JD/MBA

The JD/MBA is a powerful combination that equips candidates to operate with equal facility in the increasingly interdependent legal and business spheres. Northeastern University offers an accelerated 45-month program in which student concurrently earn an MBA through the Graduate School of Business Administration and a JD through the School of Law. Northeastern's dynamic Co-op Program gives students hands-on experience in combining the legal and business worlds.

Examples of JD Courses in the Program

• Affordable Housing Law-Theory and Practice
• Antitrust
• Commercial Law: Bankruptcy
• Corporate  Taxation
• Corporations
• Intellectual Property
• International Business Regulation
• International Taxation
• Modern Real Estate Development
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Securities Regulation
• Software and Internet Law
• Sports Law
• Trademark Law

Examples of MBA Core Courses in the Program

• Effective Organizational and Human Behavior
• Marketing and Customer Value
• Financial Management and Value Creation
• Global Management
• Technology, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Growth
• Strategic Decision Making in a Changing Environment

Examples of MBA Elective Courses in the Program

• Social Entrepreneurship
• Management of Small Business Enterprises
• International Financial Management
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Managing Professional and Teams
• Negotiations
• The Chief Executive Officer

Examples of JD/MBA Co-ops

• EMC Corporation, Hopkinton (Mass.)
• Federal Reserve Bank, Boston
• Fidelity Investments, Boston and London
• Goodwin Procter, Boston
• Greenberg Traurig, Boston
• Nixon Peabody, Boston
• Ocean Spray, Lakeville (Mass.)
• Palmer & Dodge, Boston
• Partners Health Care, Boston
• Seyfarth  Shaw, Boston
• Wilmer Hale, Boston 

Concurrent degree candidates follow a set schedule, as follows. Year one: nine months of traditional first-year law study, followed by a three-month legal co-op in the summer. Year two: twelve months of courses in the business school, followed by a combined, three-month law/business co-op in the fall. Year three: three months of law school courses during each of the winter and spring quarters, followed by a law/business co-op in the summer quarter. Year four: three months of law school courses in the fall, a final law/business co-op in the winter and three months of law courses in the spring, with commencement ceremonies for both schools in the spring.

Admission

Candidates for the concurrent JD/MBA program must independently apply and gain admission to each program. Admission in one school does not ensure admission to the other. The GMAT is not required of those students who supply LSAT scores in the 75th percentile or higher. Candidates may apply for both components of the concurrent program prior to matriculation at the law school, or may wait until their first year of law studies are underway before seeking admission to the Graduate School of Business Administration. Students in their first year of law school interested in pursuing the joint degree should contact the Offices of Student Services and Cooperative Legal Education for further information.

For more information on the MBA program, visit http://www.cba.neu.edu/grad.