The dual degree program requires the completion of 124 total credits (as opposed to 136 credits if the two degrees are sought separately and outside the joint program). The Fowler School of Law would accept up to twelve selected credits from the MFA in Film and Television Producing toward completion of its 88-credit requirement; thus students must complete 76 credits from the JD program (54-56 units of required courses and 20-22 units of electives). The Dodge College of Film and Media Arts would accept up to six credits from the JD program. Students must earn a cumulative GPA of 2.6 or above upon completion of the first-year law curriculum in order to proceed into the second year JD/MFA combined curriculum.
Cross-listed Courses
MFA in Film and Television Producing Courses eligible for credit towards JD Degree:
| FTV 560 | Overview of Producing | 3 |
| FTV 562 | Development Process of Film and Television | 3 |
| FTV 564 | Film and Television Financing | 3 |
| FTV 661 | Marketing/Distribution/Exhibition | 3 |
| FTV 674 | Entertainment Law | 3 |
Students must earn a grade of 3.0 or better in each of these courses, but will be assigned a grade of “P” or “NP” in the Fowler School of Law
JD Courses eligible for credit towards MFA in Film and Television degree (limit of six credits applied towards MFA):
| LAW 7538 | Entertainment Law | 3 |
| LAW 7600 | Entertainment Contracts & Negotiations | 3 |
| LAW 7347 | Film & Television Law | 3 |
| LAW 7348 | International Entertainment Law | 3 |
| LAW 7830 | Negotiating and Drafting Media Industry Transactions | 3 |
| LAW 7843 | New Media and the Entertainment Industry | 3 |
Students in the JD/MFA program will be administratively assigned to the Law School. They will register for course work with the Law School’s Registrar. However, each program will appoint an advisor for students and that advisor will counsel students on progress to the respective degrees as well as changes or updates within each school. The advisor for the JD portion of the program is Professor Kathy Heller, and the advisor for the MFA component is Professor Barbara Doyle.
Students in the JD/MFA program should meet with the Financial Aid Director at the Law School do discuss tuition and scholarship arrangements. [Note: should a student abandon either the JD or the MFA, such student will pay the tuition for the program in which he/she continues].