Graduate law and criminal justice degree programs can set students up for successful careers in the field of their choice. While some students pursue a masters degree in criminal justice, others enroll in a graduate criminal justice school with the hope of becoming a lawyer one day. These students will want to focus their graduate criminal justice program studies on a masters of law or a degree in legal studies.

Those students who do not aspire to become attorneys can enroll in a graduate criminal justice school that offers paralegal studies, forensic science and criminology. Others may choose to study abroad and concentrate on international law. Graduate criminal justice programs also give students the chance to study business taxation and taxation law.