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| September 2006
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CAMPUS NEWS |
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Students at the Washington College of Law and Kogod School of Business can now earn an advanced law degree and MBA in less than three years, with the new dual LLM/MBA degree program. The program, the first of its kind in the United States, allows graduate students to earn their LLM/MBA in just two years. "This program will prepare our students to meet the challenges that the rapidly changing global economy poses to legal professionals around the world," says Danny Bradlow, director of the International Legal Studies Program. "Students will also graduate poised to maximize the opportunities that this new environment is creating for ambitious and creative lawyers." Students will be able to earn this degree after completion of 16 credits at WCL and 36 credits at Kogod. Enrollment for the dual degree is open for the fall semester. The program will equip students with the skills and knowledge needed to practice in a global environment of rapid technological development and ever-growing international markets.
Graduate students may apply for the dual degree when they begin their course of study or apply to the MBA program, having taken the GMAT, after they have begun the LLM. After acceptance, they can jump into various courses at Kogod and WCL, such as transnational transactions and management, development law, environmental law, and international human rights, among others. Students must still meet all course requirements for both programs. For example, they must complete two, 25-page research papers for the LLM program. “Such specialized knowledge is indispensable for legal practice in the 21st century," said WCL Dean Claudio Grossman. "This new program recognizes and develops the crucial interconnections between international, legal, economic, and ethical issues." -Tara
Shlimowitz ‘08 |
Kogod
and WCL Launch First-of-its-Kind Dual-Degree 
"At
the Kogod School of Business, we believe that today's business environment
demands graduates of innovative programs who can operate at the intersection
of distinctive disciplines," says Richard Durand, dean of Kogod.
"The LLM/MBA represents a unique partnership between an outstanding
law school and a market-driven business school that will prepare graduate
students for a successful career in the global arena."