Business Law Schools in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania boasts many law schools offering business specializations and joint degrees.university college image by Mary Lane from Fotolia.com
Pennsylvania boasts six ABA-accredited law schools, many of which offer specialization in business law or joint J.D. and M.B.A programs. Business law courses include antitrust, taxation, corporations, labor law, mergers, sales, intellectual property, finance and employment discrimination. Most business law specializations can be completed within three years, although some joint degree programs include four years of study. - The Dickinson School of Law at Penn State University offers students the chance to specialize in business law during their second and third years of study. According to the law school's website, students can pursue a joint J.D. and M.B.A program with the Smeal College of Business.
Courses include antitrust, bankruptcy and commercial law, corporate law, taxation and international corporate and commercial law. During their law school education, students can participate in the Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions, the Uniform Commercial Code Institute and the Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center.
Penn State University Dickinson School of Law
Lewis Katz Building
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-8900
http://www.dsl.psu.edu/ - The University of Pennsylvania Law School offers a joint J.D. and M.B.A. program in conjunction with the Wharton School of Business. The University website touts Wharton as the "world's leader in business, especially in finance, accounting, real estate and healthcare." The law school offers both three-year and four-year joint J.D and M.B.A programs.
Wharton is the world's largest business school with over 200 faculty members in 11 departments. The business specialization carries over to the law school, which boasts nine professors holding doctorates in economics.
University of Pennsylvania Law School
3400 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-7400
http://www.law.upenn.edu/ - Pitt offers not one, but two joint J.D. and M.B.A programs. Students may choose to study at either the Katz Graduate School of Business or Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business. According to the school's website, Katz is ranked in the top 15 public business schools, while Carnegie Mellon ranks in the top 20 of all U.S. business schools.
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Barco Law Building
3900 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 648-1490
http://www.law.pitt.edu/ - Villanova University School of Law offers a specialization in business and transactional practice. The school's website lists over 30 general courses, 10 practical writing courses, and five clinics and externships included in this specialization. The law school also offers a joint degree program with the Villanova School of Business.
Villanova University School of Law
299 North Spring Mill Road
Villanova, PA 19085
(610)-519-7000
http://www.law.villanova.edu/ - Duquesne offers a joint J.D. and M.B.A. program with the John F. Donahue Graduate School of Business. According to the law school's website, applicants must be accepted by both schools to be admitted into the four-year program.
Duquesne University Law School
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15282
412.396.6300
http://www.duq.edu/law/
