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Program Co-Director (Law School): Steve Reed
Program Co-Director (Kellogg): Mark McCareins

Program Overview

The JD-MBA program combines academic grounding, analytical skills, and practical experience, and sets graduates up for success in law or business. Students earn a Juris Doctor from Northwestern Pritzker Law and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management. This program enables students to follow their chosen career path, whether they aspire to be a business leader with legal expertise, or they want to pursue a law career with a solid foundation in management. The program also offers a rich array of experiential learning opportunities, enabling students to apply knowledge gained in the classroom to real-world, on-the-ground experiences.

Program Structure 

Curriculum

JDMBA students must complete all Kellogg requirements for the MBA plus all Law School requirements for the JD, with the following modifications to the JD curriculum:

Advanced Writing Requirement

JDMBA students may satisfy the writing requirement by completing either a Research Writing or a Professional Writing course, designated as such at the time of registration.  Students may not double count a course toward the Advanced Writing Requirement and another graduate requirement, such as Experiential Learning.

Perspective Elective

The JDMBA program is interdisciplinary by nature; JDMBA students are not required to complete a Perspective Elective course.

Co-Counted Credits

JDMBA students may count up to 27 credits from Kellogg toward the JD:

• 1 Kellogg unit = 2.5 Law School credits.
• No more than 12 credits will be applied from non-colisted Kellogg courses (any Kellogg course counted toward the MBA)
• No more than 15 credits will be applied from co-listed Kellogg courses (see list below)