LLM –MBA DUAL DEGREES PROGRAM

The School of Law and the Bang College of Business cooperate in offering an LLM-MBA dual degrees program.  Students who desire to enter this program must apply separately for admission to each program (either simultaneously or after they have already enrolled in one) and will earn the two separate degrees in only 75 credits of study rather than the 96 credits required if they had taken the two degrees separately.

Rationale: The practice of business and the practice of law are substantially interconnected.  Business persons advancing the interests of their companies always require legal advice, negotiation and drafting of transactional documents, assessment of legal risks and occasionally litigation.  A business person with a good educational foundation in law will be more effective in business activities, and in understanding the legal issues involved in those activities.   Similarly, in order to advise business clients effectively, lawyers should understand the basic business issues and the goals of their clients.  A person with both legal and business expertise will be more effective in both those fields and in those positions in which law and business intersect.

Graduates of the Joint MBA-LLM program should be highly sought-after employees in the following types of positions:

  • Business law and international business law firms
  • Consulting firms
  • In house counsel offices in major corporations
  • Businesses.

In order to complete both an MBA and an LLM a student normally would need to complete 96 credits of study.  Under the dual degrees program, a student will earn both degrees in a total of 75 credits, a saving of 21 credits.

The course and credit requirements for the LL.M.-M.B.A. dual degrees program are:

  • MBA courses – 42 credits
    • 24 credits Required Foundation Core Courses
    • 12 credits Required Advanced Core Courses
    • 6 credits Required Integrative Core Courses (no change)
  • Law courses – 27 credits
    • 18 credits Required Courses
    • 9 credits of Law electives (reduced from 12 credits)
  • Shared  courses – 6 credits (one of these courses must be taken in the MBA program and the other one in the Law program)
    • Thesis in either Business or Law
    • Internship in either Business or Law
  • Total credits: 75