3+3 B.S./J.D. Law Program

The 3+3 B.S./J.D. Law Program allows JWU students in certain programs who meet specified admissions criteria to earn a bachelor's degree from Johnson & Wales University and a juris doctor degree from one of the participating law schools in six years. Upon completion of their junior year, qualified, accepted students may matriculate at the School of Law to enroll in graduate-level law courses which may serve to fulfill their senior-year program requirements at JWU. First-year law classes are not considered when determining residency requirements. Students may complete remaining graduate degree requirements in two additional years. Visit Articulation Agreements and select the desired law school to view the agreements.  

Interested students must contact the John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences dean’s office to declare intent to pursue the 3+3 Law Program. JWU students from the Charlotte Campus would require a transfer to the Providence Campus to participate. Pre-law advising is required. Deadlines for submitting the formal application to each of the law schools is contained in the agreement.

For more information about program requirements, please contact the John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences dean’s office at the Providence Campus.