Combined JD/MBA

With the complex challenges facing today’s biggest organizations, the integration of law and business is a certainty. The combined JD/MBA program, administered jointly by the Western Faculty of Law and Richard Ivey School of Business, is for high-achieving leaders who are passionate and capable of managing the intensity of two demanding programs. The outcome is invaluable – a JD and MBA degree completed in three years, instead of four if taken separately.

JD/MBA students will have slightly different first year course requirements in the Spring Term and an alternate Law exam schedule. These modifications were designed to ensure that JD/MBA students can fully participate in the MBA program and meet the program’s participation requirements.

Exams are no less rigorous than the regular JD exams, but the schedule will accommodate your classes at Ivey. JD/MBA students can expect to write three law exams during the overlap period in April and two exams at the end of March. The overlap period is a challenge, but you can be confident the modifications made to the schedule are designed to enable you to succeed in both programs.

The combined program is an intensive, rigorous, and rewarding experience. We are looking for a select group of high achievers who are ready for this challenge. Applicants should demonstrate:

• Leadership Potential: Demonstrated through professional, volunteer, or community initiatives and/or interests and passions
• Quality Work Experience: Minimum of two years of full-time experience (typical average is four years)
• Strong Academic Record: Demonstrated by a solid undergraduate average and GMAT of 600+ (Note: candidates with LSAT scores of 160+ may use their LSAT score in lieu of writing a GMAT)

Applicants for the combined JD/MBA program can apply in one of two ways:

1. Separately and simultaneously to both the Law and MBA programs
   Students who choose this option are encouraged to apply to both programs as early as possible in the application cycle. Please review application deadlines for the Faculty of Law and the MBA Program.
   
   
2. Apply to Ivey MBA after receiving admission to Faculty of Law
   Applications must be submitted to the MBA Program by June 29, 2012 before starting the Law 1 year in Fall 2011.
   
   A joint committee appointed by the Faculty of Law and the Richard Ivey School of Business will decide whether applicants who are admitted to both programs, and who have indicated that they wish to be considered for the combined program, will be admitted. Enrolment is limited.