Early Career MBA: MBA/JD Joint Degree

The MBA/JD program combines the respected resources of the Willamette University's College of Law and Atkinson Graduate School of Management. The program is four years in length and results in two professional degrees: the Master of Business Administration and the Doctor of Jurisprudence.

As America's only MBA/JD program to have triple accreditation for law (American Bar Association), business (AACSB International) and public management (NASPAA), Willamette's MBA/JD has special advantages for graduates anticipating careers in corporate law, trust administration, tax law, regulation, public sector management, entrepreneurial ventures, consulting and private legal practice.

During the first two years of the four year program, MBA/JD students complete one academic year in the Early Career MBA program and one in the law program. The academic year in the MBA program includes completion of the MBA first year curriculum.

During the third and fourth years of the MBA/JD program, students are concurrently enrolled in the law and MBA program. Generally, third and fourth-year MBA/JD students will take two-thirds of their courses at the College of Law and one-third at the Atkinson School. MBA courses to be completed during the years of concurrent enrollment include required and elective courses as shown below.

The College of Law and the Atkinson School also award scholarships separately. A scholarship given by one program does not apply while a student is studying at the other program.

MBA/JD students who receive scholarship assistance from the MBA program will receive the scholarship only for the first academic year in which they are enrolled full-time in the MBA program.