Joint Masters in Business Administration and Juris Doctor Degree

Edward S. Ageno School of Business

GGU provides you the opportunity to earn a joint JD/MBA degree. This will allow you to simultaneously pursue a law degree and master's degree in business administration. Students interested in the program should first apply to the School of Law. After successfully completing the first semester of law school, students interested in the joint program can apply to the Ageno School of Business. The LSAT scores will be accepted in lieu of the GMAT and Writing Proficiency Requirement in order to gain admission to the MBA. All the other admission requirements of our traditional MBA program apply. The decision on admission to the MBA program will normally be made after receipt of the second semester law school grades.

The JD/MBA program is built on the curriculum of our traditional MBA program: students complete the same foundation program, and take the same core courses from the advanced program. The difference in this joint program is that JD/MBA students may apply 12 units of their second and third year Golden Gate University School of Law classes toward fulfilling a JD/MBA concentration while attending the School of Law. However, these twelve units will not be formally transferred to the MBA degree until the student has successfully completed the School of Law degree requirements. Additionally, twelve units from the MBA program are used to satisfy the elective requirement of your JD degree. In all, the program allows you to complete both the JD and MBA degrees in as little as 94 units, compared to 118 units if pursued separately. The total number of business units may be higher if you have not already completed the business subjects in the 18 unit MBA foundation program at an accredited undergraduate college or university (with a B- grade or better).

If you have already completed your JD degree, you can use 12 units of course credit from your JD degree toward the completion of the MBA degree. Normally a sixteen-course program, the MBA program for our JD alumni can be completed in only twelve courses. Plus, if you have already completed the business subjects in the 18 unit foundation program at an accredited undergraduate college or university (with a B grade or better), you can transfer these courses to satisfy your foundation requirements, and reduce your course requirement to the six advanced program graduate core courses (18 units).