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 (S)
• 5020    Contracts (F)
• 5360    Secured Transactions (S)

Other Courses:  (Choose at least one)

• 5277    Accounting for Lawyers (F)
• 5364    Advanced Bankruptcy (X)
• 5917    Antitrust Seminar (X)
• 5272    Bankruptcy (S)
• 5533    Bankruptcy Seminar (X)
• 5112    Business Organizations (F) (S)
• 5303    Commercial Paper and Banking (F)
• 5446    Intellectual Property and E-Commerce (X)
• 5225    International Business Transactions (F)
• 5577    International Sales Seminar (F)
• 5094    International Trade Law (S)
• 5292    Land Transfer & Finance (X)
• 5482    Law & Economics Seminar (F)
• 5480    Transnational Litigation (X)

(F) = Course offered in the Fall
(S) = Course offered in the Spring
(X) = Not offered 2009-2010

CORPORATE LAW

Required Course:

• 5112    Business Organizations (F) (S)

Other Courses:  (Choose at least two)

• 5277    Accounting for Lawyers ((F)
• 5364    Advanced Bankruptcy (X)
• 5206    Agency and Partnership (X)
• 5207    Antitrust (S)
• 5272    Bankruptcy (S)
• 5244    Business Planning Entrepreneurship & Technology (F)
• 5214    Corporate Finance (S)
• 5296    Corporate Governance (F)
• 5413    Corporate Reorganizations (S)
• 5817    Corporate Taxation (F)
• 5857    Diversity in Corporate Governance Seminar (S)
• 5330    Employee Benefits (F)
• 5216    Employment Discrimination (F) (S)
• 5105    Federal Income Taxation (F) (S)
• 5383    Healthcare Antitrust (S)
• 5225    International Business Transactions (F)
• 5482    Law & Economics Seminar (F)
• 5355    Nonprofit Tax Exempt 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 2009-2010

GENERAL BUSINESS LAW

Required Courses:

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

Other Courses:  (Choose at least two)

• 5277    Accounting for Lawyers (F)
• 5207    Antitrust (S)
• 5364    Advanced Bankruptcy (X)
• 5206    Agency & Partnership (X)
• 5272    Bankruptcy (S)
• 5244    Business Planning Entrepreneurship & Technology (F)
• 5817    Corporate Taxation (F)
• 5330    Employee Benefits (F)
• 5216    Employment Discrimination (F)(S)
• 5105    Federal Income Taxation (F) (S)
• 5225    International Business Transactions (F)
• 5482    Law & Economics Seminar (F)
• 5355    Non-Profit Tax Exempt Organizations (S)
• 5246    Securities Regulation (F)
• 5363    White Collar Crime (X)

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW

Required Courses:

• 5020    Contracts (S)
• 5225    International Business Transactions (S)

                        Other Courses:  (Choose at least two)

• 5277    Accounting for Lawyers (F)
• 5112    Business Organizations (F/S)
• 5304    Commercial Transactions (S)
• 5096    European Community Consumer Protection Law (X)
• 5840    International Tax (X)
• 5094    International Trade Law (S)
• 5573    Internationalization of Law Seminar (X)
• 5388    Introduction to European Union Law (X)
• 5439    Introduction to Russian & Uzbek Legal Systems (X)
• 5232    Law & Legal Process in Latin America (X)
• 5873    Private International Law Seminar (S)
• 5480    Transnational Litigation (X)
• 5861    Transnational Litigation Seminar (X)

(F) = Course offered in the Fall
(S) = Course offered in the Spring
(X) = Not offered 2009-2010

TAX

Required Courses:

• 5105    Federal Income Taxation (F) (S)

Other Courses:  (Choose at least two)

• 5277    Accounting for Lawyers (F)
• 5413    Corporate Reorganizations (S)
• 5817    Corporate Taxation (F)
• 5259    Estate and Gift Tax Strategies (S)
• 5403    Estate Planning (S)
• 5110    Estates and Trusts (F) (S)
• 5325    Federal Tax Practice & Procedure (F)
• 5355    Nonprofit Tax Exempt Organizations (S)
• 5371    Partnership Taxation (F)
• 5859    Small Business Tax Seminar (S)