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JD/MBA Dual Degree Program

The School of Management and the School of Law offer a four-year (8 semesters plus summers if needed) program leading to a JD/MBA degree. 

Students complete a joint application if not enrolled in either program yet. Applications do not have to be submitted concurrently, but applicants must meet residency requirements.

If completed as a combined program:

• 30 hours— MBA core courses
• 18 hours— MBA electives**
• 82 hours— Total Law*
• 130 total hours maximum

**Normally 60 credits (30 elective hours) are required for the MBA degree. 

*Normal Law School requirements are 90 hours for a JD degree.

Students in this JD/MBA program will participate in a cohort, and study groups with full-time MBA students in the first year of School of Management residency. Therefore, no core courses will be waived. In addition, students who do not have at least one year of relevant post-baccalaureate work experience will be required to complete a 3-credit management internship. This internship satisfies one MBA elective.

GMAT and LSAT

All applicants are required to take both the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) and the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). To receive information and register for the GMAT go to the MBA Web site; for the LSAT go to the LSAC Web site.

RECOMMENDED CURRICULUM

First Year

• Fall

  • MGA 604 Financial Analysis and Reporting
  • MGB 601 Behavior and Organizational Concepts for Management
  • MGE 601 Economics for Managers
  • MGQ 606 Probability and Statistics for Management
  • MGF 631 Financial Management (1.5 cr.)
  • MGG 635 Business Communications (1.5 cr.)

• Spring

  • MGM 625 Marketing Management
  • MGO 630 Operations and Service Management
  • MGA 609 Management Accounting
  • MGO 641 Strategic Management
  • MGF 631 Financial Management (1.5 cr.)
  • MGT 601 Ethics and Corporate Governance (1.5 cr.)

Second Year

• Fall and Spring Law course topics include:

  • Research and Writing (Two semesters)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Constitutional Law
  • Contracts
  • Criminal Law
  • Property
  • Torts
  • Introduction to the Legal Profession and Ethics (two semesters)

Third Year

• Fall

  • All Law or Law and MBA

• Spring

  • Law or MBA
  • MGX XXX MBA Elective
  • MGX XXX MBA Elective

Fourth Year

• Fall

  • 2 MBA electives
  • Law

• Spring

  • 2 MBA electives
  • Law

18 credits of MBA electives in total (9 credits must be completed while in residency in Law School, 3 credits must be an internship).

*MGT 691 Intersection of Business and Law should be taken as a MBA elective.

CALCULUS PREREQUISITE

One semester of calculus with a grade of "B" or better; or
Two semesters of calculus with grades of "C" or better.

CONCENTRATIONS

Students in the JD/MBA program may select from any of the MBA concentrations but should consult with an MBA advisor as to feasibility and scheduling. One particular concentration is designed to draw upon combined strengths of the two schools:

Finance Concentration:

• Students interested in this concentration should take the MBA Finance Option, beginning with MGA 609 – Management Accounting, in spring of their first year of MBA studies.

An application for the School of Law may be obtained from:

Law School
Admissions Office
306 John Lord O'Brian Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-1100 
Tel: 716-645-2907