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Curriculum & Course Planning

We offer over 150 different courses in and related to business law鈥攖en times more courses than anyone can take.听 There鈥檚 a huge amount of choice!听 But that does make choosing difficult. You can also use the interactive听听迟辞辞濒.

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Business Law Faculty

Business Law Courses

Antitrust & General Regulation of Business

  • (LAW-692) Antitrust Law (3-4 hrs.)
  • (LAW-805) Law of Information Privacy (3听hrs.)
  • (LAW-601)听Administrative Law听(3听hrs.)
  • (LAW-872) Regulatory Law and Policy (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795BB) Business Law and Ethics (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-684) Corporate Compliance and Ethics (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795EG) Critical Perspectives on Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795SG) ESG Law & Drafting (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-872)听Regulatory Law and Policy: Financial Regulation Reform听(3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-693) Advanced Antitrust: Mergers (2 hrs.)

Banking, Financial Institutions & Insurance

  • (LAW-709B) Consumer Financial Services Law (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-724) Banking & Financial Institutions: U.S. Regulation (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-727) Banking & Financial Institutions: International Regulation (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-658) Insurance Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-726) Development, Finance, World Bank, & IFIs (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795VC) Virtual Currency Law: Digital Assets (2 hrs.)
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Business Entities, Securities & Finance

  • (LAW-611)听Business Associations听(4 hrs.)
  • (LAW-612)听Securities Regulation听(3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-711)听Mergers & Acquisitions听(3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-874) Venture Capital / Private Equity (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-743) Regulation of Commodities & Derivatives (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-739A) Taxation of Business Entities (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-852) Law of Nonprofit Organization (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-852A) Leading & Counseling Nonprofit Organizations (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-768) Community Economic & Equity Development Law Clinic (7 hrs.)

Commercial Law & Bankruptcy

  • (LAW-504) Contracts (4 hrs.)
  • (LAW-839) Sales (2 hrs.)
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  • (LAW-840) Secured Transactions (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-625) Corporate Bankruptcy (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-752) Civil Advocacy Clinic (7 hrs.)
  • (LAW-627) Bankruptcy & Creditor's Rights (3 hrs.)

Commercial Litigation & Arbitration

  • (LAW-501) Civil Procedure (4 hrs.)
  • (LAW-673) Remedies (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-621) Conflict of Laws (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-633) Evidence (4 hrs.)
  • (LAW-695) Civil Trial Advocacy (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-749) White Collar Crime (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-847) Appellate Advocacy (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-614) Alternative Dispute Resolution (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-651) Lawyer Bargaining (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-752) Civil Advocacy Clinic (7 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795VD) Advanced Evidence (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-649) Pre-Trial Litigation (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-968) Evidentiary Foundations & Objections (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-789) International Commercial Arbitration (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795FC) Financial Crimes Compliance (2 hrs.)
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Employment & Labor Relations

  • (LAW-668) Employment Discrimination (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-691) Sex-Based Discrimination (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-976) Business Immigration Law (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-967) Immigration Issues: Family & Employment (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-775) Labor Migration in the Global Economy (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-664) Employment and Labor Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-655) Immigration & Naturalization (3 hrs.)

Entrepreneurship

  • (LAW-611)听Business Associations (4 hrs.)
  • 听(LAW-840)听Secured Transactions听(3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-647)听Federal Personal Income Tax听(4 hrs.)
  • (LAW-849A)听Legal Drafting: Corporate听(3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-849C)听Legal Drafting: Contracts听(2 hrs.)听
  • (LAW-612) Securities Regulation (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-874) Venture Capital / Private Equity (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-856) Corporate Finance (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-651) Lawyer Bargaining (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-672) Business, Finance, & Accounting for Lawyers (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-739A) Taxation of Business Entities (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-768) Community Economic & Equity Development Clinic ( 7hrs.)

Law Clinics

  • (LAW-752) Civil Advocacy Clinic (7 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795FW) Entrepreneurship Law Clinic (7 hrs.)
  • (LAW-758) Intellectual Property Clinic (7 hrs.)
  • (LAW-762) Federal Taxation Clinic (7 hrs.)
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  • (LAW-768)听Community Economic Development Clinic (7 hrs/yr.)

General Business Law

(LAW-581) U.S. Business Law (3 hrs.) (LLM Only)

  • (LAW-504) U.S. Contracts (LLM only)
  • (LAW-672) Business, Finance, & Accounting for Lawyers (2 hrs.)

Intellectual Property

  • (LAW-623) Copyright (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-855) Patent Prosecution (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-833) Trademark Practice & Procedure (1 hr.)
  • (LAW-896) Law and the Visual Arts (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-758) Intellectual Property Clinic (7 hrs.)
  • (LAW-962B) Patent Litigation (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-670) Intellectual Property Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-962A) Intellectual Property Licensing (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-688) Patent Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-609) Trademark Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795PT) International Trademark Practice (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795AP) Contemporary Patent Law & Policy (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-832) Intellectual Property Practice at the USITC (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW795IA) IP and Fed Agency Practice (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-920) Law & Emerging Technologies
  • (LAW-929B) Advanced Legal Writing: Intellectual Property (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-924) Digital Copyright (3 hrs.)

real estate law

  • (LAW-518) Property (4 hrs.)
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  • (LAW-768) Community Economic & Equity Development Clinic ( 7hrs.)

International & Comparative Business Law

General Courses

  • (LAW-619)听Comparative Law听(3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-660)听International Law听(3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-621) Conflict of Laws (3 hrs.)

International Trade Regulation

  • (LAW-657) International Trade Law I (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-969) International Trade Law II (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-809) The United States Trade Regime (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-787) U.S. Export Controls & Economic Sanctions (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-689) Trade Remedies (2 hrs.)

International Transactions

  • (LAW-661) International Business Transactions (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795SL) International Contracts & Sales (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-884) International Debt Workouts (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-679) International Investment Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795FS) Foreign Investment & National Security (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-679A) International Investment Disputes (2 hrs.)

International Banking & Finance

  • (LAW-727) Banking & Financial Institutions: International Regulation (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-726) Development, Finance, the World Bank, and IFIs (2 hrs.)

International Intellectual Property

  • (LAW-623) Copyright (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-855) Patent Prosecution (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-833) Trademark Practice & Procedure (1 hr.)
  • (LAW-896) Law and the Visual Arts (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-758) Intellectual Property Clinic (7 hrs.)
  • (LAW-962B) Patent Litigation (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-670) Intellectual Property Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-962A) Intellectual Property Licensing (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-688) Patent Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-609) Trademark Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795PT) International Trademark Practice (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795AP) Contemporary Patent Law & Policy (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-832) Intellectual Property Practice at the USITC (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW795IA) IP and Fed Agency Practice (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-920) Law & Emerging Technologies
  • (LAW-929B) Advanced Legal Writing: Intellectual Property (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-924) Digital Copyright (3 hrs.)
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Other International Regulations of Business

  • (LAW-808) International Business & Human Rights (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-624) International Taxation (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-659A) EU Law, Governance, & Policy (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-617) International Business & the Environment (3 hrs.)

International Commercial Litigation & Arbitration

  • (LAW-795M) International Commercial Arbitration Advocacy (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-789) International Commercial Arbitration (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-738) International Courts & Tribunals (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-972) Investment Treaty Arbitration (3 hrs.)
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Regulated Industries

Communications, Media, and Electronic Commerce

  • (LAW-795M) International Commercial Arbitration Advocacy (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-789) International Commercial Arbitration (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-738) International Courts & Tribunals (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-972) Investment Treaty Arbitration (3 hrs.)
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Energy

  • (LAW-685) Oil and Gas Law (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-630) Energy Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-853) Advanced Energy Law (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795RE) Renewable Energy (2 hrs.)

Health Care

  • (LAW-640) Health Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-648) Food & Drug Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-719B) Health Care Fraud & Abuse (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-929H) Advanced Topics in Health Law: Writing Seminar (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-774) Bioethics and Regulation of Human Subject Research (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-719A) Health Law: Legislative and Regulatory Process (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-719C) Medical Liability (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-719F) Health Care Privacy & Data Security Law (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-811) Health Care Compliance Practicum (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-719) Health Care Busness Transactions (1 hr.)

Other Regulated Industries

  • (LAW-674) Law of Professional Sports (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-678) Law of Amateur Sports (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-885) Construction Law (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-654B) Government Contracts: Performance
  • (LAW-828) Space Law/Satellite Communications (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795ER) Regulation of Emerging Robotics Automation & Artificial Intelligence (2 hrs.)

Tax

  • (LAW-647) Federal Personal Income Tax (4 hrs.)
  • (LAW-746) Advanced Tax Policy & Problems (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-739A) Taxation of Business Entities (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-624) International Taxation (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-852) Law of Nonprofit Organization (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-768) Community Economic & Equity Development Clinic ( 7hrs.)
  • (LAW-762) Federal Taxation Clinic (7 hrs.)

Data Privacy

  • (LAW 667) Cyber Law (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-805) Law of Information Privacy (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-719F) Health Care Privacy & Data Security Law (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795TS) Adv. Topics in Cubersecurity Law (2 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795CH) Blockchain & National Security Law (2 hrs.)
  • LAW-666) Cybersecurity Law (3 hrs.)
  • (LAW-795IG) Internet Tech & Governance (2 hrs.)

Government Contracts

  • (LAW-654A) Government Contracts: Formation (2hrs.)
  • (LAW-654B) Government Contracts: Performance (2 hrs.)