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The JD/MBA @ Duke
Duke Law School and The Fuqua School of
Business have a combined program of study in law and graduate level
business administration. The program provides the opportunity to acquire an
education in both law and business administration in four years. Upon
satisfactory completion of the required course of study, candidates will be
awarded both the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and the Juris Doctor (JD) degrees.
Students accepted to both The Fuqua School
of Business or Duke Law School at the same time may begin their JD/MBA degree at either school. If the student begins in the Law School,
the first-year curriculum is the same as that of the other law students; if the
student begins at Fuqua, the first-year curriculum is the same as
that of other business students. The student's second year consists of the
full first-year program of the other school. In the third and fourth years
of the program, the student takes courses in both schools, with about two-thirds
of the courses taken in the Law School.
| JD/MBA Academic Requirements |
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Normally, joint JD/MBA students enroll at the Law School first and then attend The Fuqua School of Business during their second year of graduate school. |
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Each student is required to take a minimum of 65 credits at Fuqua. At least forty- four of those credits are taken during the first full year at the school. |
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Elective courses may be substituted for any exempted courses but 65 Fuqua credits are still required. No coursework outside of Fuqua will count towards a Duke MBA and students must register at Fuqua for any courses that will count toward their required 65 MBA credits. |
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In addition, the Law School requires 72 credits with a minimum of 10 credits during most of the student's semesters while registered there. |
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Students must register at the Law School for any courses that will count toward their 72 JD credits. |
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Students are required to pay four full semesters of Fuqua's tuition and four full semesters of tuition at the Law School. |
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Course credits will only count once. |
| Recommended Program Structure |
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| First Year: |
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Students register at the Law School. |
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| Second Year: |
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Students register at Fuqua for the full first-year Duke MBA curriculum. |
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| Third Year: |
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Students register at Fuqua for those courses they want to count toward their MBA degree. |
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Students register at the Law School for those courses they want to count toward their law degree. |
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| Fourth Year: |
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Students register at the Law School for those courses they want to count toward their law degree. |
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Register at Fuqua for those courses they want to count toward their MBA. |
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