Florida Coastal School of Law and Jacksonville University have announced the two private colleges are combining resources to allow students to earn both a bachelor’s degree and juris doctor degree in one year less than the standard track. The schools announced the program, called a 3/3, will be offered for the first time this fall.
The 3/3 program will allow selected JU students to enter Coastal Law after completing only three years of undergraduate study and earn both a baccalaureate and a juris doctor degree in six years. During the fourth year, students are essentially dually-enrolled in both bachelor’s and juris doctorate programs.
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wow. Too late for us Alumni, but good for future students.
Awesome. Very good idea on the part of both schools.
Both serve similar students and both share the common problem of attracting enough students. That's a nice selling point for JU, and certainly good advertisement for Coastal.
Functionally, it probably doesn't change too much, as neither school exactly has a competitive admissions process. However, from a student's point of view, cutting through the red tape and streamlining the process of eliminating an entire year is a big bonus.