JD/MBA
Description
The School of Law and the College of Business Administration at 91福利社 offer a unified program leading to the JD and MBA degrees. The JD/MBA program offers graduates the opportunity to increase their opportunities in both business and legal markets. The program provides students with an understanding of legal concepts, regulatory frameworks and business management principles, and it enables students to develop a versatile skill set that is valued by legal, corporate, and nonprofit employers.
Students enrolled in the joint degree program earn both degrees in significantly less time than would be required for the degrees if they were pursued separately. The integrated course of studies allows students to connect business and legal concepts, such as accounting practices with tax law, labor management relations with labor law, organizational planning with corporate law, and corporate financing with banking and securities law. This integration of studies provides students with career flexibility by providing graduates with a skill set that can move between the legal and business worlds.
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Course of Study
If students enter the program as law students, they will devote their first year to the standard first-year law school curriculum. After the first year, most students pursue an integrated course of study in both colleges. Some prefer to devote most of the second year to the MBA portion of the program. Students who enter the joint degree program after beginning the MBA program will spend the next academic year completing the first-year law curriculum.
The joint JD/MBA program requires approximately three and one-half to four years of full-time study, depending on the number of courses required for the MBA. For part-time students, the first-year law curriculum will require two academic years to complete. For the JD degree, 78 School of Law credit hours are required.
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About the Program
Depending on a student's background, the JD-MBA can be completed in as little as seven semesters, which is only one more semester than typically required for the US JD.
Students in the JD-MBA program study legal and business concepts, such as regulatory frameworks, business management principles, accounting practices with tax law, labor management relations with labor law, organizational planning with corporation law, and corporate financing with banking and securities law.
Law students admitted to the program complete the first-year core law school curriculum and then pursue an integrated course of study taking law and business courses simultaneously. MBA program students admitted to the program complete the first-year core law school curriculum after admission and then may pursue an integrated course of study.
Students may be full or part time.
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Degree Requirements - Juris Doctor (90 credits)
For the JD, 78 School of Law credit hours, including all required courses:
Foundation Courses:
- LAW 1082 Applied Legal Theory & Analysis I (3 credits)
- LAW 1083 Applied Legal Theory & Analysis II (4 credits)
- LAW 1112 Contracts* (4 credits)
- LAW 1122 Property* (4 credits)
- LAW 1130 Torts* (4 credits)
- LAW 1140 Criminal Law* (3 credits)
- LAW 1152 Civil Procedure* (4 credits)
- LAW 1202 Critical Lawyering Skills in Social Context* (4 credits)
Core Courses:
- LAW 2060 Constitutional Law*^^ (4 credits)
- LAW 2220 Evidence*^^ (4 credits)
- LAW 2470 Professional Responsibility (3 credits)
- Upper Level Writing Requirement^ (2-3 credits)
- Clinic^ (2-4 credits)
- Law Firm Program^ (3 credits)
- Global Law^ (1-3 credits)
- Electives (credits vary)
* A minimum grade of 2.2 is required for course to meet graduation requirements.
^ Attributes of Upper Level Writing Requirement, Clinic, Law Firm Program, or Global Law course requirements will be listed on applicable courses in the Class Schedule.
^^ Students must take these courses within the first 60 hours.
Under the JD/MBA program, the typical JD elective credits are satisfied with 12 credits of MBA coursework, leaving the student to only complete the remaining 78 required Law credits.
Additional Academic Policies
JD/MBA students must maintain a 2.8 GPA in law courses and a 3.0 in business courses to remain in the joint degree program and to receive the two degrees. Requirements for both degrees must be completed before either is awarded. Thus, a JD/MBA program student who has completed the law requirements but not the business requirements is not eligible to sit for the bar exam. Students who do not maintain these eligibility requirements may remain in both programs, but must complete the normal requirements for each degree.
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MBA Degree Requirements
For the MBA, students must complete courses in several categories. Visit the Master of Business Administration (MBA) page for more information.
Admission Requirements
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Law Students
Law students should: (1) submit the joint degree program application to lawadmissions@udmercy.edu and (2) request their reference to submit the recommendation form directly to lawadmissions@udmercy.edu. Both the application and recommendation form need to be submitted by June 15 to begin the program in the upcoming fall term. An applicant cannot be formally admitted to the program until satisfactory completion of the first-year core curriculum (30 credit hours). A GMAT score may not be required if the applicant has: (1) an undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or above, (2) seven or more years of professional experience, or (3) already earned a graduate or professional degree.
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MBA Students
MBA students should submit the joint degree program application to the MBA office. MBA students must also complete a full application to the School of Law through the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) to be considered for admission due to law school accreditation requirements. This requires a current LSAT score.