Rutgers School of Law-Newark and Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick offer a four-year program of study in law and business. Upon completion of a total of 120 credits in the program, students simultaneously receive a J.D. degree in law and an M.B.A. degree in management or professional accounting.
Students normally take the required J.D. curriculum in the first academic year and the core M.B.A. curriculum in the second academic year. In each of the four semesters in the last two years of the joint-degree program, students enroll in 12 to 16 credits from among the elective offerings of Rutgers School of Law or Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick. To comply with the American Bar Association (ABA) and law school residency requirements, students must take at least 12 credits toward the J.D. degree each semester, either from law school offerings and/or by applying credit from the M.B.A. program to the J.D. program (up to a maximum of 12 credits). A candidate in the joint program must complete the required curricula of both degree programs.
To qualify for admission to the joint program, a candidate must be admitted independently to both Rutgers School of Law-Newark and Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick. Please go to the business school website for information on their application requirements: http://business.rutgers.edu.
The joint-degree program is currently approved for full-time students. Part-time students nevertheless are still free to apply simultaneously to the J.D. and M.B.A. programs and, if admitted to both, seek permission to coordinate the programs.
Additional information about the joint program is available from the law school's senior associate dean.
