Academics: J. D. Program

Business and corporate lawyers practice in a fast-paced and changing international marketplace. Success rests on the ability to combine innovation and adaptation with a foundational understanding of the complexities of corporate structure, business finance, and the regulatory environment. Our faculty includes leading experts in business and corporate law and our curriculum offers cutting edge courses for students who want to specialize in this area.

• Credits for concentration: 18
• Grade point average in concentration courses of 2.5 is required in order to obtain the Concentration
• Recognition: Certificate and transcript notation

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Required Courses (10 credits)

• Corporations
• Corporate Taxation (Tax II)
• Securities Regulation

Electives (minimum of 8 credits)

Advanced Business Planning* Advanced Corporate Law Seminar Advanced Corporate Tax Problems* Advanced Securities Regulation Antitrust Bankruptcy Business Planning Comparative Corporate Law Corporate Finance Corporate Reorganizations*

Deals Finance and Accounting for Lawyers High Tech Start-ups International Business Transactions Mergers & Acquisitions UCC: Sales & Commercial Paper UCC: Secured Transactions Unincorporated Business  Entities/Agency Partnerships & LLCs Valuation*

Other Courses of Interest

Alternative Dispute Resolution Business Torts Bus. Transactions in the Peoples Republic of China Consumer Law Corporate Law & Economics Emerging Financial Markets Entrepreneurship Clinic Environmental Law ERISA and Employee Benefits* International Arbitration International Contracts International Investments International Negotiation International Tax* Intellectual Property

Labor & Employment Law Law of Financial Institutions NAFTA Negotiation Partnership Tax* Real Estate Finance Real Property Transactions Regulated Industries Sports Law State Antitrust Tax Policy* Taxation of International Finance* Taxation of Property Transactions* Trademark Law Transfer Pricing* White Collar Offenses

Students in this program may apply up to 6 credits from a graduate school of business toward the J.D. degree (Academic Rules I.A.3.), but not as a substitute for the Business & Corporate Law Concentration requirements.

Note: Please plan carefully. Some courses have prerequisites. Courses may not be offered each year. Some courses have limited enrollment.

*LL.M. course: Enrollment must be approved by the Graduate Law Programs office.