The Consortium and Joint Degree Program are leaders in original research, scholarship, and programming. The Joint Degree Program provides exceptional students with the training to become new thinkers at the intersection of law and the life sciences.

As we face one of the biggest state budget shortfalls in our history, we are grateful for the leadership and targeted financial support from the University of Minnesota’s President Robert H. Bruininks and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost E. Thomas Sullivan, but we also seek gifts so that we may continue to grow our extraordinary programs.

As we celebrate our 10th Anniversary, our accomplishments have exceeded all expectations. The Joint Degree Program and Consortium now cross all colleges at the University of Minnesota. Currently, the Joint Degree Program offers 23 degree combinations and boasts 39 gifted students. The Consortium has expanded to 18 member centers, including the Center for Bioethics, Stem Cell Institute, Biomedical Genomics Center, Institute on the Environment, and Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy. We have received grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and The Greenwall Foundation, publishing groundbreaking research findings and recommendations. We have successfully launched the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology and publish. We have awarded over $600,000 in intramural grants. The Consortium and Joint Degree Program’s continued success, and future strength depends on increased private investment.

The University of Minnesota has become the leading institution pioneering interdisciplinary training and research on the societal implications of the life sciences. We invite you to participate in our success.

We are grateful for your interest and welcome the opportunity to discuss how your gift can support the work of the Consortium, Joint Degree Program and MJLST. For more information about giving, please contact Carol Rachac at 612-625-3356 or crachac@umn.edu.

To make a gift today, you may mail a check or contribute online using a credit card.

Checks should be made out to the “University of Minnesota Foundation” with a check message indicating the fund you would like to support (scholarships, conferences & lectures, MJLST, etc). Checks may be sent to:

Joint Degree Program in Law, Health and the Life Sciences
Attn: Carol Rachac
Univ. of MN Law School
Mondale Hall, Suite N140
229-19th Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Alternatively, browse to http://www.giving.umn.edu/giving_opps/outright_gifts/index.html to make a gift online.

Your private contributions are critical to ensure that the Consortium stays at the leading-edge of research and training, and to expand the Joint Degree Program’s ability to recruit the best and brightest students to Minnesota.

JDP Student Scholarship Fund Established The Joint Degree Program in Law, Health & the Life Sciences is pleased to announce that we have created a Scholarship fund for Joint Degree Program Students. We are grateful to JDP Advisory Board member Margo Struthers, JD for providing the founding gift for this important fund.

Wolf Scholarship Announced The Joint Degree Program is pleased to announce that Professor Susan M. Wolf, JD has created the Wolf Scholarship for Joint Degree Program Students. Professor Wolf is the Director of the Joint Degree Program and Chair of the Consortium.

Where your gifts are needed:

Joint Degree Program Student Support

Scholarship funding attracts top students, allows the program to be financially accessible to talented students from diverse backgrounds, and enables students to choose careers based on their unique interests rather than their debt burden.

Conferences & Lectures

The Consortium and Joint Degree Program co-sponsor lectures and an annual conference that brings in national scholars who speak on a wide-range of issues at the intersection of law and the life sciences.

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology (MJLST)

The Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology is fast becoming a leading interdisciplinary journal in law, science, and technology and depends on private support as well as targeted financial support from the Presidential Initiative.