The program, already offered to Dietrich School and College of Business Administration students, allows students to achieve a bachelor’s degree and a law degree in six years instead of seven. 

Eighty-one Pitt Law graduates sat for the test for the first time this past July, and 74 of them passed.

Students will learn key negotiating skills to help improve their ability to manage difficult workplace situations, such as employee contract negotiations, workplace accommodations requests and employee terminations.

June 22 marks the 75th anniversary of the original G.I. Bill, which has benefited 8 million veterans by providing education and training benefits. And it was made possible through the vision of Harry Colmery, a Pittsburgh native and 1916 graduate of Pitt’s School of Law.

Daniel J. Lecce will serve as Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.