Management and Law (MBA/JD)

Law School, SC Johnson College of Business

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Program Description

Cornell Law School and the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell offer two programs for combining law school education with graduate management training. Students receive both the J.D. and Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degrees in three or four years, rather than the normal five years. Applicants must apply to, and be accepted by, both schools for either the 3-year J.D./M.B.A. or the 4-year J.D./M.B.A.

Full time status for the M.B.A. program is defined as a minimum of 12 graduate-level credits per term.

Academic Schedule 3-Year J.D./M.B.A.

  • First year is spent entirely in the Law school.
  • Second year, entirely in the Johnson school.
  • In the third year, students are in residence at Law and take a mix of courses across the Law School and Johnson to meet the degree requirements of both programs in the three years.

Academic Schedule 4-Year J.D./M.B.A.

  • First year is spent entirely in the Law school.
  • Second year is spent entirely in the Johnson school.
  • Third and fourth years, students take a mix of courses across the Law School and Johnson to meet the degree requirements of both programs in the four years.