In a rapidly evolving world, where diplomats, CEOS, and NGO leaders navigate challenges at lightspeed, the need for agile and impactful solutions has never been greater. Are global supply chains ready for the next pandemic? Can governments counter misinformation in a multipolar world? How does modern warfare affect women and marginalized communities differently, and what solutions can governments and nonstate actors develop to address these problems?
The world needs changemakers like you. Fletcher can help you get there.
The Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) is Fletcher’s flagship degree program, designed to equip you with the skills to tackle complex challenges with innovative, responsible, and sustainable solutions. With a comprehensive foundation in global affairs, the MALD allows you to tailor your education by pairing two fields of study, giving you the depth and breadth of knowledge needed to excel in your areas of interest. You'll also complete a capstone project with an eye to solving complex problems in a globally integrated world.
The MALD: IDE rigorously equips students with advanced quantitative skills in economics and econometrics, empowering them to address global economic challenges through specialized coursework.
For Harrison Wedgeworth F25, Fletcher was the first step he needed to take in order to advance in his career, and as a Clarke Fellow that path will lead him to the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS).
My goal is to get into the foreign service. I want to represent my country overseas at the highest level I can. You don’t see a lot of diplomats from the Deep South, and that's a point of pride for me; it's a valuable perspective to bring into the international sphere.
The Clarke Fellowship is a really good blend of diplomacy and law enforcement. The job of DSS special agents is to make sure that the other diplomats get where they need to go safely; we protect the embassies and all their information. If things go bottom up, we make sure that we mitigate as much harm as possible. For me, that’s the perfect job that combines my previous experience.
As a first-year student, Natasha Frazier F25 studied water policy. Frazier aspires to work at the intersection of federal and tribal policy and governance with a particular focus on environmental issues and water policy. The summer after her first year, she took a closer look from Capitol Hill as a Udall intern at the United States Senate.
While tribes hold senior water rights in the U.S., known as Winters rights, tribal nations face significant disparities when it comes to access to clean and safe drinking water.
It has been really gratifying, through several of my classes at Fletcher, to bring tribal nations into my studies. We’re an international relations school, but tribes in the U.S. have a nation-to-nation relationship with the U.S. government, and tribes hold a particular legal status within the U.S. that recognizes their inherent sovereignty.
