JD-MBA Joint Degree
Contact
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
Year | Course |
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First Year (Fall and Spring) | Standard first-year law curriculum (Law School only) |
First Year (Summer) | Minimum 3 Kellogg units plus options Law School electives |
Second Year | Complete Kellogg's MBA requirements (Kellogg only) |
Third Year | Complete JD requirements plus options Kellogg electives (Law School and Kellogg*) |
* | Subject to Kellogg's enrollment and maximum credit policies. |
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)
Course | Title |
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Students may count up to 15 credits from Core/Elective Courses on this list | |
Core MBA Courses | |
ACCT 430-0 | Accounting for Decision Making |
If waived: 1 | |
Managerial Accounting | |
or ACCT 451-0 | Financial Reporting and Analysis |
Note: ACCT-431 and ACCT-451 will not generate Law credit if taken in addition to ACCT-430 | |
DECS 431-0 | Business Analytics II |
FINC 430-0 | Finance I |
or FINC 440-0 | Accelerated Corporate Finance |
If waived: 1 | |
Finance II | |
Note: FINC-431 will not generate Law credit if taken in addition to FINC-430 | |
MECN 430-0 | Microeconomic Analysis |
If waived: 1 | |
Competitive Strategy and Industrial Structure | |
Note: MECN-441 will not generate Law credit if taken in addition to MECN-430 | |
STRT 431-0 | Business Strategy |
Kellogg Elective Courses | |
Financial Planning for Mergers & Acquisitions | |
Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital | |
Investment Banking | |
NUVention: Medical Innovation I and NUVention: Medical Innovation II | |
Public Economics for Business Leaders: Federal Policy | |
Public Economics for Business Leaders: State and Local Policy | |
Health and Human Rights | |
Legal Issues in Real Estate |
1 | See Kellogg's waiver policies. |