Joint Degrees

• During the first year, students will enroll in the required 1L law curriculum exclusively.
• In the fall of the second year, students will enroll in Johnson residential MBA core courses exclusively, nine credits of which will be cross-listed with Law. The academic dean of the Law School and the dean of the Johnson Graduate School of Management will designate and review approved cross-listed courses each academic year.
• The intended division of credits and program of study is as follows:
  • Fall 1 (Semester 1)-LAW 1L courses
  • Spring 1 (Semester 2)-LAW 1L courses (must take LAW 6131 Business Organizations)
  • Fall 2 (Semester 3)-17 credit hours of residential two-year MBA Core (9 credit hours’ worth of these MBA Core Courses will be cross-listed* with Law
  • Spring 2 (Semester 4)- 17 credit hours total (5 credit hours of residential two-year MBA Core; 9 credit hours of Law; 3 credit hours of residential MBA electives)
  • Fall 3 (Semester 5)-9 credits of Law, 5 credits MBA electives (3 extra credits at student’s discretion)
  • Spring 3 (Semester 6)-9 credits of Law, 6 credits MBA electives (2 extra credits at student’s discretion)

Tuition is paid to the Law School for four semesters and to the Johnson Graduate School of Management for two semesters.  In the third year, the Law School will charge 150% of standard law tuition. Law School scholarship will be reduced and pro-rated commensurate with paying for 4 semesters of law tuition.

Applicants must apply to, and be accepted by, both schools.

• J.D./M.B.A. three year program: J.D. application
• J.D./M.B.A. three year program: M.B.A. application

• The first year is spent entirely in one school.
• The second year is spent entirely in the other school.
• The third and fourth years include a mix of courses across the Law School and Johnson to meet the degree requirements of both programs in four years.

• Students in the program must satisfactorily complete 84 credit hours of Law School credit. A student must earn a minimum of 72 of the 84 credit hours in the Law School. During six of the eight terms, a student must register for at least 9 credits in the Law School. In total, a candidate in the program will need a minimum combined total of 117 credits for receipt of both degrees.
• Students may take up to 12 credits of courses related to legal training taught by members of the university faculty outside the Law School, which may include management courses, subject in each case to the approval of the Law School’s associate dean for academic affairs. As with other joint degree programs offered by the Law School, those particular management courses may be “double counted” toward the J.D. and M.B.A. degrees.
• Students enrolled in the joint law and management program need take only 86 hours if they wish to pursue the J.D. with the Berger International Legal Studies Specialization, but may not count management courses for the program’s total hours or course requirements.

Tuition is paid to the Law School for five semesters and to the Johnson Graduate School of Management for three semesters. Law School scholarship will be reduced and pro-rated commensurate with paying for 5 semesters of law tuition.

Applicants must apply to, and be accepted by, both schools.

• J.D./M.B.A. four year program: J.D. application
• J.D./M.B.A. four year program: M.B.A. application

The program provides general coverage of industrial and labor relations and is suitable for those having little prior course work in the field. The M.I.L.R. program is normally completed in four semesters; however, law graduates who enter the special program can complete the program in one year.

Cornell Law School and the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy offer a four-year program that leads to a J.D. degree and a Master of Public Administration degree. Applicants must apply to, and be accepted by, both schools.

• J.D. application
• M.P.A application

Schedule:

• The first year is spent entirely in one school.
• The second year is spent entirely in the other school.
• The third and fourth years are spent mostly in the Law School, but students must generally take at least one course each semester to fulfill Brooks School of Public Policy requirements.
• Applicants to the M.P.A. program from the Cornell Law School may apply up to twelve (12) credits from the Law School toward their M.P.A. degree, subject to the approval of the director of graduate studies of the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.