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 Welcome to the Winter 2007 Newsletter
The JD-MBA Alumni Association: Our Competitive Advantage
By: Jim Sinclair, JD-MBA ‘07
For years, the Northwestern JD-MBA Program has attracted the best and brightest joint degree candidates based on the outstanding reputation of the individual graduate schools and the unique structure of the three year program. Although our claim to being the only three year joint degree program in the country maybe coming to a close, we hope that the size and quality of our JD-MBA alums will continue to differentiate Northwestern from the competition…
Bon Voyage! Where our Graduates are Working
The class of 2006 graduated this Spring, and we wish them all the best in their future endeavors.
JD-MBA Alumni Recognition
Garry Crowder (JD-MBA '82) and Jill Elysa Evans (JD-MBA '83) gave $100,000 as part of a larger pledge to establish an endowed scholarship for JD-MBA students at the School of Law. Their gift fills a significant need for scholarships in the JD-MBA program, which draws strong student interest as one of the few three-year law-business programs in the country.
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First JD-MBA Alumni Association Event is a Success
Click the above link to read a recap and see pictures from our inaugural outing in Chicago on November 14, 2006.
Another Event is Planned in NYC June 6
Please stay tuned for updates for our first Northwestern JD-MBA Alumni Association event in NYC!
SEC Chairman to Speak on Behalf of JD-MBA Fund
Christopher Cox, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will speak at 5 p.m. Jan. 22 at Northwestern University School of Law, 357 E. Chicago Ave. Presented by the Brodsky Family Northwestern JD-MBA Fund, the lecture is free and open to the public. William J. Brodsky and his wife, Joan, established the Brodsky JD-MBA Fund in 2001 to honor their children who received graduate degrees from Northwestern…
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JD-MBA Student Articles
Each newsletter will include original articles written by current JD-MBA students. The articles will be either summarized academic papers or submissions about life in the JD-MBA Program.
Imperfect Competition: A Pricing Analysis Among Law Firms
By: Ram Jagannath, Andrew Miller, and Beth Stevens, JD-MBA '07
The landscape for legal services among large law firms is characterized by near-monopolistic pricing and outsized profits, driven mainly by the idiosyncratic differentiation that clients of these firms find amongst them.…
Two JD-MBA's to Organize Federalist Society National Symposium
Juliana Priest ’08 and Jonathan Steitz ‘07, are organizing the 2007 Federalist Society National Student Symposium
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