Mitchell Jacobson Leadership Program in Law and Business
Law and business are in an era of convergence.
The fast-paced, multi-jurisdictional world of enterprise increasingly demands professionals with both legal and business skills. NYU School of Law’s Mitchell Jacobson Leadership Program in Law and Business places students showing exceptional promise at the forefront of this convergence. The Program capitalizes on the strengths of New York University’s dynamic Law and Business schools and their location in the financial center of the world.
The Program is addressed to those students who aspire to a non-traditional career path that requires intensive training grounded in legal and business curricula. Graduates of the Program will be equipped with the professional training that will enable them to take on leadership roles here and around the world.
The new Leadership Program in Law and Business provides scholarships in amounts up to full tuition to students who aspire to a non-traditional career path that requires intensive training grounded in legal and business curricula. Graduates of the Program will be equipped with the professional training that will enable them to take on leadership roles at home and around the world. This program answers to the demand for unique executive professionals with both legal and business skills to provide leadership in the fast-paced, multi-jurisdictional world of enterprise. The Leadership Program will simultaneously seek to instill the highest ethical standards, and will provide the skills for leaders to build bridges across boundaries of jurisdiction, sector, and culture.
Unique features include a Law and Business Mentor network, designed to connect business-minded students with mentors in the corporate world and a senior project where students will work independently or collaboratively in small teams and will present their projects to a panel of faculty and alumni. Leadership students will have the opportunity to construct an academic program, with the guidance of the faculty co-directors, which is tailored to their interests and draws on the curricula of both the School of Law and the Stern School of Business. The Office of Career Services will host recruiting and educational career panels and programs, and arrange mentorship conversations with business leaders. There will also be a brown bag lunch series featuring business leaders sponsored by both the Stern School of Business and the School of Law. The Leadership Program also benefits greatly from NYU School of Law's expanding global presence, and international opportunities offer students chances to examine the interplay between law, business and public policy in other countries and regions of the globe.
The Law and Business Niche
Today, as Asia explodes with economic growth, the welfare of our nation depends more than ever on our capacity to produce products and services that deliver value to a competitive global marketplace. To do this successfully requires more than diligence and dedication. It requires a capacity for imaginative thinking when faced with novel circumstances that we believe law school education is exceptionally good at providing.
It is therefore important to provide business-oriented students with the flexibility to move beyond the boundaries of traditional legal training. New York University has recognized this for years, offering a four-year J.D./M.B.A. degree since 1992. The Law School is now embarking on a path-breaking program. The law and business focus at the Law School is expanding, and will allow students to avail themselves of the benefits of a cutting-edge law and business education by pursuing either of two tracks: an intensive four-year J.D./M.B.A. dual degree, or a more streamlined three-year J.D. with a concentration in law and business.
NYU’s Leadership Program in Law and Business is being designed to educate the next generation of business law entrepreneurs seeking a legal education as a background for leadership positions in business. Students joining the Leadership Program are provided with a recommended curriculum focused on law and business under the supervision of Leadership Program Faculty Co-Directors Professor Gerald Rosenfeld and Professor Helen Scott.
How to Apply
Applicants may apply for the Leadership Program in Law and Business by signing the appropriate statement on page 4 of the J.D. application. Interested applicants should also submit a one-page essay of no more than 500 words, with the J.D. application. The essay should address your interest in the area of law and business. Please clearly identify your scholarship essay. Finalists are expected to be available for an interview on Friday, April 9, 2010. Scholarship offers will be made shortly after the interviews. Awardees should be prepared to respond to these offers within three business days.