TOLEDO, Ohio — The University of Toledo College of Law and Adrian College are set to announce Wednesday the launch of a joint degree program.
The joint degree agreement will allow students to simultaneously earn a juris doctor from UToledo and a master of arts in criminal justice from Adrian College.
“The University of Toledo College of Law is excited to partner with Adrian College, with whom we established our first accelerated degree program with an external college or university in 2016,” said Rebecca Zietlow, interim dean of the UToledo College of Law.
According to UToledo, the program will begin enrolling students as early as this fall. Students who enroll in the joint degree program can earn both degrees with the same number of credit hours needed to earn a law degree at UToledo.
This is UToledo's first combined juris doctor-graduate degree program with another university.
"The master of arts in criminal justice-juris doctor partnership between Adrian College and The University of Toledo College of Law will create exciting opportunities for students at both institutions,” said Nathan Goetting, professor and director of the Romney Institute for Law and Public Policy at Adrian College. “Many of Adrian College's best criminal justice graduate students are interested in law and many UToledo law students hope to become criminal attorneys. This program will enable the former to achieve their academic and professional goals sooner and the latter to earn an extra credential by taking advanced criminal justice courses and conducting high-level research on the topic of their choice."
UToledo said this new joint degree program strengthens an existing relationship between its College of Law and Adrian College. The two schools signed an accelerated degree program in March 2016. According to UToledo, the 3+3 Program allows undergraduate students at partner institutions to earn a bachelor's degree and a law degree in six years instead of seven.
