Kent State, Cleveland State partner on six-year bachelor's degree, law degree program - Record-Courier
Kent State University is partnering with Cleveland State University on a program that would allow students to earn a bachelor’s degree from Kent State and a law degree from CSU in six years.
After earning academic credit equivalent to three full-time years of study, Kent State students in the program will be eligible for admission to CSU’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Students will be awarded a bachelor’s degree by Kent State after successfully completing the first-year law school curriculum at CSU Cleveland-Marshall. Students then move forward through the final two years of the juris doctor program at the law school to complete that degree.
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Currently, Kent State will offer two undergraduate degree pathways for this program: the Bachelor of Arts in Political Science to Juris Doctor and the Bachelor of Science in Public Health, Allied Health Concentration to Juris Doctor.
Melody Tankersley, Kent State’s senior vice president and provost, recently signed the agreement with CSU President Harlan Sands and CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Dean Lee Fisher.
The new program will begin with the 2022 entering class of CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
The Kent State-Cleveland State agreement comes as the University of Akron ended discussions with Cleveland State last month on a possible merger of their law schools.
In a joint statement, the University of Akron and Cleveland State said the working group examining the possibility of a law school merger was nixing the idea based on feedback.
"Many alumni, students, faculty and others shared with us their strong feelings of pride in both law schools' identity and tradition," the statement read. "While there was widespread support for the idea of innovative programs and collaborations, many expressed concerns about the idea of a combination of the two law schools."
However, the schools said opportunities for partnerships will continue.
"The successful program of cross-registration in selected courses between the two law schools, now in its fourth semester, illustrates the potential for innovative cooperation," the schools said.
For more information about the new Kent State-Cleveland State program, contact Kent State’s Enrollment Management Academic Partnerships at [email protected].
source: https://www.record-courier.com/story/news/2022/02/18/kent-state-university-cleveland-state-students-earn-law-degree-six-years/6843934001/
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