 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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BYU to offer a joint public policy degree
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PROVO -- Beginning fall semester 2008, Brigham Young University
will offer a joint Juris Doctor and Master of Public Policy degree.
"There is a pronounced connection between law and public policy,"
said Sven Wilson, director of BYU's Master of Public Policy program.
"Organizations in both government and the private sector are seeking
people with both legal and public policy skills and training to help
make new policies, improve existing public policies and enhance the
lives of individu...
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