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JURIS DOCTOR/MASTER OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
J.D./M.B.A. students must satisfactorily complete course requirements for both the J.D. and M.B.A. degree programs. In addition to the J.D. and M.B.A. degrees, a Joint Program Certificate will be awarded upon completion of the program.
The J.D./M.B.A. program requires completion of 123.75* academic credits (76* credits in law and 47.75 credits in M.B.A. courses with 9 credits of MBA course work counted toward the J.D. and 12 credits of J.D. course work counted toward your MBA). Upperclass J.D. courses must fulfill distribution requirements for either the Corporate Law or the Public Policy focus as outlined below.
The 123.75 credit hours constituting the J.D./M.B.A. curriculum are distributed as follows:
- 31 credits of the required first-year law curriculum*;
- 21-27 credits in upperclass law courses, including Professional Responsibility and satisfactory completion of the legal writing requirement. Credit requirements in this area will vary depending upon the student’s choice of courses within one of the focus areas described below;
- Law school Residency Requirement (see J.D. Program section);
- 26.25 credits of required MBA core courses taken in the second and third year comprised of Corporate Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Markets, International Business Environment, Leadership & Business Ethics I & II, Microeconomics, Managerial Accounting, Management Communication, Management Science, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Operations Management, Statistics, and Strategic Management;
- 5.75 credits from four required MBA residencies:
- Georgetown Means Business Residency (0.25 credits);
- Innovation Residency (1 credit):– one week course in Spring of the first MBA year;
- Leadership Residency (1 credit) – one week course prior to the second MBA year;
- Global Residency & Course (3.50 credits) – module three and four course followed by a week-long residency abroad in the second MBA year;
- 15.75 credits of M.B.A. electives in the second, third, and/or fourth year; and
- Minimum J.D. cumulative grade point average of 2.00. Minimum M.B.A. cumulative grade point average of 3.00.
Corporate Law Focus
In addition to the core requirements, students selecting the corporate law focus must complete:
- 12 credits of required business-related law courses taken in the third and fourth years, which include: Corporations, Taxation I and Taxation II; and
- 6 credits of business-related law courses to be taken in the third or fourth year (in addition to those listed above).
Public Policy Focus
In addition to the core requirements, students selecting the public policy focus must complete:
- 18 credits of required public policy-related law courses taken in the third and fourth years, which include: Administrative Law, Constitutional Law II, Corporations, Legislation and Statutory Interpretation, and Taxation I; and
- 6 credits of required public policy-related law courses to be taken in the third or fourth year (in addition to those listed above).
A typical distribution of semester hours in this joint degree program, 76 J.D. and 47.75 M.B.A. academic credits, is as follows:
First year: 31 J.D. credits
Second year: 31 M.B.A. credits
Third Year: 30 J.D. credits
Fourth Year: 15 J.D. credits
16.75 M.B.A. credits
Note: J.D./M.B.A. students typically commit one Spring semester in the last two years of the program to business school studies. Individual decisions about participation in law school clinical programs and other curriculum choices will determine which year students complete the business school curriculum.
* 1 fewer credits is required for students who completed the first-year law curriculum in the 2005-06 or 2006-07 academic years. 2 fewer credits are required for students who completed the first-year law curriculum prior to the 2005-06 academic year.
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