University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School offers the unique opportunity for law students to earn an MPA from two universities. Julian Lutz is one of those students pursuing a JD/MPA degree with Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs; he will graduate in May 2025 with a degree from Princeton and Penn Carey Law.
The JD/MPA with Princeton is a four-year program that allows Penn Carey Law students to spend their first two years at Penn, then three consecutive semesters at Princeton before returning to the Law School for the spring of their fourth year to complete the program and graduate with both degrees.
“Since applying to law school, it has been my goal to use my legal skills and credentials to advocate for good policy in the issue areas and communities I care about. I have seen lawyers serve the public by drafting legislation, advising legislators and agencies, and writing policy reports,” Lutz says. “Since then, I have realized a number of other uses for my MPA: using economists’ testimony as evidence in litigation and being able to direct and cross examine them; contributing to amicus briefs; and advising clients like housing nonprofits and unions whose legal strategy may include assessing their and their opposing parties’ economic situations.”
Lutz shares what he’s gained through the dual degree collaboration between schools. I’ve [worked] part time for the New America think tank on their AI and workforce policy research and writing,” he says. “That opportunity was facilitated by Princeton and has connected me with a great supervisor and a network of bright policy writers and policymakers; I would not be writing the AI research paper described above without this class, which shows how all the experiences I have had at Princeton fit together.”
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