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 JD/MBA or the 4-year JD/MBA.
Full time status for the program is defined as a minimum of 12 graduate-level credits per term.
Student Schedule
- First year is spent entirely in one school.
- Second year, entirely in the other school.
- Third and fourth years they take a mix of courses across the Law School and Johnson to meet the degree requirements of both programs in four years.
Tuition is paid to the Law School for five semesters and to the Johnson Graduate School of Management for three semesters.
Program Information
- Instruction Mode: In Person; Distance Education
- Location: Ithaca, NY
Program Requirements
Dual Degree JD Requirements
3-Year Option
Candidates for the J.D./M.B.A. (3-year) will spend their entire first year at the Law School, totaling 31 or 32 credits.
In total, students must take 20 credits of foundational courses and 25 credits of elective courses at Johnson and a minimum of 9 credits per semester and a total of 72 credits of the 84 credits for the law degree earned in the Law School.
- All courses for credit must be taken at either Johnson or the Law School.
- Students who apply to enter the three-year J.D./M.B.A. program must have a minimum 3.40 grade point average during the fall semester of their first year in the Law School.
- Cross-listed courses will be factored in the student's law school merit point ratio (MPR).
- Students must take LAW 6131 - Business Organizations in the Spring semester of their first year.
- Students must take a minimum of 9 credits of LAW coursework each semester.
3-Year Student Schedule
- First year is spent entirely at the Law school.
- In the second and third years, students take a mix of courses across the Law School and the Johnson School to meet the degree requirements of both programs.
- Tuition is paid to the Law School for four semesters and to the Johnson Graduate School of Management for two semesters.
4-Year Option
Cornell Law School and the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell offer a program for combining law school education with graduate management training. Students received both the J.D. and Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degrees in four years, rather than the normal five years.
Students will spend their first year entirely in one school and their second year entire in the other school. During the third and fourth year they will take a mix of courses from the Law School and Johnson to meet the degree requirements of both programs.
- Students must take LAW 6131 Business Organizations - Business Organizations in their second or third year.
- Students must satisfactorily complete 84 credit hours of Law School coursework.
- 72 of the 84 credits for the law degree must be earned in the Law School.
- Cross-listed courses will count towards the 72 credits and will be factored in the student's law school merit point ratio (MPR).
- Students may take up to 12 credits of courses related to legal training taught by members of the university faculty outside of the Law School, subject in each case to the approval of the Law School's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
During six of the eight terms, students must register for a minimum of 9 credits in the Law School.
Students will need a total of 117 credits for the receipt of both degrees.
4-Year Student Schedule
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First year is spent entirely at the Law school.
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Second year is spent entirely at the Johnson school.
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Third and fourth years take a mix of courses across the Law School and the Johnson School to meet the degree requirements of both programs in four years.
Tuition is paid to the Law School for five semesters and to the Johnson Graduate School of Management for three semesters.
Dual Degree MBA Requirements - Both 3-year and 4-year
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| |
| Ethics and Corporate Culture | |
| Strategies for Sustainability | |
| Finance and Ethics | |
| Women and Leadership | |
| Power and Politics in Organizations | |
| The Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation | |
| Ethical Decision Making in Management | |
| Leading Across Differences: Understanding Identity, Dialogue, and Influence | |
Johnson Elective Courses (20.5 Credits)
Students may take any graduate level courses (5000 level or above) offered at Cornell within the SC Johnson College of Business (AEM, HADM, NBA, NBAY, NMI, REAL).
Advanced Standing (15 Credits)
All dual degree seeking students will be awarded 15 credits of advanced standing upon their first semester registered as a Johnson MBA student.
