Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration

Establish your business law specialty with a dual JD/MBA

The dual JD/MBA from Mitchell Hamline School of Law* and Hamline Graduate School of Business prepares you for today’s complex business world and emphasizes themes of ethics, global awareness, strategic change, conflict management, critical thinking, collaborative problem solving, and effective communication.

Law students in the joint degree program are able to integrate their sophisticated understanding of corporate, commercial, and regulatory law, and conflict management with a comprehensive foundation of business management concepts.

The Hamline MBA is organized around six modules:

1. Leading People with Integrity and Purpose
2. Managing Financial Resources
3. Leveraging Organizational Resources
4. Improving and Protecting Resources
5. Planning Change and Development (Part I)
6. Planning Change and Development (Part II)

MBA Core Courses

• Module 1 Leading People with Integrity and Purpose 8 credits
  • MBA 8100: Leading in Organization
  • MBA 8140: Critical Thinking
  • MBA 8150: Global Context of Business
   
• Module 2 Managing Financial Resources 8 credits
  • MBA 8200: Accounting for Managers
  • MBA 8220: Managerial Finance
   
• Module 3 Leveraging Organizational Resources 8 credits
  • MBA 8155: Data Analytics and Decision Making
  • MBA 8165: Marketing Management
   
• Module 5 Planning & Leading Change 4 credits
  • MBA 8420: Strategic Financial Analysis
  • MBA 8495: Strategic Management and Capstone I
   
• Module 6 Planning Change & Development (Part 2) 8 credits
  • MBA 80XX: Elective
  • MBA 8496: Strategic Management and Capstone II

  Total MBA Credits: 36 credits

  Elective Coursework

  MHSL Elective Credits Transferred from MHSL 12 credits

  Total Elective Credits: 12 credits

  Total Degree Credit Requirement: 48 credits

   

To Apply

You must apply separately and be accepted into both Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Hamline School of Business. You begin integrating modules of the MBA after completing your first year of law school. Registration should be completed through the law school as long as you are attending there.
  

*Hamline University, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), maintains an affiliation and collaborative relationship with Mitchell | Hamline School of Law, an autonomous law school created by the combination of Hamline University School of Law and William Mitchell College of Law and which is separately accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA).