JD/MBA Team-Based Admissions Consulting Packages

Pursuing a JD/MBA means presenting a cohesive, high-impact application to two highly selective programs, often with different processes, platforms, and expectations. Stratus’s JD/MBA Team-Based Packages are built to help you navigate this complexity with confidence.

Our structured, team-based model mirrors how law and business school admissions committees evaluate candidates: from multiple perspectives, at different points in the process. You’ll benefit from the insight of several experienced professionals to ensure your strategy is sound, your materials are polished, and your story resonates across both schools.

What’s Included

Strategy Development

• Introspection exercises to surface key experiences, values, and goals
• Creation of your personalized JD/MBA strategy, articulating how the two degrees fit into your career path
• Oral feedback from your JD/MBA Strategist during a call to refine your strategy before beginning application work

Application Development

• Essay coaching for the following:
  • MBA application essays (school-specific essays)
  • Law school personal statement (typically used across multiple applications)
  • Addenda, as needed (e.g., for academic or disciplinary context)
  • School-specific law supplements (e.g., the Yale 250)
• Resume review and editing for a dual legal/business audience
• Recommender strategy and coaching
• Support for short-answer questions and application data fields
• Guidance on managing applications through multiple platforms (e.g., LSAC for law schools, individual portals for MBA programs)

Interview Preparation

• Interview guides for both business and law schools
• Mock interviews simulating each program’s format
• Personalized feedback to improve content, delivery, and overall presence

Post-Submission Support

• Waitlist strategy for either or both programs
• Scholarship negotiation guidance
• Review and refinement of letters of continued interest (LOCIs) or updates

Program Coverage

Stratus’ JD/MBA Team-Based Packages include support for up to six applications to JD/MBA programs where both programs are based at the same university. Some programs use a joint application, while others require separate submissions to the law and business schools. Your counselor will guide you through the structure for each program and ensure consistency and strategic alignment across both sides of your application.

Who You’ll Work With

• Primary Counselor: Your lead advisor and day-to-day partner throughout the entire process
• JD/MBA Strategist: Provides high-level feedback on your combined strategy before application work begins
• School-Specific Reviewer: Offers written feedback on the resonance of your essays with each school’s unique culture and brand
• Secondary Reviewer: Provides detailed written feedback on your law school personal statement and additional essays
• Proofreader: Ensures grammar, punctuation, and polish on your resume and essays prior to submission

Why Stratus

Our JD/MBA clients benefit from a coordinated, multi-expert model that integrates strategy, storytelling, and execution across both degrees. Whether your goal is to attend Harvard, Penn, Stanford, Northwestern, or any other top JD/MBA program, we’ll help you present a unified, authentic narrative—demonstrating why you are the right fit for both programs, and why both programs are the right next step for you.

Every Stratus JD/MBA Team-Based Package includes the following components:

• Introspection activities
• Brainstorming and personalized JD/MBA strategy building
• Essay development for MBA essays, JD personal statement, JD diversity statement, and any addenda
• Coaching on every piece of the application (such as short-answer questions)
• Recommender coaching
• Resume review and coaching
• Interview preparation (including an interview guide and mock interviews simulating the school’s interview process)
• Decision support (including scholarship negotiation, LOCI review, and waitlist navigation)