Master of Studies in Law Degree (MSL) - Concentrations: Business

There are five Business Law Concentrations B Commercial Law, Corporate Law, General Business Law, International Business Law, and Tax. Each Concentration has a required course or courses. Electives listed under each concentration are suggestions. In addition to those suggested courses, courses may be taken in any of the other Business Law Concentrations, and relevant courses may be found in the Employment and Labor, Environmental and Real Estate, Intellectual Property and Technology, International and Comparative Law, and Regulatory Law Concentrations.

COMMERCIAL LAW

In the Commercial Law Concentration, in addition to the courses listed below, you may also take courses in any of the other Business Law Concentrations.

Required Courses:

5304 Commercial Transactions in Goods (S)
5020 Contracts (F)
5360 Secured Transactions (S)

Other Courses: (Choose at least one)

5277 Accounting for Lawyers (X)
5364 Advanced Bankruptcy (S)
5917 Antitrust Seminar (F)
5272 Bankruptcy (S)
5533 Bankruptcy Seminar (F)
5112 Business Organizations (F) (S)
5303 Commercial Paper and Banking (S)
5596 Contract Law Seminar (F)
5446 Intellectual Property and E-Commerce (S)
5225 International Business Transactions (F)
5577 International Sales Seminar (F)
5525 International Trade Seminar (S)
5292 Land Transfer & Finance (X)
5482 Law & Economics Seminar (F)
5367 Negotiating Business and Commercial Transactions (F)
5480 Transnational Litigation (F)

(F) = Course offered in the Fall
(S) = Course offered in the Spring
(X) = Not offered 2008-2009

CORPORATE LAW

Required Course:

5112 Business Organizations (F) (S)

Other Courses: (Choose at least two)

5277 Accounting for Lawyers (X)
5364 Advanced Bankruptcy (S)
5206 Agency and Partnership (S)
5207 Antitrust (S)
5917 Antitrust Seminar (F)
5272 Bankruptcy (S)
5244 Business Planning Entrepreneurship & Technology (F)
5214 Corporate Finance (X)
5354 Corporate Governance (F)
5413 Corporate Reorganizations (S)
5817 Corporate Taxation (F)
5857 Diversity in Corporate Governance Seminar (S)
5330 Employee Benefits (X)
5216 Employment Discrimination (F)
5290 Employment Laws: A Problems Approach (F)
5105 Federal Income Taxation (F) (S)
5383 Healthcare Antitrust (S)
5225 International Business Transactions (F)
5482 Law & Economics Seminar (F)
5367 Negotiating Business and Commercial Transactions (F)
5355 Nonprofit Organizations (S)
5246 Securities Regulation (F)
5363 White Collar Crime (X)

(F) = Course offered in the Fall
(S) = Course offered in the Spring
(X) = Not offered 2008-2009

GENERAL BUSINESS LAW

Required Courses:

5112 Business Organizations (F) (S)
5020 Contracts (F)

Other Courses: (Choose at least two)

5277 Accounting for Lawyers (X)
5207 Antitrust (S)
5364 Advanced Bankruptcy (S)
5206 Agency & Partnership (S)
5917 Antitrust Seminar (F)
5272 Bankruptcy (S)
5244 Business Planning Entrepreneurship & Technology (F)
5817 Corporate Taxation (F)
5330 Employee Benefits (S)
5216 Employment Discrimination (F)
5560 Employment Discrimination Seminar (X)
5105 Federal Income Taxation (F) (S)
5225 International Business Transactions (F)
5482 Law & Economics Seminar (F)
5355 Non-Profit Organizations (S)
5246 Securities Regulation (F)
5363 White Collar Crime (X)
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW
Required Courses:
5225 International Business Transactions (F)
5356 International Law (F)
Other Courses: (Choose at least two)
5213 Conflict of Laws (F)
5304 Commercial Transactions (S)
5418 Immigration Law (F)
5840 International Tax (F)
5482 Law & Economics Seminar (F)
5480 Transnational Litigation (F)

(F) = Course offered in the Fall
(S) = Course offered in the Spring
(X) = Not offered 2008-2009

TAX

Required Courses:

5105 Federal Income Taxation (F) (S)

Other Courses: (Choose at least three)

5277 Accounting for Lawyers (X)
5413 Corporate Reorganizations (S)
5817 Corporate Taxation (F)
5259 Estate and Gift Tax Strategies (F)
5110 Estates and Trusts (F) (S)
5325 Federal Tax Practice & Procedure (F)
5355 Nonprofit Organizations (S)
5371 Partnership Taxation (F)