Center for Corporate and Securities Law

Business and corporate lawyers practice in a fast-paced and dynamic global 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.

The Corporate Counsel Externship provides students a valuable hands-on experience in the field of corporate law.

Students work alongside in-house counsels at local business entities during the academic semester or the summer months, and can earn up to six academic credits for work completed between the start of classes and the last day of final exams.

Our purpose is to facilitate open dialogue in various areas of business and transactional law, to provide a forum for students to network both within the USD community as well as the surrounding legal community, and to educate interested students in specialized issues of business law.

The USD Law Entrepreneurship Clinic provides transactional legal services for clients in high technology business startups and other emerging growth companies. The clinic assists with key legal services needed by entrepreneurs including structuring the business entity, financing regulations, and more.