MBA or MAcc / Juris Doctor

The Graduate School of Gonzaga University, in conjunction with the School of Law and the School of Business Administration, offers programs leading to the combined Master of Accountancy/Juris Doctor and the Master of Business Administration/Juris Doctor degrees.

"The primary value of a joint degree is that it gives an individual whether employed as a practicing lawyer or an executive, the ability to design and formulate an effective and imaginative solution in compliance with the law, while helping the business to best achieve its strategic objectives. The joint MBA/JD program is relatively rigorous and designed for ambitious individuals who wish to invest heavily in their education and professional future. Graduates of the program will have the tools to pursue careers in both the legal and business professions, especially where those areas overlap such as investment and commercial banking, management consulting, government regulation, general counsel, and business policy analyses."

--Brian R. Buckham, MBA/JD

The applicant for either of these combined programs must meet the admissions requirements of both the School of Law and the School of Business Administration. These requirements and the application procedures are contained in the catalogs and on the web sites of each school.


The total combined credits must be 111 for the Master of Accountancy/Juris Doctor program; 114 for the combined Master of Business Administration/Juris Doctor program.

In both cases, this represents a reduction of 9 credits from the 120, or 123 which would be required if the student were to take both degrees separately.

No more than six of these nine may be omitted from either school. The possible combinations, therefore, are 27 credits in accounting/business administration and 87 in law, or 30 credits in accounting/business administration and 84 in law. With the exception of the reduction in the total number of credits described, all requirements of both schools must be satisfied.