MBA/JD

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The MBA/JD is a 36-credit hour dual degree designed for students who are currently enrolled in the JD program at the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and are interested in modern law and management. This joint program offers the student the ability to complete both the JD and MBA degrees in less time than it takes to complete them separately.

Admission

An applicant must submit separate applications and be independently accepted to both the JD and MBA programs. A student is encouraged to apply to both programs at the same time. A law student must begin the MBA program before beginning the third year of law school course work. An MBA student must begin law school before completing one half of the course work in the MBA program.

Program Sequence

Students in the coordinated MBA/JD program may schedule their course work in the joint program to suit their educational objectives, subject to the restrictions listed below:

A student may take only law courses while completing the first year law curriculum.
A law student must begin the MBA program before beginning the third year of law school course work.
An MBA student must begin law school before completing one half of the course work in the MBA program.

Important note about costs

The University of Memphis charges a student in a joint degree program the higher tuition for all credits earned in either degree. Since law school tuition is higher than graduate business school tuition, students in the joint degree are charged law school tuition rates for course credit in both law school and business school, even if a student only takes business school courses in a given semester.

For more information, please visit the program websites:

School of Law: https://www.memphis.edu/law/programs/jd-mba.php
Professional MBA: https://www.memphis.edu/professionalmba/students/mba_dual.php

MBA Preparatory Knowledge

There are no prerequisites for the core MBA curriculum. However, students entering the MBA programs are expected to be fluent in the language of business, with a working understanding of key concepts in economics, finance, and accounting. In addition, students are expected to have a working proficiency in statistics.

MBA Degree Requirements

Each candidate for an MBA degree must complete 30 hours of Core Knowledge and Skills, plus 6 hours of approved Elective courses, for a total of 36 credit hours.

Core Knowledge and Skills (30 hours):

MBA/JD Course Substitution

The School of Law will award credit toward the JD degree for 9 hours of approved MBA Core Knowledge and Skills course work. These 9 credit hours count for a portion of the thirty-five JD elective hours, under the following conditions:

MBA courses must be taken on-campus (i.e. online classes will not be counted).
The student must earn a grade of B or better in each MBA course.
Grades in MBA courses transfer to the School of Law on a Pass/No Grade basis.
Grades in MBA courses are not used to determine academic standing or class rank in the School of Law.

The Fogelman College of Business and Economics will award credit toward the MBA degree for 9 credit hours of approved courses offered by the School of Law. These 9 credit hours count for the 6 hours of elective courses and 3 hours of MBA Core Knowledge and Skills, under the following conditions:

The student must earn a C+ or better in the law classes used towards the MBA.
The law classes will not be counted to compute the MBA grade point average.
At most two C’s may count towards the MBA degree.

The decision on which required hours are substituted is at the discretion of the MBA program director.

MBA Classes Substituted for JD Classes

For MBA/JD students, the law school will accept up to 9 credits from the following list of courses offered by the MBA program:

ACCT 7080 - Financial/Managerial Acct Mgrs **
ECON 7100 - Econ for Global Executive **
FIR 7155 - Global Financial Mgmt **
MGMT 7160 - Global Strategic Mgmt **
MIS 7650 - Info Syst Global Enterprise **
MKTG 7140 - Global Strategic Marketing **
SCMS 7110 - Intro to Business Analytics **
SCMS 7313 - Supply Chain Operations Mgmt **
These courses will replace electives hours otherwise required in the Law School curriculum. Only classes taken live (i.e. not online) will be awarded transfer credit.

JD Classes Substituted for MBA Classes

For MBA/JD students, the director of the MBA program will have the discretion to approve course substitutions of up to 9 credits from the following list of courses offered by the law school:

Administrative Law (311)
Antitrust (318)
Arbitration/Labor (315)
Banking Law (385)
Bankruptcy Reorganization Seminar (442)
Business Organizations I (211)
Business Organizations II (319)
Commercial Law (700)
Commercial Paper (323)
Comparative Law Seminar (441)
Corporate Finance (384)
Corporate Tax (334)
Debtor-Creditor Relations (327)
Employment & Labor Law Seminar (443)
Environmental Law (328)
Environmental Law Seminar (438)
Health Care Insurance & Regulation Seminar (434)
Health Law (336)
Health Law Organization, Regulation, and Finance (302)
Immigration Law (337)
Insurance Law (339)
International Business Transactions (399)
International Economic Law (397)
International Finance (338)
International Law (340)
Labor Law (343)
Labor Relations (343)
Land Use Planning (344)
Mergers & Acquisitions (301)
Non-Profit Organizations (370)
Partnership Tax (352)
Problems in Bankruptcy (354)
Realty Transactions (358)
Sales (359)
Securities Regulations (361)
Sports Law (372)
Transnational Legal Problems (365)
Unfair Trade Practices (366)

To facilitate customization, students are encouraged to consult with the director of the MBA program to add to this list.