MBA & Juris Doctor

The Program:

The David Eccles School of Business and the S.J. Quinney College of Law offer a joint program wherein you may earn the MBA and JD degrees in four academic years.

Requirements:

The requirements for the MBA/JD joint degree may be met by fulfilling the MBA and Law Core courses plus the necessary elective requirements for each discipline. The MBA requirement total is 55.5 credits. The Law requirement total is 88 credits. The overall total between the two programs is 143.5 total credits. Twenty four (24) credits is shared between the two programs which is subtracted from the overall total leaving 119.5 credits for the Joint MBA/JD degree.

The College of Law and David Eccles School will each accept up to 12 credit hours of elective courses taken in the other college as filling requirements for their program electives. All law classes used to fulfill the MBA elective requirements must be second- or third-year classes and must be listed with the David Eccles School of Business at the beginning of the semester in which they are taken and designated as MBA electives. The law courses applied toward the MBA degree will be listed on the MBA candidacy form as grades of Credit/No Credit rather than letter grades. Grades of B or better will earn the grade of Credit. The official University of Utah transcript will record the letter grade earned in the course.

Highlights:

Students entering the joint program complete their first year of law school without taking any courses from the David Eccles School of Business. If you enter the MBA program, you take the first year MBA Core courses without any law courses. When you qualify for both the advanced year of the MBA program and the second year of law school, your course work will include both law and MBA classes. This four-year program should be approved in advance by the College of Law and the David Eccles School of Business academic advisors to ensure that the plan is acceptable and possible according to both colleges' schedules. Students are not admitted to the joint program if they have begun their second year of law or advanced courses in the MBA program.

You may enter the joint program:

At the time you are initially accepted by both the College of Law and the David Eccles School of Business
During the first year of law school, if you are accepted for admission by the David Eccles School of Business
During the first year of the MBA program, if you are accepted for admission to the College of Law.

Length of Program

Students normally will complete both degrees in four years. Students taking longer than these specified periods must have approval of the counselors involved. The time required to complete the joint MBA/JD degree is shorter than the time required to complete both programs independently, because required courses in one college fulfill elective requirements in the other college. The maximum time allowed to complete the MBA degree is six consecutive calendar years.

Students may need to complete the Fall and Spring Semester required MBA courses in the evening in order to avoid conflicts with required law classes taught only in the day. Students may choose to take electives in either the day or the evening.

Program Resources

Admissions Requirements
Degree Requirements
Course Descriptions
Schedule

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact the master's office at 801.581.7785 or mastersinfo@business.utah.edu.