The JD/MBA offered by Harvard Law School (HLS) and Harvard Business School (HBS) is one of the oldest MBA joint degree program at Harvard. Prearranged to be completed in four years, the joint degree program integrates two complementary disciplines that prepare graduates for professional roles requiring leadership, legal expertise, and a general management perspective in private enterprise, government, and the nonprofits sector.

The JD/MBA is a four-year program that provides the core curriculum of the HBS MBA and HLS JD with a wide range of elective options at both schools.

Admissions
Prospective students concerned in the JD/MBA joint degree program apply to HLS and HBS separately and must be admitted independently by each school. HBS aspirants interested in the joint degree program can apply in any of the three rounds of admission. All HLS aspirants interested in the joint degree program must apply by February 1.

The following requirements are necessary for admission to Joint Degree Programs:
+Transcript(s)
+GMAT/GRE
+TOEFL/IELTS/Pearson Test of English
+Essay
+Recommendations (2)
–Resume

REQUIRED CURRICULUM, TERM 1 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Finance 1
Financial Reporting and Control (FRC)
Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)
Develop a vision of the future.
Align the organization behind that vision.
Motivate people to achieve the vision.
Design effective organizations and change them to achieve superior performance.
The final module introduces a model for strategic career management.
Marketing
Technology and Operations Management (TOM)
Process analysis
Cross-functional and cross-firm integration
Product development
Information technology
Technology and operations strategy

FIELD Foundations
FIELD 2

REQUIRED CURRICULUM TERM 2 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE)
National income and balance of payment accounting
Exchange rate theory
Political regimes
International trade
Foreign direct investment
Portfolio capital
Global environmental issues
Strategy
The Entrepreneurial Manager (TEM)
Finance II
Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA)
FIELD 3

Harvard Law School in recent times undertook a sweeping overhaul of its first-year curriculum. The new curriculum reflects legal practice of the 21st century, adding courses in legislation and regulation and international and comparative law to the traditional curriculum of civil procedure, contracts, criminal law, property, and torts.

Harvard Law School Curriculum:
Law and Government
Law and Business
International and Comparative Law
Law, Science, and Technology
Law and Social Change
Criminal Justice
Law and History


Contact Details:

MBA Admissions
Harvard Business School
Dillon House
Boston, MA 02163
Phone: 1.617.495.6128
Email: admissions@hbs.edu

Harvard Law School
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138