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JD/MBA Dual Degree
The Graduate School of Business and the School of Law at Fordham University have established a combined program of graduate study in law and business administration. Both full- and part-time students may participate.
The JD/MBA program enables a full-time student to complete both degrees in as little as three-and-a-half calendar years rather than the five necessary if each degree were pursued separately. A part-time student can earn both degrees in as little as six-and-a-half years rather than the seven-and-a-half it would take were each degree pursued separately.
Students must apply and be admitted to each school. Such admissions need not occur simultaneously. Matriculated students in the JD and MBA programs may be accepted into the joint JD/MBA program any time prior to their final year; however, depending on the courses already taken in their first program, they may not receive the full credit reduction that is the essence of the joint JD/MBA program. Generally students in the joint JD/MBA program alternate their studies annually between the two schools. As they conclude their studies for the two degrees, they may take classes in both schools concurrently, subject to the law school’s limitation on total classroom hours of 16 hours for a full-time student and 12 hours for a part-time student.
The Graduate School of Business allows 12 credits taken at the law school to apply to the normal 60-credit MBA. The School of Law allows 13 credits (the equivalent of seven Graduate School of Business school courses) toward its 83-credit degree for Graduate School of Business courses in taxation, finance, and accounting that do not duplicate law school courses. However, only Graduate School of Business courses taken after the first year of study at the law school may apply toward the law school program.
The Graduate School of Business charges tuition for courses on a per-credit basis. The School of Law charges tuition on a semester basis. A full- or part-time student in residence at the law school, who is also taking one or more courses at the business school, must pay the law school semester tuition in addition to the business school per-credit rate.
Application forms and additional information about this program can be obtained from the Admissions Office at the business school by writing or calling:
Fordham Graduate School of Business School
33 West 60th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10023
(212) 636-6200
Cooperative Program with the Fordham School of Law
Fordham’s Business School has established a cooperative program with the School of Law that enables business students to take certain law courses for credit toward the MBA degree. A list of these approved law school courses is available through the program coordinators, listed below. Tuition for these law school classes will be charged at the law school rate. Students who are pursuing the JD/MBA degree are not eligible for the Cooperative Program.
Students who are interested in the Cooperative Program should contact the business school’s Associate Dean Lauren Mounty at (212) 636-6104. The Program Coordinator at the law school is Professor David Schmudde, (212) 636-6846.
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