Law & Business Curriculum
The Law & Business curriculum offers students interested in a career in corporate law a solid foundation in how businesses work, including an introduction to basic finance and accounting principles for students who lack an undergraduate business or accounting degree. The curriculum also integrates courses that require law students to work in teams with Owen students to address the business implications of laws and regulations and navigate government agencies also prepare you to understand and communicate effectively with future corporate clients.
Required Law & Business Courses
Students enrolled in the Law & Business Program take the following core law school courses in their second or third year:
- Corporations or Corporations and Business Entities
- Introduction to Accounting
- Introduction to Corporate Finance for Lawyers
- Securities Regulation
- Federal Tax Law
Law & Business Electives
Students may choose from a wide range of courses to fulfill an elective requirement of nine credit hours. Several courses are co-taught by faculty from the law school and the Owen Graduate School of Management. Students may also take up to six hours of courses approved as non-law electives at the Owen School.
- Advising Corporate Boards Seminar [3]
- Antitrust Law [3]
- Bankruptcy [3]
- Business Law Clinic [2-3]
- Comparative Corporate Governance Seminar [3]
- Corporate and Securities Transactions [2]
- Corporate Finance [2]
- Corporate Governance and Control [1]
- Corporate Restructuring [1]
- Corporate Restructuring under Chapter 11 [3]
- Corporate Taxation [3]
- Corporate Voting: Practice, Theory, and Research Seminar [3]
- Drafting and Analysis of Business Documents [6]
- Economics of Regulation and Antitrust [3]
- Estate Taxation and Planning [3]
- EU Competition Law [1]
- Globalization and Foreign Investment Seminar [3]
- International Business Transactions [3]
- Introduction to Law and Economics [3]
- Introduction to the Leveraged Buyout [1] Pending Approval
- Law and Business of Climate Change [2]
- Law and Business Seminar [3]
- Law and Finance of Equity Markets [2]
- Law and Finance of Mergers and Acquisitions - [4]
- Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Dynamics [1]
- Partnership Taxation [3]
- Problems in Corporate Law [1]
- Professional and Ethical Considerations in Corporate Practice [2]
- Real Estate Finance and Development [3]
- Realities of Commercial Lending [1]
- Representing the Family Business [2]
- Secured Transactions [3]]
- Taxation of Non-Profit/Tax Exempt Organizations [3]
- Taxation of Transnational operations [3]
- Tax Practice and Procedure [2]
- White Collar Crime Seminar [3]
Elective Courses through the Owen School
- Corporate Value Management
- Small Business Management
- Corporate Financial Policy
- Financial Accounting
- Managing Fast Growing Business
- Securities and Portfolio Analysis
- Launching the Venture
Law students may register for these courses within the six-hour limit on coursework outside the law school.
