Business Law Course Planning

 Foundational Courses
(Recommended for 2Ls) 		Intermediate & Advanced Courses
(Recommended for 2Ls & 3Ls) 

Advanced Courses & Semimars
 (Recommended for 3Ls)

Transactional
Courses 
  • Corporations
  • Agency, Partnership, & LLC
  • Securities Regulation 
  • Deals
  • Venture Capital
  • Negotiation 
  • Counseling Families in Business
  • Securities Litigation
  • Regulation of Financial Institutions
  • Entrepreneurial Law Clinic
  • Business Law Colloquium
  • Cross-listed MBA Courses 
Tax Courses
  •  Income Tax
  • Corporate Tax
  • Partnership Tax
  • Estate and Gift Tax
  • Tax Policy
 
Bankruptcy & Commercial
Law Courses
  • Bankruptcy
  •  Secured Transactions
  •  Consumer Empowerment

 

Additional courses sometimes offered:

  • Creditors Remedies
  • International Business Transactions
  • Contract Drafting
  • Real Estate Planning
  • Accounting for Lawyers
  • Law Practice Management

Business law course planning: Additional notes

The table above is not comprehensive, but merely represents one recommended sequence for taking the core business curriculum.  There are many courses in related areas (e.g., wills & trusts) that may also be useful to business lawyers.  Thus, all students should take a variety of courses in addition to business law courses.  Courses in intellectual property and employment law are likely to be especially useful.  
 
Critical elements of thinking like a business lawyer include basic substantive knowledge of relevant doctrinal areas; analytic skills (thinking like a deal lawyer); and negotiation, drafting, and counseling skills.  As such, in addition to doctrinal courses, students should strive to take at least one or two courses that include "skills" components such as negotiation, drafting, and counseling.  

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