J.D./M.B.A. Program

Temple University's Beasley School of Law and the Fox School of Business and Management cooperatively offer a dual degree program leading to the conferral of the Juris Doctor (J.D.) and the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degrees upon graduation. The J.D./M.B.A. program is open only to Temple J.D. students.

The J.D./M.B.A. program offers you an opportunity to earn a J.D. and an M.B.A. with fewer hours of course work than would be required if the two degrees were earned separately. Candidates receive two separate degrees upon graduation: a J.D. from the School of Law and an M.B.A. from the School of Business and Management. Temple offers a J.D./M.B.A. with a concentration in Legal Studies. The graduation requirements from each school must be met separately. A J.D./M.B.A. student must complete all requirements for both degrees before either degree can be awarded.

Please select one of the links below for more information in the J.D./M.B.A.:

Download our J.D./M.B.A. Law School Program Booklet for complete reference!  

Academic Program	Tuition and Financial Assistance
J.D. Curriculum Chart Form (PDF)	Contact Us
M.B.A. Curriculum Chart Form (PDF)

Academic Program for J.D./M.B.A. Students

Expanded Description of Curriculum

Students in the J.D./M.B.A. program must complete the basic requirements of the J.D. curriculum and the same number of credits required of all J.D. students (a total of 87 credits). The School of Law will accept up to 12 transfer credits (four courses) from the M.B.A. program, in which the student earns a grade of "C" or better, toward the 87 credits required for the law degree. Grades received in the School of Business and Management will not be counted toward the School of Law grade point average.

J.D. Curriculum: Legal Studies Concentration

To see a chart with this information, please download the J.D. Curriculum for J.D./M.B.A. Students (PDF).

1. Mandated First Year J.D. Courses (31 credits)
2. Professional Responsibility (2 credits)
3. Complete the upper-level J.D. writing requirements of one 2-3 credit serial and one 2-3 credit research paper. One of these papers must be on a business-related topic (4-6 credits)
4. Complete a total of 21 business-related upper level law credits with a minimum of a "C" average, including Corporations, Taxation & Employment Law or Labor Law, and one of the following law offerings: Payment Systems, Sales, Secured Transactions, or Bankruptcy. At present, the remainder of the 21 credits must be selected from the following faculty-approved course menu:

• Antitrust
• Banking
• Bankruptcy
• Beyond the Stock Market: Futures, Options, Swaps & Other Derivative Securities
• Business Immigration Law
• Business Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business Planning for US-based Transactions
• Business Law Clinical
• Collective Bargaining
• Commercial Financial Transactions
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Reorganization
• Corporate Taxation
• Corporate Transactions: Analysis & Implementation
• Employment Law
• International Commercial Transactions
• International Tax Planning
•  Integrated Transactional Practice II
•  Introduction to Intellectual Property
• Labor Law
• Lawyering for an Organization
• Law of Electronic Commerce
•  Legal Problems of the Small Business
• Legal Research & Writing III (focus on Bankruptcy)
• Payment Systems
• Real Estate Development Finance
• Real Estate Transactions
• Representing Charitable Organizations Clinical
• Sales
• Secured Transactions
• Securities Regulation
• Taxation of Partnerships and S Corporations
• Transactional Skills Workshop
• Unincorporated Associations
• U.S. Business Planning for International Transactions

5. School of Law Electives (16 credits)
6. M.B.A. courses transferred to the School of Law  (12 credits)

 Total Credits Required to Earn the Juris Doctor = 87 credits

Master of Business Administration Curriculum for J.D./M.B.A. Students

The School of Business and Management requires satisfactory completion of 54 semester hours to earn the M.B.A. degree with a concentration in Legal Studies. Up to 12 credits of School of Law coursework may be transferred to the Fox School. The minimum acceptable grade for transfer from the School of Law is a "C." Although a "C" is permitted for courses taken at the School of Law, a 3.00 overall average will be required for courses taken within the School of Business and Management.

To see a chart with this information, please download the M.B.A. Curriculum for J.D./M.B.A. Students (PDF).

M.B.A. Curriculum: Legal Studies Concentration 

Please view the Fox School of Business J.D./M.B.A. in Law and Management web site for more information.

Admissions to the J.D./M.B.A. Program

Prospective J.D./M.B.A. students must apply separately to both the School of Law and the School of Business and Management following the admissions procedures established by each school and be admitted to each program separately.

There are two ways to enter the J.D./M.B.A. program:

1. Apply to both the School of Law and the School of Business and Management simultaneously following the admissions procedures established by each school and be admitted separately.
2. Apply to Temple School of Law and, during the first year of study for a full-time law student or second year of study for a part-time law student, apply to the M.B.A. Program, following admissions procedures established by the School of Business and Management.

Once both schools accept the candidate's application, the student must send a letter of intent to both the School of Law and School of Business and Management. This notifies both schools of the dual degree status. A student may not register for any courses in the J.D./M.B.A. program until both schools have received a letter of intent.

Click here to view the sample Intention to Enter Letter.

The J.D./M.B.A. program is open to any Temple law student who has not completed any 500 level M.B.A. courses (or advanced graduate business courses) at Temple or any other Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) institution.

For more specific information on each program, please review the J.D. admissions procedures and the M.B.A. admissions procedures.

Tuition and Financial Assistance

Day and evening J.D. students who pay a flat tuition rate and are enrolled in the J.D./M.B.A. program will pay the prevailing law school tuition rates and fees throughout the program except during the summer session when all students pay tuition on a "per credit" basis regardless of the school in which they take summer classes. Students attending the 10-week intensive core curriculum program during the summer will be billed in accordance with the M.B.A. per credit tuition rates

Part-time day and evening J.D. students (those students who pay on a per credit basis) pay per credit for both J.D. and M.B.A. courses regardless of the semester in which they are registered. For each semester you are enrolled in the J.D./M.B.A. program, you must complete a J.D./M.B.A. Billing Information Sheet (available in room 710 of the Klein law building) and return the form to the School of Law Financial Aid Office, Room 101, Barrack Hall. Students are eligible for financial assistance from both the School of Law and the School of Business and Management in accordance with the individual school's guidelines.

All J.D./M.B.A. students are responsible for any late registration, late payment, installment payment, and graduation fees associated with both the School of Law and the School of Business and Management.

For information on tuition rates at the School of Law and the School of Business and Management, please visit the Temple University Bursar's Office web site.

The LL.M. and M.B.A.

Overview

LL.M. students with an interest in business and management may wish to earn an M.B.A. degree from the Fox School of Business and Management. Because Temple's tuition is so reasonable, you can earn both degrees in approximately three years for the amount you might pay to earn only an LL.M. degree at other institutions.

After earning your LL.M. you can complete the M.B.A. in an accelerated 16-month course of study. The 18-credit Business Core Curriculum can be completed in 10 weeks of intensive study from June-August, at which point you can complete the advanced Business Curriculum in two academic semesters and one summer session, graduating the following August. The M.B.A. requires 54 credits of course work. If you prefer not to accelerate the M.B.A. program, you can complete it over two years of study.

Schedule to complete the LL.M. and M.B.A. degrees in two years:

Program	Begin	End	Semesters/Sessions	Credits
LL.M.	August 2005	May 2006	Fall 2005, Spring 2006	24 credits
M.B.A. Core Curriculum	June 2006	August 2006	Summer 2006	18 credits
M.B.A. Advanced Courses	August 2006	August 2007	Fall 2006, Spring/Summer 2007	36 credits

Total LL.M. Credits: 24

Total M.B.A Credits: 54

Contact Us

For more information, please contact:

William Wertheimer, Director Student Affairs Temple University Beasley School of Law 1719 N. Broad Street Barrack Hall Room 103 Philadelphia, PA 19122 Phone: (215) 204-1850 Facsimile: (215) 204-1277 E-mail: william.wertheimer@temple.edu

Sandra Sokol, Interim Assistant Dean Full-time M.B.A and M.S. Programs Temple University School of Business and Management 1810 N. 13th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 Phone: (215) 204-3912   E-mail: sandra.sokol@temple.edu