Combined JD/MBA
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 at the end of 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 6326 Management Skills Devleopment (winter)
JD:
- LAWS 2062.05: Constitutional Law
- LAWS 2311.005: Second Year Moot
- LAWS 2321.005: Second Year Moot
- LAWS 2361.025: Civil Procedure
- LAWS 2362.025: Civil Procedure
- 3 to 5 credit hours of law courses from the “Business Law” area (see below)
- Other elective courses for a total of 23-25 law credits (inclusive of a LAWS major paper course)
Year 4
MBA:
JD:
- LAWS 2099.02: Legal Profession
- 7 to 9 credit hours of law courses from the “Business Law” area
- Other elective law courses for a total of 23 - 25 law credits (inclusive of a LAWS major paper course)
The third and fourth year programs may be done in reverse order, with permission, except for the required law core 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: crmba@dal.ca (902) 494-1814 or toll-free 1-888-432-5622 (MBA) and to admissions@dal.ca (LAW).