Before the accelerated program started in 1999, four years was the typical time for completing both the JD and the MBA. The three-year JD-MBA, the nation’s first, is indeed viewed by those who have gone through it as adding up to a bonus. Instead of juggling the requirements for both degrees on their own (as students pursuing the two degrees at other universities generally do), Northwestern students enter and go through the joint program as a cohort.

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