Program Overview
At
the completion of the four-year integrated program, the successful student is
awarded both the Juris Doctor and the Master of Business Administration degree.
Students typically begin the program in the Faculty of Law. The first year of
study is identical to that of any first-year law students. The second year of
the program is spent at the Rotman School, where students are enrolled in the
same curriculum as first year MBA students (i.e. no time is spent in courses at
the Law School.) The third and fourth years of the program are a hybrid of legal
and business studies.
Year One: Faculty of Law
There are 8 required courses in first year law. In addition, the Faculty provides
an Academic Orientation at the beginning of first year to acquaint first year
students with the basic vocabulary of legal analysis and legal research.
| Year 1 Courses |
| Civil Procedure (fall term) |
| Constitutional Law |
| Contract Law |
| Criminal Law |
| Perspectives in Law |
| Property Law |
| Tort Law |
| First Year Elective course (winter term) |
Year Two: Rotman School of Management
There are 21 required courses in the first year of the MBA program, which is broken into four, seven-week 'mini-semesters'.
|
Year 2 Courses NOTE: These courses will be finalized in June 2002 |
|
Mini-semester One: Financial Accounting I |
| Managerial Economics |
| Statistics I |
| Organizational Behaviour I |
| Financial Accounting |
| Values, Judgement and Decision Making |
|
Mini-semester Two: Finance I |
| Financial Accounting II |
| Statistics II |
| Marketing I |
| Strategy I |
| Managerial Negotiations |
|
Mini-semester Three: Finance II |
| Organizational Behaviour II |
| Macroeconomics |
| Marketing II |
| Strategy II |
|
Mini-semester Four: Leadership |
| Integrative Management Game |
| Global Managerial Perspectives |
| Operations Management |
| Managerial Accounting |
Years Three & Four
Students take a combination of courses in the Faculty of Law and the Rotman School of Management.
Rotman
School of Management
A total of 18 credits of 2000 level electives (6
courses) must be taken at Rotman.
Faculty
of Law
A total of 45 credits must be taken at the Faculty of Law. At least
10 credits of upper year law courses must be 'management-related' as required
by the School of Graduate Studies at U of T. These courses can be identified in
the Law Syllabus under the following areas of concentration: i) administrative
law and regulation, ii) business law, iii) law and economics, and iv) labour law
and social justice law.
Years
3 & 4: Courses
45 elective credits at the Faculty of Law
Moot
Perspective Course
Extended Writing Requirement
Managerial Skills Development*
18 elective credits at Rotman
In addition to the academic requirements listed above, all JD students are required to successfully complete a moot, complete a perspective course in the upper years of the program and satisfy the upper year extended writing requirement.