Take your legal career further with business expertise. The part-time JD/MBA builds business expertise alongside your legal education, preparing you to lead, negotiate, and navigate complex challenges at the intersection of law and business.
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JD/MBA
Elevate your legal expertise with business strategy
Details
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Spring Term -
Part-time -
Online -
4 Years -
36 Credits
Benefits & Highlights
- Build a business perspective that complements your legal expertise and prepares you to lead, negotiate, and make strategic decisions
- Learn in a flexible part-time format designed to fit alongside your career and busy life
- Apply business concepts to real-world challenges while bringing new skills and perspectives back to your organization
- Apply 18 credits from your JD program toward the Johns Hopkins MBA’s 54-credit requirement, allowing you to earn both degrees more efficiently.
Who Should Apply
Part-time JD students at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
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Admissions
The admissions teams at Carey and the University of Maryland Francis King Care School of Law are here to help you with the application process, curriculum options, pacing, and how this part-time dual degree can advance your career.
Investing in your future should feel within reach. Carey Business School offers scholarships to help make your JD/MBA journey more accessible. These awards recognize the achievements and potential of our students while supporting a learning community shaped by diverse perspectives, experiences, and ideas.
- Completed online application
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- Résumé or CV
- One essay
- One letter of recommendation
- Official transcripts
- Optional GMAT/GRE scores
- $100 application fee
We recommend Part-time JD students apply to Carey’s Flexible MBA program in the second year of their program. This ensures you will start taking courses in the third year of your program. We will allow students to start taking courses in the spring of the second year of their program. If you would like to apply earlier than your second year, please reach out to Assistant Director of Admissions, Jennifer Lampton to discuss your options.
Application deadlines
Students interested in the JD/MBA dual degree program must first apply to and be admitted to the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Once admitted, they may apply to the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.
Applicants must be current JD students at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Application deadlines vary by MBA format:
| Application round | Candidate deadline | Decision release | Deposit deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | October 7th 2026 | Rolling | 4 weeks |
| Round 2 | November 11th 2026 | Rolling | 4 weeks |
| Round 3 | December 9th 2026 | Rolling | 4 weeks |
Curriculum
Build expertise across law and business through a curriculum designed to connect both disciplines. Develop the legal and business knowledge to navigate complex challenges, strengthen your strategic thinking, and apply what you learn to real-world situations.
Core curriculum
REQUIRED COURSES
Expand your impact with a curriculum that connects law and business, giving you the strategic perspective to navigate organizations, negotiate with confidence, and lead effectively. The Part-time JD/MBA includes a total of 36 MBA credits, with 22 part-time credits from the core curriculum below:
- Accounting and Financial Reporting
- Business Analytics
- Business Communication
- Business Microeconomics
- Corporate Finance
- Leadership and Organizational Behavior
- Marketing Management
- Negotiation
- Operations Management
- Statistical Analysis
- Strategic Management
Required JD courses:
Tailor your experience to your interests
Customize your JD/MBA experience
Tailor your MBA experience to your goals with electives that let you deepen your business expertise in areas such as strategy, analytics, negotiation, leadership, and regulatory affairs. There are 14 required elective courses for the part-time JD/MBA program.
Specializations
Strengthen your expertise with a specialization to elevate and complement the impact of your dual degree journey. Part-time JD/MBA students can choose one of the eight online MBA specializations.
Part-time online specializations:
- Artificial Intelligence for Business
- Business Analytics and Risk Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Health Care Management
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Real Estate
Beyond the classroom
Expand your experience
Take learning into the real world
Go beyond the classroom through experiential learning and optional global immersion courses available to Flexible MBA students. Apply business concepts in real-world settings while gaining new perspectives on organizations, markets, and leadership.
Think like an entrepreneur
Turn ideas into impact
Explore entrepreneurship through Carey and develop the skills to launch your own law practice. You can also apply an entrepreneurial mindset to identify new possibilities, lead innovation, and create value throughout your career.
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