The JD/MBA gives you options.
Joint JD/MBA programs allow candidates to shave a year from the five-year process of earning consecutive law and business degrees. Programs accomplish the savings by using courses from one program as electives in the other. With the reputations, resources and world-renowned faculty available at elite universities, it is no surprise that top law and business schools often share an address. Put the two together, and they are tough to beat.
Harvard
Spend four years in Boston ...leave with a JD and an MBA.
U.S. News & World Report rated Harvard Business School the best in the country in its 2010 rankings. Harvard Law School ranked second. The JD/MBA is a four-year program that offers core curricula and a range of electives from both schools. Students spend the first two years of the program completing the first-year coursework of both schools, in the order of their choosing. They spend the third and fourth years completing electives. Students must also complete 40 hours of pro bono legal service. Applicants to the JD/MBA program must apply to and be independently accepted by each.
Harvard University
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
617-495-6128
hbs.edu
Stanford
Stanford is the best in the West.
Stanford's Graduate School of Business ties Harvard for the top spot in the U.S. News 2010 rankings. U.S. News rated Stanford Law School the third best. Stanford's JD/MBA is among the oldest and most successful in the country.To be admitted to the four-year joint program, a student must be accepted independently into both programs and submit an essay supporting his rationale for the joint degree.
Stanford University
Graduate School of Business
518 Memorial Way
Stanford, CA 94305
650-723-2766
gsb.stanford.edu
University of Chicago
Chicago is a midwestern powerhouse.
U.S. News & World Report rated the University of Chicago's law and business schools fifth best in the country. As with other joint programs, students must apply to and be accepted by each program independently. The University of Chicago Law School is unique in that it places an emphasis on the nexus of law and economics. Unlike most elite JD/MBA programs, the University of Chicago offers the joint program to part-time as well as full-time students.
University of Chicago
Booth School of Business
5807 S. Woodlawn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
773-702-7369
ChicagoBooth.edu
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