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Diagram of Commercial Law Courses

Below are commercial law courses to guide students in choosing classes that might broaden their expertise in the subject.

Foundational

Required First-Year Courses

Business Organizations
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2019-2020	4:30 pm 5:45 pm Room: LAW 111	Professor Matt Shames Professor Charles Cohen	3
Spring Term 2019-2020	Monday Wednesday 2:00 pm 3:15 pm Room: LAW 111	Professor Peter Oh	3

Commercial Transactions in Goods
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2019-2020	Tuesday, Thursday 10:30 am 11:45 am Room: LAW 109	Professor Jacqueline Lipton	3
Spring Term 2019-2020	Tuesday Thursday 3:30 pm 4:45 pm Room: LAW 107	Professor Haider Ala Hamoudi	3

Federal Income Taxation
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2019-2020	10:30 am 12:20 pm Room: LAW 111	Professor Anthony Infanti	4
Spring Term 2019-2020	Monday Tuesday Thursday 3:30 pm 4:45 pm Room: LAW 111	Professor Philip Hackney	4

Secured Transactions
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2019-2020	Monday, Wednesday 12:30 pm 1:45 pm Room: LAW G20	Professor William Price	3

Developmental

Required Upper-Level Courses

Antitrust
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2019-2020	Tuesday, Thursday 10:30 am 11:45 am Room: LAW 107	Professor Peter Oh	3

Bankruptcy
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2019-2020	Monday 3:30 pm 6:30 pm Room: LAW G18	Professor Judith Fitzgerald	3

International Business Transactions
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Spring Term 2019-2020	Tuesday Thursday 9:00 am 10:15 am Room: LAW G12	Professor Ronald Brand	3

International Commercial Arbitration
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2019-2020	Tuesday, Thursday 9:00 am 10:15 am Room: LAW G20	Professor Ronald Brand	3

Specialized

Electives

Choose 2 courses from this list of electives.

Business Planning, Entrepreneurship & Technology
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2019-2020	Monday 4:30 pm 6:20 pm Room: LAW G13	Professor Craig Heryford	2

Commercial Paper and Banking
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Spring Term 2019-2020	Monday 2:00 pm 3:50 pm Room: LAW 120	Professor Beverly Manne	2

Commercializing New Technologies
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2019-2020	Monday 6:20 pm 9:20 pm Room: LAW G13	Professor Susan Cohen Professor Stephanie Dangel	3

In-House Counsel in Modern Corporations
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Spring Term 2019-2020	Monday 5:30 pm 7:20 pm Room: LAW G12	Professor Marcy Smorey-Giger	2

Introduction to Accounting for Lawyers
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Fall Term 2019-2020	Thursday 8:00 am 8:50 am Room: LAW 111	Professor	1

Law and Entrepreneurship
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Spring Term 2019-2020	Tuesday 5:30 pm 8:20 pm Room: LAW G18	Professor Elliot Dater, Esquire	3

Legal Writing for the Transactional Lawyer
Term	Class Schedule	Professor(s)	Course Credits
Spring Term 2019-2020	Thursday 4:30 pm 6:20 pm Room: LAW G20		2
Fall Term 2019-2020	Monday 10:30 am 12:20 pm Room: LAW G18	Professor Stephanie Dangel	2