Juris Doctor/MBA
Our JD-MBA Program gives you the tools to become successful, whether you aspire to be a business leader with legal expertise, or want to pursue a law career with a solid foundation in management. You may earn both the Juris Doctor and a MBA in four years rather than the usual five. Part-time students may also benefit from these programs. Our program enables you to follow the career path of your choice and provides you with a skill set and professional networks that truly differentiates you from others.
You can choose to begin your study in either the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business or in the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.
- For full-time JD students, the first year of study in the Duquesne Kline School of Law is taken solely in the Duquesne Kline School of Law.
- The remainder of the programs may be taken jointly in both schools.
- Candidates must begin their study in the Duquesne Kline School of Law prior to substantially completing the requirements for the master's degree.
Credit Requirements
Specific course requirements and limitations may be obtained from either Admissions
Office.
- 17 credit hours of course work are permitted per semester
- 6 credit hours may be permitted for a Duquesne Kline School of Law clinical course
- Daytime law students must be enrolled in ten or more credit hours of law classes in the fall and spring semesters. Evening law students must be enrolled in eight or more credit hours of law classes in the fall and spring semesters
- Students are required to provide the Duquesne Kline School of Law Registrar with a copy of their MBA elective course schedule
How to Apply
Students may begin their study in either the School of Business or the Duquesne Kline
School of Law. However, students must apply and be accepted to both programs of study.
In addition to satisfying Professional MBA admission requirements, JD/MBA candidates must submit a recommendation from the Duquesne Kline School of Law registrar. This recommendation is requested through the application portal and will be used to ensure that applicants have completed the Petition for Joint Degree form and received approval from the Duquesne Kline School of Law Academic Status Committee. This recommendation will fulfill one of the two required recommendations.
Tuition Information
While the student is enrolled in both the JD and MBA programs, the JD program will
take priority and the Law tuition rate will apply to any term during which the student
is enrolled in Law courses. During any term when the student is enrolled in only MBA
courses, the Graduate Business tuition rate will apply.
Program Information
Our JD-MBA Program gives you the tools to become successful, whether you aspire to be a business leader with legal expertise, or want to pursue a law career with a solid foundation in management.
Program Type
Dual Degree
Degree
Master's
2 credit hours ** Course may count as a law school electiveJD Courses
Required Course: First Year Students Fall Semester Course
Requirement: exam This course is the first semester of a year-long course that will
examine the procedures used in civil litigation, with an emphasis on litigation in
federal courts. Topics covered include framing claims in the complaint, responding
to the claims in an answer or motion, amending pleadings, joinder of claims and parties,
discovery, summary dispositions, and trial concepts. The course also covers notice,
personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, venue, and claim issue preclusion.
In addition to learning about these procedural concepts, the course will include practical
drafting exercises, including drafting a complaint and an answer, and drafting discovery
documents. Lecture.
Required Course: first year students Spring Semester Prerequisite: Civil Procedure
and Drafting I Course Requirement: exam This course is the continuation of Civil Procedure
and Drafting I. Lecture.
Legal Research and Writing I: (3 cr.)
Required Course: First Year Students Fall Semester This is the fall semester course
in a sequence of two courses required of all first-year students. The course is taught
in small sections; students will have the same professor for both semesters. Emphasis
is placed on issue identification, problem solving, case analysis and synthesis, statutory
interpretation, effective legal writing style, print-based and online research, and
professionalism. At least three research-based predictive writing assignments will
be assigned, leading to the preparation of law-office memoranda. Faculty members confer
individually with students on these assignments, and several papers are revised after
faculty critiques. Additional shorter writing assignments may also be assigned. Lecture.
Legal Research and Writing II: (2 cr.)
Required Course: First Year Students Spring Semester Prerequisite: Legal Research
and Writing I This is the spring semester course in a sequence of two courses required
of all first-year students. The course is taught in small sections; students will
have the same professor for both semesters. The spring course builds upon the fall
course; students will continue to refine the legal writing, analysis, and research
techniques learned in the fall semester. Emphasis is placed on persuasive writing,
advocacy, and compliance with court rules through the preparation of an appellate
brief and delivery of an appellate oral argument. Faculty members confer individually
with students on their drafts of the appellate brief and train students to deliver
an effective appellate oral argument. Additional shorter writing assignments may also
be assigned. Lecture.
Required Course: first year full-time day students- spring semester, second year part-time
day and evening- fall semester Course Requirement: exam This course examines statutory
definitions of crimes, judicial interpretations of statutes, as well as theories of
punishment. Requirements for criminal liability including voluntary act, culpability,
and causation will be examined. Theories of liability applicable to all crimes, such
as attempt, complicity, conspiracy, and solicitation will be considered. A variety
of crimes will be considered with particular emphasis on crimes against the person.
Various defenses, including self-defense, defense of others, duress, entrapment and
double jeopardy will also be considered. Lecture.
Torts I: (3 credit hours)
Required Course: First Year Students Fall Semester Course Requirement: exam Tort law,
in general, is a body of law that allocates and distributes losses from harm and injury
suffered by members of society in situations where there is no private agreement that
determines who should bear the loss. Torts I covers two broad areas of liability:
liability for intentional acts and liability for negligent conduct. The course covers
the elements of basic causes of action within these regimes, as well as potential
defenses. Lecture.
Torts II: (2 credit hours)
Required Course: First Year Students Spring Semester Prerequisite: Torts I Course
Requirement: exam Torts II introduces students to a third foundational concept within
tort law: liability without fault (strict liability). It also explores various advanced
topics in torts, including limited duty situations, multiple tortfeasors, misrepresentation,
nuisance, defamation, economic torts, strict liability for damage done by animals
and abnormally dangerous activities, and products liability. Lecture.
Contract I: (3 cr.)
Required Course: First Year Students Fall Semester Course Requirement: exam Contracts
I: Formation introduces students to law practice and policy by exploring the creation
of agreements that courts will enforce. Specific topics include consideration, mutual
assent (offer and acceptance), and defenses thereto (including the statute of frauds).
Substantively, students learn legal doctrine as described in the Restatement (Second)
of Contracts and the Uniform Commercial Code Art. 2. Procedurally, students learn
how to analyze legal situations by operating rules on facts and to express this analysis
in structured writing. Classroom lessons are augmented with online learning modules,
formative assessments, practice problems, and model answers. Lecture.
Contract II: (3 cr.)
Required Course: First Year Students Spring Semester Prerequisite: Contracts I Course
Requirement: exam Contracts II: Interpretation builds on Contracts I (formation of
agreements that courts will enforce) by exploring the meaning of agreements. Substantive
topics include: express terms (ambiguity, extrinsic evidence, the Parole Evidence
Rule), implied terms (intentions, good faith, satisfaction), express conditions (precedent,
subsequent, satisfaction), implied conditions (independent, dependent, mutual), performance
(partial, total), breach (substantial, venial, renunciation, repudiation), excuse
(impossibility, frustration, impracticability), damages (expectation, reliance, restitution,
liquidated, punitive), and equitable remedies. Procedurally, students learn to distinguish
between legal categories and to write essays explaining the legal arguments thereto.
Classroom lessons are augmented with online learning modules, formative assessments,
practice problems, and model answers. The final exam is not cumulative with Contracts
I. Lecture.
Property I: (3 cr.)
Required Course: First Year Students Fall Semester Course Requirement: exam Property
I is an introduction to the study of law and fundamental legal skills through the
lens of property law. Students will be introduced to the policies and philosophical
theories underlying the law of property, the historical development of property law,
the meaning of property, and the relativity of title. Acquisition of property interests
and division of property interests into present, future, and concurrent interests
are discussed. Although students are introduced to both real and personal property,
the primary focus of the course is the law of real property. The course also introduces
fundamental skills required for the practice of law, including briefing cases, issue
identification, formulating rule statements and analyzing legal issues. Lecture.
Property II: (3 cr.)
Required Course: First Year Students Spring Semester Prerequisite: Property I Course
Requirement: exam Incorporating and building upon the concepts learned in Property
I, Property II introduces students to modern real property transactions. Emphasis
is placed upon the transfer of property interests, title assurance, mortgages and
other methods of financing property transactions, and private restrictions on land
use. The course also builds upon the fundamental skills introduced in Property I,
including briefing cases, issue identification, formulating rule statements, and analyzing
legal issues. Lecture.
Constitutional Law I: (2 cr.)
Required Course: Upper Division Students Course Requirement: exam Required: Fall semester
of the second year for all students This course introduces the student to the basic
concepts of Federal Constitutional Law. Emphasis is placed upon both structural constitutional
law, that is, the law that constitutes the government, and protection of individual
rights and liberties, including the examination of due process, equal protection and
the First Amendment. Where pertinent, portions of the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and its interpretation by the Pennsylvania courts are also discussed. Lecture.
Constitutional Law II: (3 cr.)
Required Course: Upper Division Students Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I Course
Requirement: exam Required: Spring semester of the second year for all students This
course provides a full coverage of the topic of individual rights and liberties, including
the examination of due process, equal protection and the First Amendment. Where pertinent,
portions of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its interpretation
by the Pennsylvania courts are also discussed. Lecture.
Formerly Corporations Required Course: Upper Division Students Course Requirement:
exam Business Associations (“BA”) surveys the law governing “Firms,” which are business
organizations such as partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies.
BA requires students to have a fundamental working knowledge of legal principles in
general (learned in the first year of law school), but this course neither requires
nor assumes that students have any background in accounting, economics, finance, management,
or any other business background. BA addresses the legal considerations associated
with planning, forming, financing, owning, managing, transferring, dissolving, restructuring,
and suing the Firm. BA reviews the legal rights and fiduciary duties of people related
to the Firm, including: principals and agents; partners, limited partners, and limited
liability partners; members and managers of limited liability companies; corporate
shareholders, directors, and officers; and other stakeholders in society. BA examines
how legal mechanisms may be used to enforce legal rights, duties, and equity regarding
Firms. This study of statutory law, common law, contract law, federal securities rules
and regulations, and various policy considerations underlying business associations
is valuable for the bar and various types of law practice. BA considers professional
and ethical concerns for attorneys who advise and interact with different Firms, including
their own Law Firm. Students benefit from this course not only by learning the law
of business organizations who might become their clients or with whom their clients
will interact, but also by learning how the law of business applies to the business
of the practice of law. BA encourages students to develop their own professional identifies
while studying business ethics and the role of the Firm in society. Lecture.
Required Course: Upper Division Students Required: Fall semester of second year for
day division students and Fall semester of third year for evening and part-time division
students Course Requirement: exam An analysis of the nature of judicial proof and
a study of the theory and application of the rules regulating the admission and exclusion
of testimonial and documentary proof by judicial tribunals in adversary and non-adversary
proceedings. Consideration is given to the Federal Rules of Evidence for U.S. Courts
and Magistrates. Lecture.
Required Course: Upper Division Students Required: Fall semester of the final year
Course Requirement: exam This course, mandated by the American Bar Association as
a part of its accrediting function, reviews the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
and, particularly, Pennsylvania State Law variants. While the course coverage is directed
toward the multi-state professional responsibility examination, we will explore those
deeper issues and strains associated with successful legal practice as an ethical
lawyer. The course will also include sessions on addiction problems of the profession. Lecture.
Required Course: Upper Division Students Required: Fall or Spring semester of the
final year Course Requirement: exam The course provides an introduction to the Uniform
Commercial Code (UCC) with a concentration on the Sales Article, Article 2. Related
statutes such as the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International
Sale of Goods (CCISG) and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act are also introduced.
The course analyzes express and implied warranties, the cumulation and conflict of
warranties and the disclaimer of warranties as well as limitations of remedy and failure
of essential purpose. Rejection, acceptance and revocation of acceptance are carefully
explored along with prospective nonperformance and adequate assurances of performance.
The coverage of risk allocation includes risk of loss, the concept of Identification
and casualty to identified goods, commercial impracticability and excusable nonperformance.
The last portion of the course is devoted to a detailed analysis of buyer and seller
remedies under the UCC with particular attention to a clear understanding of direct,
incidental and consequential damages. Throughout the course CISG applications are
identified when they differ substantially from UCC applications. Lecture.
MBA Courses
This course provides graduate business students with an introduction to fundamentals
of accounting for corporations. Topics will include the accounting cycle, an introduction
to the basic financial statements of a corporation and determinations of corporate
profitability and solvency.
The course is a prerequisite for ECON 520 and covers introductory topics in both microeconomics
and macroeconomics.
Financial Management is about decisions firms make in two broad areas: the investments
it makes and how it pays for them. The first involves expenditures for physical capital,
human capital, technological capability, brand capital, and so forth. The second involves
raising money in financial markets. In business decision making, the objective is
to maximize shareholder wealth. Why the emphasis on shareholders? Among stakeholders
generally (i.e., customers, employees, suppliers, government, communities, etc.),
shareholders alone possess a uniquely comprehensive and long-term view of the firm’s
viability as an ongoing enterprise. This perspective arises from the residual nature
of shareholders’ claim to earnings and assets. Wealth is created when the return
from investing business resources exceeds their opportunity cost.
FINC 501 Finance Fundamentals provides an introduction to fundamental topics which
are prerequisite for FINC 530 Financial Management:
• Financial Statements and Ratio Analysis
• Financial Statement Forecasting
• Time Value of Money
PR: ACCT 501
This course provides the necessary foundation in probability and statistics necessary
for students looking to go on to study the application of statistics to business.
In this course, students will learn the rules of probability, how to identify and
use common probability distributions, and how to conduct basic hypothesis tests.
In this course, students will learn how to apply statistical methods of inference,
produce and interpret statistics that attempt to answer typical business questions,
and use probability theory and statistical methods to draw conclusions. Students are
required to arrive having a working understanding of basic probability and statistics
up through and including hypothesis testing. This course places heavy emphasis on
the application of statistical techniques to business problems and the interpretation
of results for a non-technical audience.
PR: STAT 501
The primary responsibility of all managers is to make decisions in situations in which
there are multiple competing objectives. This course introduces students to a set
of tools that can be applied to scenarios in a variety of business environments. Specifically,
this set of tools will include data summarization, data visualization, optimization
methods, Monte Carlo simulation, multi-criteria decision analysis, and decision trees.
Subsequent courses in the program will utilize these analytical methods within their
specific decision environments.
PR or CONCURRENT: STAT 501
Managing People for Sustained Competitive Advantage: (1.5 cr.)
This course examines the ways in which leaders, managers, and employees can improve
employee performance and commitment – key factors underlying competitive organizations.
Guided by an examination of contemporary research and real-world cases, students will
develop the knowledge and tools needed to help them navigate the opportunities and
challenges inherent in managing themselves and others to generate enduring social
and financial value, while incorporating long-term sustainable business objectives
into the vision for the firm.
Employee Benefits: (1.5 cr.) - 2 credits on University catalog Prerequisite: Basic Federal income Taxation is strongly recommended Course Requirement:
exam Fulfills Concentration Elective: Business Law, Family Law, Labor & Employment
Law, Tax & Estate Planning This course analyzes the tax and labor laws governing employee
benefits plans. Students will examine (a) the principal types of retirement plans
(including defined benefit pension plans, profit sharing plans, 401(k)/401(m) plans
and employee stock ownership plans) and the requirements that these plans must meet
in order to obtain favorable tax treatment; (b) issues related to stock-based compensation
arrangements such as grants of restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and stock
options; and (c) issues arising in connection with the maintenance of employee welfare
benefit plans, with a particular emphasis on health plans and severance plans. Significant
attention will be paid to the fiduciary requirements and enforcement provisions of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Successful completion
of Basic Federal Income Taxation is strongly recommended. Lecture.
This course provides graduate business students with a deeper understanding of the
accounting cycle used in companies to produce both internal and external financial
information. Special emphasis is placed throughout the course on understanding, analyzing
and interpreting financial statements and related information. Additionally, students
will be introduced to decision making tools such as ratio analysis and challenged
to utilize them to critically evaluate financial information and make effective decisions.
The basics of corporate sustainability reporting will also be covered. Prerequisite:
Online Accounting Module to be completed prior to ACCT 715; material to be tested
in ACCT 715.
The course covers selected topics in microeconomics. It emphasizes the integration
of microeconomic theories and tools from a managerial perspective. The applied aspect
of the course comes from analyzing case studies and studying empirical evidence of
the theories. Topics include both traditional topics in microeconomics (quantitative
demand analysis, elasticities, production and costs, market structures and profit
maximization), in addition to advanced topics (game theory and pricing strategies).
CO or PR: STAT 510
The purpose of this course is to provide business professionals with the knowledge
needed to manage and utilize information systems and technology within a business
organization. As information systems have become critical to the success of modern
business organizations, knowledge of information systems has become a key success
factor for all business professionals within the organization. This course provides
comprehensive and integrative coverage of essential new technologies, information
system applications, and their impact on business models. Moreover, this course emphasizes
the conceptualization of information systems as structured technology configurations
working collectively to serve the information needs of an organization.
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the business process that has evolved from the integration
of the traditional business disciplines of forecasting, demand planning, materials
planning, purchasing, production, operations management, transportation, inventory
management, warehousing, packaging, materials handling, customer service, and related
information systems. SCM focuses on efficient and effective customer satisfaction
from the exchange of goods, services and information to complete the business transaction
from supplier’s supplier to customer’s customer. This course provides insight into
the goals and best practices of each business discipline included in the SCM process,
and how these disciplines integrate to ensure a competitive advantage and corporate
success. Students will assess industry specific differences in managing the flow
of materials, goods, services, information and cash via the processes, technologies,
and facilities that link primary suppliers through to ultimate customers for both
service and product industries.
Financial Management is about decisions firms make in two broad areas: the investments
it makes and how it pays for them. The first involves expenditures for physical capital,
human capital, technological capability, brand capital, and so forth. The second involves
raising money in financial markets. In business decision making, the objective is
to maximize shareholder wealth. Why the emphasis on shareholders? Among stakeholders
generally (i.e., customers, employees, suppliers, government, communities, etc.),
shareholders alone possess a uniquely comprehensive and long-term view of the firm’s
viability as an ongoing enterprise. This perspective arises from the residual nature
of shareholders’ claim to earnings and assets. Wealth is created when the return
from investing business resources exceeds their opportunity cost.
FINC 530 Financial Management provides an advanced discussion of the analytical techniques
used to assess the impact of business decisions on shareholder value. The course
covers these topics:
• Valuation—stocks, bonds, corporate valuation
• Interest rates and financial markets
• Investment decision making (capital budgeting analysis)
• Risk, return and the opportunity cost of capital
• Market efficiency
• Capital structure
PR: FINC 501, ACCT 515, STAT 510, GRBU 503
PR or CONCURRENT: ECON 520
This course examines the role of marketing in creating exchanges that satisfy consumer
and organizational objectives thereby creating value for the firm. The course focuses
on formulating and evaluating marketing strategies. Students learn how marketing
mix decisions – product, place, promotion and price – are made as part of a cohesive
strategy. Contemporary concepts and theories will be presented with a focus on analytical
and financial models that will assist marketing managers in making better decisions.
Emerging perspectives on strategic sustainability, marketing management and the impact
of digital media are also emphasized.
PR: ECON 501
Strategic sustainability advances students’ managerial skills for identifying, researching,
evaluating and communicating innovative opportunities involving the efficient and
effective management of financial, social, and environmental resources.
Building on our commitment to the Principles for Responsible Management Education
(PRME), this course experience serves as a foundation for strategic sustainability,
models and tools across the curriculum.
Students work individually, and in teams to frame problems, research and develop training
seminars, and manage resources for assigned topics. The focus is inspiring innovation,
and creating competitive advantage – both short and long term – for organizations.
Deliverables include presentations of mini training seminars to peer, analytical life
cycle assessment along with participation in class discussions while applying critical
thinking to identify productivity gains, cost savings, revenue increases, and profit
growth when implementing sustainable business practices.
The course is taught as a seminar where sharing learning, best practices and sustainability
knowledge across teams and individuals enables all to gain insight to emerging issues
beyond the scope of a single entity. Students work within an integrated curriculum
to analyze internal/external situations, drivers and risks; to identify problems and
opportunities; to evaluate return on investment from alternative courses of action;
and to value both short- and long-term prosperity. Students independently learn about,
apply, and reflect on proven models and methodologies while honing their skills as
a researcher, analyst, writer, and speaker.
PR: GRBU 503
Global Business: (1.5 cr.)
This course focuses on the global environment of contemporary business. Students will
consider the rationale for conducting business internationally and the various issues
that complicated decision making in a global context. The course will pay specific
attention to the cultural, social, environmental, and legal differences that affect
international transactions and the development of collaborative partnerships.
International Law: (3 cr.)
Elective Course Course Requirement: exam Fulfills Current Concentration Elective:
Business Law- Corporate Governance and Transactions Track, Government and Public Interest-
Basic Government Track This course is designed to introduce the student to international
law through the examination of such matters as the nature and sources of international
law (including the role of treaties, custom, and natural law), the relationship between
international law and municipal law, the operation of international law on states
and individuals, the role of international organizations, and international conflict
of laws. Lecture.
International Organizations: (3 cr.)
Elective Course International Organizations continue to influence states, world politics,
and the life of millions of people around the world. This course provides an overview
to international organizations and includes the study of the history, emergence, legal
personality, immunities and responsibilities of international organizations from a
legal perspective. In particular, the legal relationship between international organizations
and its member states will be analyzed as well as the legal acts and powers possessed
by international organizations. Emphasis will be made on the nature of the constituent
documents and the impact of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties on said instruments.
Lecture.
This is a dynamic course that provides an overview of executive leadership and opportunities
to interact with senior managers. The course draws on the collective experience and
wisdom of distinguished business leaders who visit the class to provide students with
executive perspectives on the challenges associated with thinking entrepreneurially,
strategic leadership, developing a vision and motivating organizational change. Students
use a variety of conceptual frameworks in leadership and related areas to assess and
evaluate these “executive insights” (e.g., via papers and projects) with an eye toward
developing their own leadership skills, particularly their ability to seize opportunities
and create effective solutions for the contemporary challenges facing business leaders.
This course addresses the process of planning and implementing business strategies.
In order to develop a future direction for an organization, this class builds on the
formulation of a company’s mission, industry analysis, an organization’s internal
assessment, innovation, and strategic planning. This course emphasizes corporate governance,
sustainability, and ethics in strategic management.
The second half of our integrative capstone sequence, the Capstone Project involves
students teams working with a real company client to develop a set of strategic recommendations
for advancing the business. In this course, students will assess the firm’s strategic
context and diagnose its internal operations as well as its products and/or services
as they relate to customer needs. In doing so, students will experience what it is
like to make high-stakes and impactful recommendations to top management under time
pressure and with high expectations for quality and analysis. Final deliverables
for each team include a detailed report that lays out specific action steps and metrics
(e.g., for productivity gains, cost savings, increased revenues/profit growth) as
well as a sophisticated presentation to company management that highlights the team’s
analysis and recommendations.
PR or CO MGMT 540
Business Associations: (3 cr.)
Formerly Corporations Required Course: Upper Division Students Course Requirement:
exam Business Associations (“BA”) surveys the law governing “Firms,” which are business
organizations such as partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies.
BA requires students to have a fundamental working knowledge of legal principles in
general (learned in the first year of law school), but this course neither requires
nor assumes that students have any background in accounting, economics, finance, management,
or any other business background. BA addresses the legal considerations associated
with planning, forming, financing, owning, managing, transferring, dissolving, restructuring,
and suing the Firm. BA reviews the legal rights and fiduciary duties of people related
to the Firm, including: principals and agents; partners, limited partners, and limited
liability partners; members and managers of limited liability companies; corporate
shareholders, directors, and officers; and other stakeholders in society. BA examines
how legal mechanisms may be used to enforce legal rights, duties, and equity regarding
Firms. This study of statutory law, common law, contract law, federal securities rules
and regulations, and various policy considerations underlying business associations
is valuable for the bar and various types of law practice. BA considers professional
and ethical concerns for attorneys who advise and interact with different Firms, including
their own Law Firm. Students benefit from this course not only by learning the law
of business organizations who might become their clients or with whom their clients
will interact, but also by learning how the law of business applies to the business
of the practice of law. BA encourages students to develop their own professional identifies
while studying business ethics and the role of the Firm in society. Lecture.
Professional Responsibility: (3 cr.)
Required Course: Upper Division Students Required: Fall semester of the final year
Course Requirement: exam This course, mandated by the American Bar Association as
a part of its accrediting function, reviews the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
and, particularly, Pennsylvania State Law variants. While the course coverage is directed
toward the multi-state professional responsibility examination, we will explore those
deeper issues and strains associated with successful legal practice as an ethical
lawyer. The course will also include sessions on addiction problems of the profession. Lecture.
Substituted by LAWS 167 Business Associations
MGMT 523 Applied Business Ethics
Substituted by LAWS C19 Professional Responsibility
*These courses may be waived based on previous coursework.