M.B.A./J.D. Joint Degree

The Stillman School and the School of Law jointly offer a four-year program leading to the degrees of Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and Juris Doctor (J.D.). The program is available only to full-time students and may be completed in four years rather than the five years usually required for the completion of both degrees.

Application to the joint program is open to holders of baccalaureate degrees from accredited colleges or universities who are not enrolled in either the School of Law or the Stillman School or who are full-time students in the first-year program at the School of Law.

Application Procedure

Candidates for admission to this program must complete separate applications for both the School of Law and the Stillman School, identifying on each application that they intend to participate in the joint program. Applications must be filed by the deadline dates specified by the School of Law. Alternatively, students enrolled in the first-year, full-time program at the School of Law may, during that year, apply for admission to the joint program by making application for admission to the Stillman School, identifying themselves as candidates for the joint program and notifying the School of Law of their intent to seek admission to that program.

Admission to the joint program requires that the student be accepted for admission at each of the respective schools and that the student’s participation in the joint program be approved separately by the admission committees of both schools.

The M.B.A. admission procedure appears at the beginning of the Stillman School section of this catalogue. Applications for the School of Law are available from the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC).

Applicants must take the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), inclusive of respective writing samples. Applicants must open a LSAC Credentials Assembly Service (CAS) account regardless of standardized test option and have all transcripts and letters of recommendation submitted to LSAC for inclusion in a CAS Report. Information on transmission of documents to LSAC is available on the LSAC website. The CAS Report containing transcripts, LSAT score(s) (if LSAT is taken), and letters of recommendation should be forwarded to the School of Law.

If the GRE is the selected standardized test, please have the Educational Testing Service (ETS) send the GRE score directly to Seton Hall University School of Law using school code 4717. Use of the GRE does not exempt the requirement to use the LSAC CAS for transmission of transcripts and letters of recommendation.

Curriculum Requirements

The J.D. degree consists of 88 credits and the M.B.A. degree of 40 credits. A maximum total of 10 credits may be used as cross-credits between the two programs. Only courses specified by the respective schools as eligible for cross-credits may be utilized for this purpose. Under exceptional circumstances, courses not included on the list of those eligible for cross-credits may be approved for this purpose by the academic deans of the law school and the business school. No required courses at either the School of Law or the Stillman School may be eligible for cross-credits under the joint degree program.

Because of residency requirements and other considerations, the joint degree program can only be completed by students enrolled on a full-time basis. With the joint consent of the academic deans of the School of Law and the Stillman School, and for good cause, a student may be allowed to remain in the program although enrolled on a part-time basis only after the second year of full-time participation in the program. Such approval for part-time status must be renewed every semester. No waiver of full-time status may be granted for the first two years of the program.

A minimum of 30 credit hours must be taken in the M.B.A. program at Seton Hall. No waived credits may be counted toward the completion of the J.D. degree, and the Law School does not permit any waiver of credits for the J.D. degree.

Advising

Students in the joint degree program must have their course schedules approved by the joint program advisers in both the School of Law and the Stillman School. The procedure for such approval will be established by the respective schools, and students in the program should consult the joint program adviser at each school. Where courses with similar content are offered by the two schools, students may complete such courses at either school (except as noted above), but may not take the courses at both schools.

Pattern of Study

Students in the joint degree program spend their first year of study completing the regular first-year curriculum of the School of Law. During the second and subsequent years, students complete the program by taking credits at both the Stillman School and the School of Law.

Pre-Qualification Courses as required (non-credit bearing).

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
M.B.A. Program Component
Core Courses
BMBA 9450	The Launch Experience	2
BMBA 9451	Corporate Social Responsibility	2
BMBA 9452	International Perspective	2
BMBA 9453	Accounting for Decision Makers	2
BMBA 9455	The Role of Quantitative Analysis in Business Decision Making	2
BMBA 9456	Management Theory and Practice	2
BMBA 9457	Market Decision Making	2
BMBA 9458	Information Technology Management	2
BMBA 9459	Economics for Managers	2
BMBA 9460	Financial Decision Making	2
Subtotal		20
Elective Courses
Select 7 credits of 6000-level or higher graduate business courses		7
Subtotal		7
Capstone
BMBA 9461	Business Consulting	3
Subtotal		3
J.D. Component
Required Courses
CORP 7125	Financial Concepts for Lawyers *	1
CORP 7131	Business Associations	4
HIPH 7504	Professional Responsibility	2
LAW 5050	Intro Lawyering I-Lgl Rs Wrtg	2
LAW 5051	Intro Lawyering II-Lgl Rs Wrtg	2
LAW 6001	Civil Procedure I	2
LAW 6002	Civil Procedure II	2
LAW 6005	Contracts	5
LAW 6008	Torts I	4
LAW 6014	Criminal Law	3
LAW 6015	Constitutional Law	5
LAW 6016	Property	5
PRMD 7201	Evidence	3
Subtotal		40
Appellate Advocacy, Persuasion and Advocacy & Advanced Legal Writing Requirements **
MTCT 7151	Appellate Advocacy	2
PRMD 8210	Persuasion and Advocacy	2
Elective Courses
Select 34 credits of Elective courses		34
Cross credits ***		10
Total Hours		118

*

This course may be waived after consultation with an adviser.

**

In consultation with an adviser Law Students are required to satisfy Advanced Legal Writing requirements.

***

Students may cross-credit up to 10 credits between the two programs.

M.B.A. Total (includes cross-credits): 40
J.D. Total (includes cross-credits): 88
Less: Cross-credit savings 10 
Total Joint Degree: 118