JD/MBA in Law and Business

The Washington College of Law and American University’s Kogod School of Business offer a four-year JD/MBA dual degree program.  Students complete one year of the JD followed by an immersion year in the MBA program. Students return to the law school after the immersion year to finish all remaining law school credits and requirements.

Application. Candidates for the dual degree program in law and business administration must meet all standard law school admission requirements and qualify for admission to the MBA program.

Dual Degree Requirements

Law and Business: JD/MBA. Students must take eighty JD credit hours in the law school and the number of credit hours required by their MBA concentrations in the business school. Of the credits earned in business school courses, six will be applied to the JD degree upon approval by the law school.