of the Association of American Law Schools may apply for admission with advanced standing as a JD degree candidate.

An LLM student who is currently enrolled in an LLM program at an ABA-accredited law school may apply to transfer as a JD candidate with advanced standing provided the applicant has met all of the following criteria: (1) the applicant is a graduate of a law school in a country outside the United States; (2) the applicant successfully completed JD degree coursework while enrolled in the LLM program; and (3) the law school that the applicant enrolled at for their LLM degree has a grading system for LLM students in JD courses that is comparable to the grading system for JD degree students in the course.

Transfer students are accepted on a space-available basis only. Selection of applicants is based on evidence that: (1) the candidate can produce above-average work at the University of Washington School of Law and (2) the candidate will contribute to the diversity of the student body. Transfer applications are accepted beginning May 1 through July 15.

Financial Aid

UW Law is dedicated to helping our students meet educational expenses through a variety of options, including scholarships, grants and federal loans. Each year, the law school and the University's Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) develop comprehensive financial aid packages to help students achieve their education goals while minimizing student educational debt.

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Introduction.

• The Mission: To serve as and to educate our students to be leaders for the global common good. Our students are asked to rethink and defend their conceptions of the law and its relation to social problems. Students are often surprised to learn that their principal objective is not to “learn the law” but rather to develop the intellectual tools and skills necessary to work as professionals. They gain experience in analyzing cases, statutes, and other legal materials, thereby learning the structure and operation of the legal system.

LLM Programs/Areas of Specialization

The University of Washington School of Law has eight masters programs, and our students have the opportunity to take advantage of our collaborative arrangements with the university’s technology transfer program and environmental, engineering, medical, and public policy schools. The law school also has strong ties with our vibrant and thriving legal, software, bioengineering, government, and nonprofit communities, including organizations such as Starbucks, Microsoft, Amazon, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Allen Brain Institute, PATH, and many others. We offer our students an opportunity to learn at a top law school with students from all over the world and enjoy the many benefits of going to school in Seattle.

Asian and Comparative Law LLM

• Application deadline: February 15 (international applicants); May 1 (US applicants)
• Application fee: $90
• Transcripts from  LLM CAS accepted
• Up to 10 students participate in this program each year

For more information, please visit the Asian Law Center website or contact [email protected] .

General Law LLM

The general law track is a customizable course of study for domestic and international students whose interest areas do not entirely fit into one of the specialized tracks. It provides students with the flexibility to take the courses they want in pursuit of their professional interests and personal aspirations. Some of our students have significant professional experience and are seeking to enhance or change practice sectors. Other students are seeking additional credentials to launch their career or to qualify for a bar examination in one of the United States jurisdictions (Washington or New York, for example) that admit lawyers trained outside of the United States. LLM students in the General Law program take classes with JD and LLM students in other programs, and select from our extensive course offerings based on their personal interests and career goals. Students may pursue cross-cutting and interdisciplinary studies or focus their studies in a particular substantive area, such as labor and employment law, dispute resolution, Native American law, criminal justice system, constitutional and administrative law, or the American legal system in general.

• Application deadline: February 15 (international applicants); May 1 (US applicants) 
• Approximately 20–25 part-time students participate in this program each year

For more information, please visit the Graduate Program in Taxation website or contact [email protected] .

Global Business Law LLM

Students in this program focus on US and international business law courses, as well as practice-oriented courses that simulate global transactions. The law school provides a large selection of courses, including international contracting, international trade, and international business transactions. Graduates pursue legal careers as global business lawyers, entrepreneurs, or government lawyers responsible for economic policy and regulation.

• Approximately 20 students participate in this program each year

For more information, please visit the Global Business Law LLM website or contact [email protected] .

Health Law LLM

The demand for attorneys with highly specialized knowledge in the growing and complex area of health law continues to expand in the United States and around the world. Our health law curriculum includes over 20 courses. It is one of the largest in the United States and new courses are added regularly so our students gain practical knowledge on today’s cutting edge issues. Our health law professors are very accessible experts in their fields and our students also enjoy the benefit of learning from our highly experienced adjunct professors, who practice law in the subject areas that they teach. Our Health Law LLM students also have the opportunity to take classes at the University of Washington’s internationally known schools of medicine, public health, and public policy.  Most of our students enhance their practical skills and real world knowledge through our very successful externship and internship program. This also allows them to make valuable contacts and obtain strong references. Highly personalized career coaching and personal introductions are one of the many strengths of our program. 

• Application deadline: February 15 (international applicants); July 1 (US applicants). Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
• Transcripts required:  LLM CAS accepted
• Approximately 8–15 students participate in this program each year

For more information, please visit the Health Law LLM website or contact [email protected] .

Intellectual Property Law and Policy LLM

Intellectual property law is no longer just for patent specialists. In today’s world, intellectual property law touches everything from stem cell lines, medicine, and electronic toothbrushes to garments, card games, and footballs (both kinds). This program provides students with intensive education and training focused on emerging intellectual property legal issues relating to technological innovation in all fields. The University of Washington is located in one of the premier IP-producing regions in the world. Scientists, computer programmers, aerospace engineers, medical researchers, singers, and writers are all here, developing things that they hope will change the world. UW is right in the mix, providing leadership to encourage innovation.

• Application deadline: February 15 (international applicants); July 1 (US applicants)
• Approximately 25 students participate in this program each year

For more information, please visit the Intellectual Property Law and Policy website or contact [email protected] .

Sustainable International Development Law LLM

The Sustainable International Development (SID) LLM program provides lawyers with the tools to promote social change and a sustainable future for people and the planet. Through an innovative and hands-on approach, this program provides students with the skills needed to face the international development challenges of the 21st century. The SID LLM program has a robust course curriculum focusing on five main areas:

• Rule of law, governance, and human rights
• Law as a tool of poverty alleviation
• Rights of indigenous peoples and communities
• Global environmental protection
• Corporate responsibility and sustainability

Graduates of this program will be equipped to work within organizations such as the World Bank, USAID, the United Nations Development Program, corporations and private consulting firms, and leading nongovernmental organizations.

• Transcripts from LLM CAS accepted

For more information, please visit the Sustainable International Development website or contact [email protected]

Taxation LLM

The Graduate Program in Taxation offers a range of courses and flexibility to study everything from sophisticated international business transactions to estate planning. Courses are taught by distinguished full-time faculty and experienced practitioners in the Pacific Northwest, and they provide LLM students with the knowledge, tools, and skills to be outstanding tax professionals. In addition, our Federal Tax Clinic allows students to represent clients in real disputes with the IRS. Classes are generally scheduled in the late afternoon or evening to accommodate students who work while earning their degree.

• International applicants: February 15 (for fall quarter only)
• US applicants: July 1 (fall quarter); November 1 (winter quarter); February 1 (spring quarter)
• Transcripts required: LLM CAS  accepted
• Approximately 30 full-time and 30 part-time students participate in this program each year

Master of Jurisprudence (MJ)

The Master of Jurisprudence program is a nine-month, graduate-degree program designed to provide recent graduates and experienced professionals with a strong personalized education in the law. Students learn to recognize and respond to legal and regulatory issues in their chosen field, while taking most of their courses with UW law and LLM students. Areas of specialization include, but are not limited to, Employment and Human Resources law, Health law, Intellectual Property law, Technology Policy, Environmental Regulation, Finance and Tax Policy, Sustainable International Development, and Indigenous Rights.

• Application fee: $85 (application available only through the UW Application System )
• 20–25 students participate in this program each year

For more information, please visit the MJ website or contact [email protected] .

PhD in Law (PhD)

The PhD in Law program prepares graduates for global leadership in the judiciary, academia, business, and government. Since 1966, the PhD program has offered a select number of diverse students the opportunity to attain their highest professional aspirations and career goals in a preeminent center for interdisciplinary legal studies. UW Law offers a global focus and innovative approach to integrating legal scholarship within the humanities and social sciences, medicine and global health, business and technology, and environmental and public policy. Our graduate students receive individualized attention from exceptional faculty and staff.

• Application deadline: January 15
• Approximately 5-7 applicants are admitted each year, with a total cohort of approximately 25 students

For more information, please visit the PhD in Law program website or contact [email protected] .

Our Faculty

The University of Washington School of Law offers a student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1. Faculty areas of specialization include labor law, tax law, international law, environmental and water law, family law, real property law, laws concerning business organization, commercial law, constitutional law, the law of sex and race discrimination, American Indian law, intellectual property, and health law. In addition, there are several faculty members specifically interested in questions of legal history, legal philosophy, and law and social science. These interests are reflected in the school’s curriculum.

Our Classes

The law school classes are uniquely designed to team JD and LLM/PhD students and visiting scholars in the same classroom and often in teams working on practical problems. The unique mix of US and international students in one program also provides a valuable reciprocal learning experience.

Bar Examinations

Our LLM programs are designed to support those international students interested in taking a bar exam in the United States. We encourage our students desiring to take a bar exam to work closely with our dedicated academic support advisor. Students receive individualized support throughout the bar examination process. UW also provides a four- credit bar preparation course created to give our international students advance preparation in four subject areas and to teach bar exam strategies.

Student Services and Organizations

There are 43 registered student journals and organizations, and over 700 student organizations at the university level. Of particular interest to LLM students are the Washington International Law Journal , the International Law Society, Technology Law Society, Student Health Law Organization, and the Business Law Association.

Student and Career Services

Student and Career Services provides professional development coaching, recruiting opportunities, electronic job-search tools, and various events. Many of the events and activities are planned to create and promote new relationships among attorneys, alumni, and UW School of Law students. The center believes it can serve its mission through core values of integrity and mutual respect, teamwork, superior competence, open and honest communication, and confidentiality.

Each fall, an entering class of about 180 JD students and 150 LLM students begins the study of law. The high number of applications received each year allows the School of Law to select an exceptional student body. Our students are academically sound and culturally diverse. Their educational and professional backgrounds create a stimulating intellectual atmosphere.

Physical Facilities

William H. Gates Hall houses all classrooms; a student lounge; a café; locker areas; the Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library; and faculty, administration, and student organization offices.

The Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library houses a collection of 700,000 volumes, establishing it as one of the largest university law collections on the West Coast. Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg, HeinOnline, LegalTrac, and CCH are a growing part of the library’s broad-based access to information resources. A highly trained staff of 26 facilitates access to a wide variety of legal and interdisciplinary information needs and services. Law students have access to our spectacular study spaces and can easily borrow materials from the 17 other libraries of the University of Washington and most universities and colleges in the Northwest.

The university offers housing in residence halls, apartments, and family housing. In addition, the Housing & Food Services Office maintains lists of rental houses, apartments, and boarding houses in the neighborhood.

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The Ph.D. in Law prepares graduates for global leadership in the judiciary, academia, business, and government. Since 1966, the program has offered a select number of diverse students the opportunity to attain their highest professional aspirations and career goals. A preeminent center for interdisciplinary legal studies, UW Law, offers a global focus and innovative approach to integrating legal scholarship within the humanities and social sciences, medicine and global health, business and technology, and environmental and public policy.

The Ph.D. program is designed to provide a rich and thorough foundation in research methodologies, jurisprudence, legal theory, policy, dissertation preparation, and ready access to specialized elective coursework from law school and university-wide research centers, institutes, and schools. Throughout the program, our graduate students receive individualized attention from exceptional faculty and staff. With its long and respected history, the Ph.D. program provides students with a global alumni network. Alumni are committed supporters and mentors, and leaders in many sectors around the world.

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The Psychology and Law concentration trains students to take basic social, developmental, and cognitive principles and apply them to issues in the legal system. Students in this program typically have interests in such topics as the role of race/ethnicity in legal decisions, eyewitness memory, jury decision-making,  interrogations and confession, and/or policing. Throughout their careers, students are encouraged to work independently and collaboratively with one or more faculty and with other graduate students. Students are encouraged to develop a research program in their own area of interest, and with guidance from faculty mentors, to take courses that are appropriate to one's interests.

Students work with their graduate committees to identify additional coursework needed to complete their training. Mentored by a primary advisor, each student develops a program of research and is encouraged to collaborative with other faculty and students, to present research at professional conferences, and to publish in professional journals. Where appropriate to their interests, students may be encouraged to take selected law courses from UW's College of Law.

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• Monica McCoy (Ph.D. 1997) Developmental Psychology, Dissertation " Jurors' reasoning skills and verdict decisions: The effect of jury deliberations. " Currently a Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department at Converse College.
• Matt Dammeyer, (Ph.D. 1999) Clinical Psychology, Dissertation- " Self-reported levels of anxiety and depression among law students ." Currently the Director of Behavioral Health at Central Peninsula General Hospital, Alaska
• Walt Peters, (Ph.D. 2000) Developmental Psychology, Dissertation- " Adult perceptions of child witnesses ." Currently a Research Associate at Neilson in Australia.
• Kami London (Ph.D. 2001) Developmental Psychology, Dissertation " Investigative courtroom interviews of children: Examining the efficacy of Truth/Lie Discussions in increasing the veracity of children's reports. " Currently an Associate Professor at the University of Toledo.
• Mindy Dahl (Ph.D. 2005) Developmental Psychology Dissertation- " Adolescent decisions in situations of uncertainty: The impact of risky choice framing and decision making competency."   Currently a Health Science Policy Advisor at the National Institute of Mental Health.
• Connie Tang (Ph.D. 2005) Developmental Psychology- Dissertation   "Young Children's Awareness of When New Learning Occurred."   Currently an Associate Professor at Stockton College.
• Dana Binder (Ph.D. 2006) Social Psychology- Dissertation   "The relationship between Need for Cognition, argument strength, and the persuasiveness of courtroom technology."   Currently a Trial Consultant at Dispute Dynamics, Inc.
• Christine Shea Adams (Ph.D. 2007) Social Psychology- Dissertation   "The Death Penalty Attitudes Scale: Can capital trial jurors be chosen more fairly?"   Currently a Statistical Analyst at The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice.
• Jessica Hatz (Ph.D. 2007) Social Psychology - Dissertation " Do deceptive behaviors and lie detection abilities vary as a function of the method use for eliciting lies.''   Currently an Associate Professor at Austin Peay State, TN.
• Andre Kehn (Ph.D. 2010) Psychology and Law - Dissertation " The impact of social categorization on own-and other-race face processing. " Currently an Associate Professor at the University of North Dakota.
• Jennifer Gray (Ph.D. 2012) Psychology and Law - Dissertation   "The role of jurors' prior beliefs on the impact of expert testimony. " Currently an Assistant Professor at Mt. Olive University.
• Stephannie Walker (Ph.D. 2013) Psychology and Law - Dissertation   "Reinventing the mousetrap: Source misattribution among elderly as a result of imagination inflation and repeated questioning."   Currently an Research Associate at Wake Medical School.
• Christopher Chai (Ph.D. 2014) Psychology and Law - Dissertation   "The impact of stereotypical Asian crimes on juror decision-making: Punishing the model minority" . Research Associate at the National Institute for Mental Health.
• Kimberly Schweitzer (Ph.D. 2016) Psychology and Law Dissertation-   Does DNA evidence trump all other evidence? An examination of the effects of common homicide trial evidence and mock jurors’ verdicts.    Currently an Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice at the University of Wyoming
• Victoria Estrada-Reynolds (Ph.D. 2017).   I don't not like them: Positive and negative attitudes among racial minority and majority groups predicting support for immigration policy.   Currently an Assistant Professor at Stockton College.

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The opportunities for graduate study beyond a law degree are particularly rich at the University of Wisconsin. The UW Law School offers dual degree opportunities in conjunction with master's and doctoral programs on the campus.

The Law School has established programs with:

• La Follette School of Public Affairs
• Wisconsin School of Business
• Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program
• Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
• Department of Philosophy
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Sociology and Rural Sociology
• School of Library and Information Studies
• Master of Public Health Program
• Neuroscience and Public Policy Program

A strong tradition of research at the UW and an environment that encourages interdisciplinary work support the dual degree programs. In addition, the Law School offers certificate programs that provide an opportunity for concentrated study, but do not involve an additional degree. Certificates are available in two subject areas: Health Advocacy and Russian Area Studies.

A dual degree is not a joint degree or a double degree. A dual degree is two separate degrees, one of which is granted by a graduate or professional department, school or program and one of which is granted by the Law School. In most instances, completing the requirements for a master's degree and a J.D. will add about a year of study to the three years that it usually takes to complete law school and saves approximately one year of study compared to attaining both degrees separately. A combination of a J.D. and a Ph.D. will take considerably longer. The mechanism for reducing the time for each degree is the permission to "double count" some courses taken for the J.D. degree toward the master's or Ph.D. degree and vice versa.

In addition, the Law School is committed to helping students create individual programs that combine law and related fields of study. Students wanting to combine a J.D. with a master's not already approved in the Law School Rules (listed above) must receive permission for their programs from the Law School Petitions Committee. Students do not need permission from the Petitions Committee to pursue a J.D. with a Ph.D. not already approved in the Law School. Lastly, the Law School has adopted a general regulation to facilitate dual J.D./Ph.D. programs in fields where no established dual degree program currently exists. That rule allows the Law School to grant a semester of advanced standing to students in such programs if certain standards are met.

General Requirements

Dual degree candidates must apply to and be admitted by each school or department separately. For all programs except for MPH, students apply to both the Graduate School and the particular department/program, and to the Law School. For the dual JD/MPH program, students only apply directly to the MPH program, and to the Law School.

Dual degree students must be enrolled in both programs concurrently at some point in their career. Generally, students need not apply and be admitted to both programs in the same year. However, some departments or schools may require that students be admitted to both for the same academic year; therefore, it is essential that applicants familiarize themselves with the admission and dual degree requirements of both the Law School and the proposed dual degree department when considering a dual degree program. Note that students earning dual degrees usually will not graduate with the law class with which they matriculated. To receive dual degrees, students must satisfy all of the requirements for each degree. Note: the Law School will authorize a student to receive JD credit for an eligible non-Law graduate-level course taken as part of a dual degree program only if that non-Law course was taken after the student matriculated at the Law School.  For further information on this requirement, students should consult with the Law School's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. 

For all programs except the MPH dual degree, once the student is admitted to both programs, the student should pay a "blended rate" of tuition and fees for every semester as a dual degree student. The rate is between the rate for Law School and the Graduate School department or other school (the other program). The students pay this rate for all semesters, regardless of whether they are taking all Law classes, all classes in the other program or a combination of both. For this reason, students admitted to a second department should notify Academic Advisor Angela Nash for assistance in getting the correct tuition and fees assessed. 

The JD/MPH dual degree program is a "step out" model.  Semester by semester, students must decide and declare which school they will enroll in for the majority of their courses, and will pay that school's tuition rate, accordingly.  Students are required to matriculate in the Law School for at least 5 semesters and the MPH program for at least 2 semesters.  For this reason, students admitted to this dual degree program should work with Academic Advisor Angela Nash and Faculty Advisor Sarah Davis to plan their program.

How Dual Degrees Affect Earning the J.D. Degree

Students earning dual degrees must satisfy the same subject area requirements as all other law students seeking the J.D. degree and Diploma Privilege (the ability to waive taking the Wisconsin State Bar Examination before practicing law in Wisconsin). Likewise, dual degree students must earn a total of 90 credits, including up to 30 elective law credits. However, dual degree students may count 15 credits from their other degree program as law electives. The Law School will accept any 15 graduate credits from the outside program in which the student earned a B or better. The outside program, however, usually specifies in advance which law courses count toward the master's or doctoral degree and will "double count" only those courses.  In the dual degree program with the Business School, students may need more than 75 Law School credits in order to meet the requirements for the J.D. degree with diploma privilege and satisfy Business School requirements.

The following diagram demonstrates how a dual degree student who begins as a Law student might complete a J.D. and a master's degree in four years. Note that this order is not required. From the Law School's perspective, students may begin course work in the "Other Program" before or after the first year in law school.* Once dual degree students begin taking law courses, they must complete the first-year course sequence of 29 credits within two academic years, starting in a fall semester. Students are strongly advised to complete the first-year of Law School as full-time students in one academic year.   (* But as explained above, the Law School will authorize a student to receive JD credit for an eligible non-Law graduate-level course taken as part of a dual degree program only if that non-Law course was taken after the student matriculated at the Law School.) 

**  The dual degree student in this example completes 75 law credits (including the specific graduation and 60-hour subject requirements) and adds 15 credits from the other program to meet the requirement for 90 credits for the J.D. degree. These 15 credits from the other department substitute for 15 elective law credits that otherwise would have been required.

Dual degree students combining J.D. and master's degrees will receive the J.D. (and this transfer of credits) only when both programs are complete.  In dual J.D./Ph.D. programs, the transfer of outside credits may occur earlier than the completion of the doctoral degree, typically at the completion of the requirements for a master's degree.  A dual degree student who does not finish the other degree will only be able to count 6 outside graduate credits toward the J.D. degree, regardless of how many credits toward the other degree were completed.

For all programs except the JD/MPH program, once the student is admitted to both programs, the student should pay a "blended rate" of tuition and fees for every semester as a dual degree. The rate is between the rate for Law School and the Graduate School department or other school (the Other Program). The student pays this rate for all semesters, regardless of whether he/she is taking all Law classes, all classes in the Other Program, or a combination of both. For this reason, students admitted to a second department should notify Academic Advisor Angela Nash for assistance in getting the correct tuition and fees assessed. 

The JD/MPH dual degree program is a "step out" model.  Semester by semester, students must decide and declare which school they will enroll in for the majority of their courses, and will pay that school's tuition rate, accordingly.  Students are required to matriculate in the Law School for at least 5 semester and the MPH program for at least 2 semesters.  For this reason, students admitted to this dual degree program should work with Academic Advisor Angela Nash and Faculty Advisor Sarah Davis to plan their program.    

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Jan 10, 2024 | Updates

Do you (or someone you know) have a JD, LLM or PhD in Law and have an interest in studying the legal and policy aspects of misinformation? 

The University of Washington School of Law is seeking a Visiting or Acting Assistant Professor who will also serve as a Resident Legal Fellow at the Center for an Informed Public pursuing work in an emerging area of study with high potential for broad-based impact. 

Areas of interest include free speech, platform liability, content moderation, antitrust, criminal and civil fraud, and national security. In addition to conducting original research, the candidate would teach in an area of interest and institutional need (e.g., business law, criminal law, property, or patent law) and participate in the intellectual and social life of the interdisciplinary Center. Candidates from an academic setting will be considered for a visiting title while others will be considered for an acting title. Akin to a traditional law school “VAP” program, the Visiting/Acting Assistant Professor will gain both teaching experience and the opportunity to devote substantial time to research, writing, and other scholarly pursuits. There will be an opportunity to present work-in-progress to the School of Law and the Center and to receive feedback and mentoring from faculty members in preparation for the academic job market. Course loads and teaching schedules for the Visiting/Acting Assistant Professor will be devised with sensitivity to the timing of the job market process.

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Combine your background in law with new skills in knowledge organization that will transform your career. As a law librarian and legal information professional, you will tap into the power of information to support the mission of courts, federal and state government, law schools, corporations and more.

The UW iSchool’s law librarianship program provides the highest level of preparation for a career in legal information. The curriculum blends a strong theoretical foundation in the principles of information science with the specialized legal research, technological and operational background you will need to thrive as a law librarian. An accompanying internship allows you to further build your technical skills.

Admission to the law librarianship program requires the completion of a JD from an ABA-accredited law school (or a foreign equivalent law degree). Classes are offered over four consecutive academic quarters in the residential mode and  over seven quarters for the online, part-time mode. The Law MLIS degree requirements differ from the residential and online MLIS programs, although MLIS residential students without a JD may take some of the specific legal information classes as electives.

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The curricular component of the program is 10 months for full-time students and 22 months for part-time students, beginning in Autumn Quarter and ending the following accelerated Summer Quarter (Summer A-term). Students in the program will earn the MLIS degree with a specialization in Law Librarianship after successful completion of 41-43 quarter credit hours. The program follows the UW Academic Calendar .

The experiential component of the program for residential students is an internship working in the Gallagher Law Library, which is part of the UW School of Law. During the internship, law librarianship students will be trained in a variety of operational aspects and special projects in the law library to make transitioning to the profession and work environments easier.  

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The average course load in the full-time program is 12 credits per quarter. Ten credits per quarter is the minimum for students who need to meet certain financial aid requirements. Library and Information Science course descriptions are located in the UW course catalog , and the sequential full-time Law MLIS curriculum is as follows:

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• LIS 520 Concepts, Services, and Issues for Information Professionals (4 credits)
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• LIS 592 Legal Research Methods (4 credits)
• LIS 595 Research and Writing in Law Librarianship (1 credit)

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• LIS 593 Law Teaching Practicum (2 credits) OR
• Other Elective (2+ credits)

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• LAW E 553 / LIS 598 Technology Law & Public Policy Seminar (2 credits)
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The average course load in the part-time program is 6 credits per quarter. Students may still be eligible for financial aid with a part-time schedule. Library and Information Science course descriptions are located in the UW course catalog , and the sequential part-time Law MLIS curriculum is as follows:

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• For more information about a career in the legal information profession, visit the American Association of Law Libraries' Education for a Career in Law Librarianship webpage .

For further information, contact the iSchool ( [email protected] ) or the Law Librarianship program director, Carla Wale ( [email protected] ). 

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How likely are in-state UW students to stay in Wisconsin after they graduate?

• Wisconsin recently passed legislation guaranteeing the top 5% of high schoolers admission to UW campuses.
• The majority of in-state UW students will stay in Wisconsin after they graduate.
• For in-state students, 87% will still live in Wisconsin five years after graduation.

As many high school seniors prep for their first year of college, a new Wisconsin law will give the state’s highest-performing high schoolers a guaranteed spot at any of the Universities of Wisconsin campuses.

Signed into law in February, it requires the UW system and local technical college boards to create a guaranteed admission program for Wisconsin applicants ranked in the top 5% of their class.

In his latest newsletter, Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August, R-Walworth, described the legislation as a way to keep Wisconsin students in the state for college and beyond.

“Admission should be based on merit and achievement, not race and identity. With nearly 90% of all UW graduates staying in Wisconsin five years after they graduate, we need to do a better job of reducing ‘brain drain’ and keep our best and brightest here in our state,” August said in his May 3 newsletter.

The claim that nearly 90% of alumni across the UW campuses stay in the state post-graduation stood out to us. 

We decided to track down that data.

The majority of Wisconsin resident alumni will remain in the state after graduation

Before we get into where alumni live, it’s important to note that August is talking about keeping in-state students in Wisconsin post-graduation — not all UW alumni.

While the direct statement is broader, referencing all UW alumni, the context of the claim came from August’s newsletter which talked about wanting to keep in-state high school students in Wisconsin after college.

UW keeps track of where bachelor’s degree recipients across the 13 campuses live based on information they provide to their alumni associations.

UW’s latest 2021 data on alumni residency shows the majority of in-state students will live in Wisconsin after earning their degree.

Based on 2015-2016 in-state UW graduates, 87% of them still lived in Wisconsin by 2021.

One year post-graduation, 90% of in-state students will still live in Wisconsin, while 10 years after graduation 80% will.

When you look at out-of-state alumni living in Wisconsin, that percentage drops significantly. Only 16% of out-of-state students, excluding Minnesota students, lived in Wisconsin five years after graduation.

Minnesota students are specifically separated from the UW’s out-of-state alumni data because of a reciprocity agreement that allows Minnesota students to attend UW schools without paying nonresident tuition.

Minnesota students are even less likely to live in Wisconsin after graduation, though, with only 10% staying in the state five years later. 

In his legislative newsletter, August said “Nearly 90% of all UW graduates stay in Wisconsin 5 years after they graduate.”

Based on UW’s data on where bachelor’s degree recipients across the 13 campuses live, 87% of in-state students lived in Wisconsin five years after graduation. 

We rate this claim True.

Rep. Tyler August newsletter, “ Blocking the Woke Agenda ,” May 3, 2024

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TikTok creators sue U.S. government over potential ban

The lawsuit is the second legal challenge to the new law, which creators say violates their First Amendment rights.

Eight TikTok creators sued the U.S. government Tuesday over a new law that would force the sale or ban of the popular video app, arguing that the law violates their First Amendment rights by potentially shuttering a medium of communication that has become a critical “part of American life.”

The 33-page complaint echoes the arguments TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, made last week in a separate legal challenge by calling the law “unconstitutionally overbroad” and contending that it would violate the free speech rights of 170 million users nationwide. President Biden signed the law last month.

The law “threatens to deprive them, and the rest of the country, of this distinctive means of expression and communication,” the creators’ suit states. “It bans an entire medium of communication and all the speech communicated through that medium, even though, at the very least, the vast majority of that speech is protected.”

In a statement, the Justice Department said it looked forward to defending the law in court. “This legislation addresses critical national security concerns in a manner that is consistent with the First Amendment and other constitutional limitations,” the statement said.

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The creators hail from eight states and represent a diversity of professions, backgrounds and political leanings. They are Brian Firebaugh, 43, a cattle rancher in Hubbard, Tex.; Chloe Joy Sexton, 29, who owns a cookie-baking business in Memphis; Kiera Spann, a recent college graduate in Charlotte whose seeks to educate women about sexual violence and politics; Topher Townsend , 33, an Air Force veteran and rapper who posts videos quizzing people about the Bible; Talia Cadet, 34, a lifestyle creator in D.C.; Timothy Marin, 25, a college football coach in North Dakota who talks about sports; Paul Tran, 43, a beauty creator in Atlanta who owns a skin care brand; and Steven King, 50, a creator in Arizona who posts about comedy, fashion and relationships.

All of them told The Washington Post that TikTok is an essential outlet for speech and self-expression and that they rely on it to educate, advocate and connect with millions of people as well as to make a living.

“As Americans we should be free to choose whatever app we want to use … especially when they haven’t proved or provided evidence to show the danger they’ve set out that is unique to TikTok,” Townsend said in a video posted to his TikTok account.

Firebaugh was harsh in his criticism of supporters of the law in an interview with The Post: “I’m a firm believer that if you just want to ban something that 170 million Americans are using to express themselves, to use their voice and share their opinions and their creativity, because you’re scared or nervous about something, that’s communist and it’s cowardice.”

The creators are being represented by Davis Wright Tremaine, a firm based in Seattle known for its cases involving First Amendment and media law. TikTok is covering the creators’ attorney fees. Erich Andersen, the ByteDance general counsel leading the company’s lawsuit , also worked at the firm as an attorney in the early 1990s before joining Microsoft.

Davis Wright Tremaine recently sued — and lost — in a news media effort to require New York Superior Court to allow the televising of former president Donald Trump’s trial on charges he falsified business records to conceal a hush money payoff to adult-film star Stormy Daniels. The firm represented a consortium of roughly 20 news organizations, including The Post.

In 2020, the firm represented three TikTok creators who sued the government over Trump’s executive order banning the app. A federal judge in Pennsylvania sided with the creators and blocked the order, saying the government’s claim that the app posed a national security threat was “phrased in the hypothetical” and should not outweigh the restrictive effect on Americans’ free speech rights.

The firm also represented five TikTok creators in Montana who sued the state last year over its TikTok ban. Their case was consolidated with a separate TikTok lawsuit, and a federal judge ruled in their favor, ordering the stop of a ban he said “violates the Constitution in more ways than one.”

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Ambika Kumar, a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine representing the creators, argued that the law as it stands is an effective ban on the app. “This is not a forced sale, which itself would be unconstitutional. It is a ban,” she said.

The creators in the lawsuit told The Post that no other apps can replicate TikTok’s ability to reach people. Each creator said they had attempted to leverage other platforms such as Instagram, YouTube and X with little success.

“Go look at my Instagram,” Sexton said. “Every single video I’ve ever shared on TikTok has been shared on Instagram as well. There is a drastic difference in followers. TikTok so much more quickly connects me with the people who care about seeing what I do.”

Cadet, whose posts focus on travel, Black-owned businesses and things to do in D.C., echoed that sentiment. “This reach I’ve had on TikTok, I haven’t been able to experience it on other apps,” she said. “It feels like our government is trying to tell us how and with whom we can communicate, and I feel like that is not a road we want to go down.”

TikTok is the first non-American-owned platform to meaningfully challenge Google’s and Meta’s dominance of the social media landscape. Researchers have suggested that a ban would primarily benefit Meta, which has struggled to compete with TikTok’s skyrocketing popularity.

In 2017, the app Musical.ly was sold to ByteDance, which relaunched it in the United States as TikTok the following year, in large part because the company lacked the resources to compete with Meta. In 2022, Meta hired a right-leaning communications firm to spread misinformation about TikTok in local media across the country, some of which was later repeated by members of Congress .

Unlike past legal actions involving TikTok creators, the lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as required by a provision in the law designating the appeals court as the “exclusive jurisdiction” for any legal challenge. The appeals court’s ruling can only be overturned by the Supreme Court.

The suit reiterates TikTok and ByteDance’s argument that the law was based on no “actual, non-speculative” proof that the app posed data-security or propaganda harms. “Without any evidence,” the complaint says, “certain Congressmembers created a fiction that TikTok curates content to push propaganda and ‘drive certain messages to divide Americans, to destabilize our politics … [and] tear our country apart.’”

The suit also quotes members of Congress to make the case that the TikTok law was largely driven by their “viewpoint-based” disagreements with the videos that have gone viral on TikTok, including around the Israel-Gaza war .

It cites one example from this month, when Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the law’s “overwhelming support” was partially motivated by lawmakers’ suspicions about “the number of mentions of Palestinians relative to other social media sites” — seemingly a reference to a disputed study about the gap between the number of TikTok videos with pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian hashtags.

Nathan Robinson, editor of the left-wing magazine Current Affairs, predicted on X shortly after Romney’s admission that it would be “used in legal filings to argue that the TikTok ban is a clear [First Amendment] violation and the ‘national security’ justification was a pretext.”

Kumar, the creators’ attorney, said the government’s alleged concerns about data privacy would not be addressed by banning the app. “If the government is concerned about data security, it should propose a regulation narrowly tailored to that purpose,” she said.

The creators’ suit attempts to preempt a common argument from TikTok’s critics — that its users could still express themselves elsewhere — by saying TikTok’s “defining traits” stem from the “editorial decisions” made by its content-recommendation algorithm, which decides which videos appear on users’ feeds.

The creators, the complaint said, have used TikTok to engage in political speech, promote points of social advocacy, and discuss news and current events — and they said they found the other platforms lacking.

“TikTok is the only platform where an average person can freely express themselves with the possibility of reaching millions across the world,” Townsend told The Post. “I’ve tried Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, you name it. Every way you cut it, my traffic to my music, to my website, mainly comes through TikTok.”

The complaint notes that Biden’s reelection campaign intends to continue using TikTok and quotes a campaign official saying, “We would be silly to write off any place where people are getting information about the president.”

The creators said they worried about how new owners could affect the “types of expression” the platform promoted; as an example, the lawsuit cited Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, later rebranded as X, after which far-right users were reinstated and journalists were banned.

The complaint equates TikTok with a traditional publisher and says the law would prevent creators from “using their chosen editor and publisher to engage in protected communication.”

Facebook, while at times contending that it is an impartial tech platform for users’ speech, has made a similar argument in court, claiming its moderation and engineering choices are editorial decisions that should be regarded as protected speech.

“From the standpoint of the First Amendment, this restriction is no different from prohibiting American freelance writers from submitting articles to The Economist, or American musicians from disseminating songs through Spotify,” the TikTok creators’ complaint states.

One of the creators, Steven King, who lives in Arizona and has more than 6 million followers, called the potential ban “fascist” and said, “Our freedom of speech is on the line.”

“On TikTok, we’re able to consume and receive information that is not filtered, that hasn’t had a narrative driven by politicians,” he said. “We have direct access to find out what is happening around the world at our fingertips.”

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Before the lawsuit was filed, creators said the law firm began contacting them and asking about their interest in participating in a class-action lawsuit — in some cases after they publicly posted about opposing a ban.

The creators’ case, unlike previous court fights, will face an unconventional venue in the D.C. appeals court, where cases can often take more than a year to resolve.

The court, which is often called to decide constitutional and administrative questions related to government affairs, will probably have a three-judge special panel review the creators’ attorneys’ motions before deciding how the case should proceed.

In their petition for review, TikTok and ByteDance asked the court to halt the sell-or-ban law, though the court has yet to rule on the request. For now, ByteDance’s forced-sale deadline, which could be extended if the government sees progress toward a sale, is scheduled to end Jan. 19, a day before inauguration.

School of Health Graduate Students’ Approach to Health Care Delivery Informed by Their Diverse Backgrounds

Top Image: In 2023, Jayla Romain (G’24) traveled to Brazil with a group of Master of Science in Health Systems Administration students to study health care systems in the country as part of the comparative health systems global experience offered by the program. On the trip, she addressed students and faculty at Centro Universitário Dinâmica das Cataratas in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.

(May 11, 2024) — Graduate students in the next two cohorts of Georgetown’s Master of Science in Health Systems Administration ( MHSA ) come to the program with diverse working backgrounds in the health care sector — from nursing, law and global health non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Their varied experiences inform their approaches to improving health care delivery.

The two-year graduate program requires incoming students to have full-time work experience of one to five years in the health care sector. Courses cover a range of topics, including financial management, health politics and policy, population health analytics and data visualization. Over spring break, students can participate in an optional comparative health systems global experience, which provides the opportunity to travel to other countries to visit health care delivery sites, engage with health system leaders, and participate in team-based activities. Destinations have included Singapore, Seoul, South Korea and Brazil.

The cohort size of each MHSA class remains small — around a dozen — and upon completion of the program most graduates find employment with hospitals and health systems, although some of the 400 MHSA alumni to date have pursued careers in consulting firms and federal agencies.

Bringing the Voice of Frontline Workers to Hospital Administrative Offices

Jayla Romain (G’24) graduated with her Bachelor of Science in nursing in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. For the past 3 ½ years, she has worked as a bedside nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Jayla Romain (G’24)

Romain initially thought she would go to graduate school to become a nurse practitioner, but instead chose to pursue her MHSA degree because she felt more people in hospital administrator roles should have frontline health care delivery experience.

“Working beside through COVID was an eye-opening experience, and I noticed a gap between hospital administrators and nurses on the frontline when it came to decisions about care delivery, supply chain questions, and operations,” said Romain. “I want to bridge that gap and use my education to make an impact to advocate for nurses and frontline staff, and help make decisions at a systems level.”

Romain chose Georgetown for her studies because the MHSA program combined a global health perspective with business and health care studies. She also appreciates the small class size and variety of backgrounds of her peers, who all contribute to classroom conversations based on their own experiences.

“As a nursing student, my classes were very clinically focused and I didn’t have the chance to take classes involving management strategy or reimbursement policy,” said Romain. “I’ve really enjoyed my classes and found the policy discussions so interesting to engage with.”

Romain opted to participate in the comparative health systems global experience for the past two years, visiting both Brazil and South Korea to study their health systems.

“I’ve learned that even though other countries’ health systems look different, we still struggle with similar issues, like workforce shortages and rural health care access,” said Romain. “The main difference is that we are a multipayer system, whereas both Brazil and South Korea have single-payer systems. With this, we see drastic differences in health care delivery costs. The U.S. is often looked up to for its diversity and complexity of care delivery, while we often admire other countries’ cost-containment methods.”

After graduating this month, Romain will start an administrative fellowship with Inova, based in northern Virginia. As part of her yearlong fellowship, she will rotate through various administrative departments in the hospital system, including finance, supply chain and managerial staff.

Studying the Intersection of Law and Health Care

While in law school two years ago, Thomas Levu (G’24) became interested in learning more about the intersection of law and health care.

Thomas Levu (G’24)

“In my law clinic, I worked with clients who were denied health coverage and health services,” said Levu. “I worked with clients to learn what legal remedies they had in accessing services and learned so much about how our health care system in the United States works by doing so.”

Levu was drawn to Georgetown to pursue his MHSA degree in part because of the program’s focus on experiential learning. He was awarded the Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME)/Judy Baar Topinka Scholarship for Health Policy during his first year of the program. The scholarship recognizes a graduate student focusing on health policy who exemplifies hard work, ethical leadership and perseverance.

“I attended the national CAHME conference to receive the award, where I learned a lot about different innovations in health care,” said Levu. While the conference is mainly attended by health care executives, he noted that Christopher King, PhD, MHsc, FACHE, dean of the School of Health, was there and connected with Levu.

The class that stuck with Levu from his MHSA studies was a financial management course that pushed students to consider what they could accomplish with limited financial resources. “We were thinking through how far a hospital system could push their financial limits to serve the community with health care needs,” said Levu.

For his MHSA capstone research project, Levu circled back to his interest in law and health care by creating a uniform guide for hospitals and health care systems to implement medical-legal partnerships. As part of his research, Levu conducted interviews with individuals involved with medical-legal partnerships from Georgetown’s Health Justice Alliance, Whitman-Walker and the Suffolk Health Law Clinic.

“A patient could be presenting with a chronic respiratory illness and a physician realizes that the condition can’t really be addressed unless a mold issue in a person’s home is fixed,” said Levu. “There’s a good amount of research that shows once access to social benefits like housing are cut off, it leads to a person to seek more health care services. A legal remedy could exist that could help the person’s health.”

Levu presented his work on medical-legal partnerships in April to administrators at the Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. He hopes to work as in-house counsel for a health care system after graduation.

Improving Care, Improving Access

Madison Harbin (G’25), who is in her first year of the MHSA program, knew she always wanted to work in health care. She started working at a pharmacy in high school and also worked as a patient care tech at a local hospital while pursuing her undergraduate degree in health care management.

Madison Harbin (G’24)

“I was interested in trying to understand the patient side of care as well as learning about hospital operations during my time in undergrad,” said Harbin. One day after graduation, Harbin stumbled across an article on LinkedIn by King and told her parents she wanted to study at Georgetown.

“Dean King focuses on health equity and community needs,” said Harbin. “Listening to him and learning about caring for the whole person really showed how Georgetown was different from other schools.”

Harbin realized she needed more work experience in the health care sector before enrolling at Georgetown, so she worked first as a community outreach liaison at a hospital in Austin, Texas, and then as an executive focused on corporate relations with Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) based in Asheville, North Carolina.

Since starting the MHSA program last fall, Harbin has enjoyed meeting her classmates and learning about their varied backgrounds. “I’m glad Georgetown brings all of us together with different work experiences,” she said. “I enjoy hearing their input, because it makes me think in a different way — like hearing my classmate who worked in a clinical setting bring up something related to patient care and Medicare, which I wouldn’t have thought of initially.”

Harbin’s favorite class to date has been operations management. She is preparing to focus her capstone research project for the class on rural health care in the United States.

“I grew up in a small town in Alabama, where we had to drive an hour and half to find care for my grandfather after he experienced a stroke,” said Harbin. “I’m interested in learning about expanding access to health care, especially for stroke patients, in rural areas, possibly through the use of telemedicine.”

Heather Wilpone-Welborn GUMC Communications

Director, Dissemination and Implementation Launchpad (Tenure Track PhD)

• Madison, Wisconsin
• SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH/ICTR-ADMINISTRATIVE CORE (ADM)
• Faculty-Full Time
• Opening at: May 17 2024 at 15:15 CDT

Job Summary:

As one of the first combined Schools of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), UW SMPH is a leader in the multidisciplinary study of health and healthcare. The aims of implementation science are fully aligned with the missions of UW-Madison, SMPH, and the UW Health delivery system to translate innovation that advances the Wisconsin idea: using "campus resources to meet the challenges of improving health, well-being, and equity in WI and beyond." Implementation science expertise bridges gaps between research and practice to ensure that the promise of scientific discovery is realized by our hospital, clinics, and community. Implementation science as a discipline includes methods to promote the systematic uptake of research findings AND evidence-based practices into routine care, and, hence, to improve the quality and effectiveness of healthcare. Implementation science capacity is instrumental for exceptional academic medical centers like ours that aspire to be on the leading edge of innovation and quality. PhD applicants will be expected to dedicate up to 70% of their time to independent research, teaching and or service responsibilities. 35- 40% of their remaining FTE time will be dedicated to UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) Dissemination and Implementation Launchpad leadership role responsibilities. The preferred candidate would qualify for appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would have a strong track record of funding and publications in implementation science, a deep knowledge of implementation science research methods with an area of recognized expertise/specialization in implementation science. Preference will be given to candidates experienced in leading extramurally funded research using implementation science methodology at the PI level.

Responsibilities:

As Director of the Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) Launchpad in the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), the successful applicant will lead the scientific and programmatic vision for implementation science resources within ICTR. This individual will make connections across ICTR, SMPH, allied health schools and other areas of campus, and build the program, enhancing the university's capacity for implementation science projects. They will also demonstrate the value of implementation science (especially related to Clinical and Translational Sciences) through national presentations and publications. The successful candidate will lead the UW D&I Launchpad team to coordinate all D&I related activities, including workshops (e.g., annual D&I short course reaching 100+ annually; 50 institutions to date), educational programs, internal and external conferences, seminars, presentations, and meetings, and collaborate with program faculty and leaders to develop content for the academic year. They will engage faculty, students, and staff across UW and partner organizations in UW SMPH's D&I activities and events, including delivering a system for D&I consultations (~400 consults since 2020). This individual would make connections across ICTR, SMPH, allied health schools and other areas of campus, and build the program, enhancing the university's capacity for implementation science projects. They will also demonstrate the value of implementation science (especially related to Clinical and Translational Sciences) through national presentations and publications. PhD, nonclinical, faculty will be expected to maintain a research/teaching/clinical portfolio consistent with the UW SMPH tenure track expectations. The preferred candidate will either have experience teaching and working with a diverse population or will welcome a commitment to teaching and working with a diverse population. The successful applicant will participate in administrative and committee work to support the clinical and scholarly missions of UW Health and the School of Medicine and Public Health. An essential part of these duties will be working in a collegial relationship with other faculty members.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals. The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world. For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Required PhD

Qualifications:

The successful applicant will demonstrate exceptional attention to detail; ability to balance multiple, often competing priorities; ability to collaborate on a multidisciplinary team; commitment to creating an equitable and inclusive work environment; excellent communication skills and research leadership experience.

Full Time: 100% It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Anticipated Begin Date:

DECEMBER 01, 2024

Negotiable ANNUAL (12 months)

Additional Information:

Located on an isthmus between two lakes, Madison is the capital city of the state of Wisconsin. Fresh off being named Livabilitys best U.S. city to live in for 2022, it is the second largest city in the state, with a city population of approximately 260,000 and regional population of over 1 million. Madison boasts beautiful scenery and plentiful year-round outdoor activities with its 260 parks, more than 200 miles of trails, 15,000 acres of lakes and 12 beaches. As the home of our state government and the flagship University of Wisconsin campus, its also a hub of education and the arts. And as a city with a large community of young professionals, it offers vibrant restaurant, bar, and live music scenes. Additionally, Madison is home to one of the strongest local food scenes in the country. From April to October, the Capitol Square hosts the largest producer-only farmers' market in the country. The city is also rich with cultural offerings in the arts. The Overture Center is a state-of-the-art performance center that hosts 700,000 educational and artistic experiences annually, including Broadway tours, and national and international touring artists. Madison's technology economy is growing rapidly, and the region is home to the headquarters of Epic Systems, Exact Sciences, American Girl (Mattel), Sub-Zero, and Lands' End, as well as many biotech, healthcare IT, and health systems startups. Getting to Madison is easy. Dane Country Regional airport is a 10-minute drive from campus and offers direct flights to 15 U.S. cities, including New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Orlando, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas and Phoenix. Milwaukee can be reached in just over an hour while Chicago is just two hours away, giving travelers access to two international airports and a regional airport that offer direct flights to over 250 destinations combined. University sponsorship is not available for this position, including transfers of sponsorship. The selected applicant will be responsible for ensuring their continuous eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without the need of an employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment. Applicants for this position will be considered for the titles listed in this posting. The title is determined by the experience and qualifications of the finalist. This vacancy is being announced simultaneously with Position Vacancy (Job # 298900); please note that only one vacancy exists. Having two position vacancy listings allows the School of Medicine and Public Health to consider candidates with both clinical (MD/DO) tenure-track faculty credentials and non-clinical (PhD only) tenure-track faculty credentials for this position.

How to Apply:

Please click on the "Apply Now" button to create your profile. You will be asked to submit an up-to-date CV as well as a letter of interest. Your letter of interest should address: *What you hope to bring to your department and the organization related to the implementation science enterprise at UW SMPH. *How this opportunity could contribute to your career. *Your vision for advancing UW-Madison's and ICTR's national stature in implementation science. Additionally, you will be asked to provide the contact information for three (3) professional references, including your current or most recent supervisor. References will not be contacted without prior notice. The deadline for assured consideration is June 20, 2024. However, we will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. Employment will require an institutional reference check regarding any misconduct. To be considered, applicants must upload a signed 'Authorization to Release Information' form as part of the application. The authorization form and a definition of 'misconduct' can be found here: https://hr.wisc.edu/institutional-reference-check/

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Official Title:

Professor(FA020) or Associate Professor(FA030)

Department(s):

A53-MEDICAL SCHOOL/ICTR/ICTR-ADM

Employment Class:

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