Combined JD/MBA Program
This is a four-year program that enables students to select courses leading to degrees of Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration. The combined program is structured as follows:
Year 1
- CRMBA program starts in early June, with four courses taken from July-August
- September to December: Core and Foundation CRMBA courses
- January to August: mandatory eight-month Corporate Residency
- Non-credit course in Personal and Professional Effectiveness, taken throughout
Year 2
- First-year courses of the JD program
- CRMBA Online Electives (summer, 3 credit hours of 1.5 credit hour courses)
Year 3
MBA:
- BUSI 5551 Operations Management (fall)
- CRMBA Online Electives (fall, 3 credit hours of 1.5 credit hour courses)
- BUSI 6998 Building Collaborative Capacity (winter)(can be taken in Year 3 or Year 4)
JD: 23-25 credits, including:
- LAWS 2062.05: Constitutional Law **required in Year 3
- LAWS 2361.025: Civil Procedure **required in Year 3
- LAWS 2362.025: Civil Procedure **required in Year 3
- LAWS 2099.02 Legal Profession, unless planning to complete in Year 4
- One course from the "oral advocacy" basket, unless planning to complete in Year 4 (list of basket courses to be included in annual registration materials)
- 3 to 5 credit hours of law courses from the “Business Law” area (see below)
- At least one, but no more than two, courses that satisfy the major paper requirement
Year 4
MBA:
JD:23-25 credits, including:
- 7 to 9 credit hours of law courses from the "Business Law" area
- LAWS 2099.02: Legal Profession, unless completed in Year 3
- At least one, but no more than two, courses that satisfy the major paper requirement
The third and fourth year courses may be done in a different order, with permission, except for the required Year 3 JD courses.
Courses in the Business Law area
LAWS 2002.04: Business Associations
LAWS 2006.03: Corporate Finance
LAWS 2008.04: Evidence
LAWS 2010.02: Insurance Law
LAWS 2029.04: Taxation I
LAWS 2033.03: Equity and Trusts
LAWS 2056.03: International Trade Law
LAWS 2059.02: Taxation III
LAWS 2079.02: Oil and Gas Law
LAWS 2081.02: Bankruptcy and Insolvency
LAWS 2106.02: Taxation of Corporations
LAWS 2121.02: Wills and Estates
LAWS 2129.03: Corporate Transactions
LAWS 2137.03: Regulation of Financial Institutions
LAWS 2138.03: Securities Regulation
LAWS 2144.03: Corporate Securities Law Moot
LAWS 2145.02: Sale of Goods
LAWS 2153.03: Business and Environmental Law
LAWS 2169.03: Competition Law
LAWS 2170.03: Information Technology Transactions
LAWS 2204.03: Secured Transactions
LAWS 2216:03: Current Issues in Corporate Law
LAWS 2232.04: Real Estate Transactions
LAWS 2245:03: Bowman National Tax Moot
LAWS 2269.03: Taxation II
LAWS 2373:03: International Investment Law
Students intending to make an application for the joint JD/MBA program should inquire directly to: mba@dal.ca and to admissions@dal.ca (LAW).