Overview
The William S. Boyd School of Law and the UNLV Lee Business School offer a dual Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration (JD/MBA) degree program that allows students admitted to both programs to pursue the two degrees concurrently.
Visit the UNLV Lee Business School website for more information.
Credit Requirements
Pursued individually, the JD requires the completion of 89 credit hours and the MBA requires the completion of 42 credit hours. The dual JD/MBA requires the completion of 80 law credit hours and 30 business credit hours, as 12 credit hours of law courses are accepted toward the MBA and nine credit hours of business courses are accepted toward the JD.
Application & Matriculation
Dual degree students receive the JD degree and the transfer of MBA credits only when both degree programs are completed. A dual degree student who does not finish the MBA degree will be able to count just six credits of MBA or other graduate course work toward the J.D. degree.
Applicants to the JD/MBA program must apply for, and gain admission to, both the Boyd School of Law JD program and to the Lee Business School MBA program, respectively.
Applicants must include a statement in each application indicating the desire to pursue the dual JD/MBA degree.
While applications from current students in either program will be considered, students normally should secure admission to each program at the same time. However, petitions for admission to the dual JD/MBA program from students at more advanced stages in either program will be considered.
Under American Bar Association standards, the Boyd School of Law cannot award credit for any coursework taken prior to matriculation into the JD program. JD/MBA candidates therefore normally must enroll at the Boyd School of Law and complete one year of study before taking any MBA courses to be applied to the JD degree.
Curriculum
| MBA Core Required Courses: | 21 Credits |
| Accounting for Managers | 3 |
| Leadership, Teams, and Individuals | 3 |
| Financial Decision Making | 3 |
| Market Opportunity Analysis | 3 |
| Applied Economic Analysis | 3 |
| Data Modeling and Analysis | 3 |
| Strategic Management | 3 |
| MBA Free Electives: | 9 |
| JD Required Courses: | 43 Credits* |
| Civil Procedure/Alternative Dispute Resolution I | |
| First Year Elective | |
| Constitutional Law I | |
| Constitutional Law II | |
| Contracts | |
| Criminal Law | |
| Evidence | |
| Lawyering Process I | |
| Lawyering Process II | |
| Professional Responsibility | |
| Property | |
| Torts | |
| Third Semester Lawyering Process Course | |
| Directed Electives at Law School: | 18 Credits |
| Administrative Law | |
| Advanced Intellectual Property Seminar | |
| Antitrust | |
| Basic Bankruptcy | |
| Business Organizations | |
| Conflict of Laws | |
| Copyright | |
| Cyberlaw | |
| Drafting & Negotiation Practicum | |
| Economics and the Law | |
| Employee Benefits | |
| Employment Law | |
| Employment Discrimination Law | |
| Federal Income Tax | |
| Finance and Accounting for Lawyers | |
| Gaming Law | |
| Gaming Law Policy Seminar | |
| Indian Gaming Law | |
| Insurance Law | |
| International Business Transactions | |
| IP Licensing Practicum | |
| Labor Law | |
| Legal Drafting: Advanced Drafting and Research in Business Contexts | |
| Legal Drafting: Trademark Practicum | |
| Legal Drafting: Transactional Drafting | |
| Mediation | |
| Mediation Essentials | |
| Negotiation | |
| Patents, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets | |
| Payment Systems | |
| Remedies | |
| Resort Hotel Casino Law | |
| Sales and Leases | |
| Secured Transactions | |
| Taxation of Business Entities | |
| Wills, Trusts, and Estates | |
| Worker's Compensation |
* Students in the JD/MBA program must successfully complete at least 18 credits of directed electives course work. For questions about which courses count, or whether new courses can satisfy the directed electives requirement, contact the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
Free Electives at Law School:
Students in the JD/MBA program must complete 19 other credits of "free" electives at the law school. These free electives may come from the list of directed electives or from any other elective offered at the law school.