A Career in Business Law
If you are considering the Business Law Path to Practice, you may be preparing for practice in any of the following settings:
- Corporate practice of a large or midsize law firm
- Legal department of a company, private equity/venture capital firm, hedge fund, or other large organization
- Compliance department of a bank, investment fund, securities broker-dealer, insurance company, or other financial institution
- Law firm or consultancy advising financial industry clients on regulatory compliance matters
- Federal or state regulatory agency responsible for financial services industry
If you pursue the Path to Practice in Business Law, you may do any of the following in practice:
- Advise clients in the formation, operation, and dissolution of business and non-profit entities
- Structure asset or stock purchases, sales, and mergers and acquisitions with other business entities
- Arrange financing, via debt or equity vehicles, for the activities of business entities
- Structure early-stage, venture capital investments via venture debt or venture equity
- Structure, negotiate, and memorialize commercial transactions, including the purchase, sale, or lease of goods and services
- Assure that the internal affairs of business entities or financial services companies are conducted in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and relevant governing documents of the entity
- Represent business entities in litigation and dispute resolution/counseling
- Draft compliance policies and procedures for a financial services institution
- Design and conduct regulatory compliance surveillance plans, audits or investigations of financial services institutions
- Advise on the structure of financial transactions, business units, and major asset holdings of financial services institutions.
Tracks Within Business Law Path to Practice
Depending on a student’s particular area of interest, a student may choose one (but not both) of two tracks within the Business Law Path to Practice: Corporate or Financial Compliance
Business Law: Corporate
To complete the Business Law: Corporate Path to Practice, students should complete 7 courses in business-law related subject matters, as described below:
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Students should take the following four Foundational Courses as early as possible:
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Students should take at least two of the following Electives, totaling at least five credits:
- Accounting for Lawyers LAW 673
- Administrative Law LAW 671
- Banking Law LAW 737
- Bankruptcy Law LAW 680
- Drafting Legal Documents LAW 825
- Entertainment Law LAW 736
- Federal Income Taxation II (Corporate Tax) LAW 713
- Financial Services Compliance LAW 745A
- Global Corporate Governance (Lubin)
- Govt. Institutions and Business Strategy (Lubin)
- Insurance Law LAW 794
- International Business Transactions LAW 738
- Introduction to Investment Advisors Law & Compliance LAW 918
- Introduction to Financial Decisionmaking (Lubin)
- Lawyering LAW 919
- Mergers and Acquisitions LAW 724
- Negotiation LAW 679
- Org. Behavior and Leadership Skills (Lubin)
- Survey of Dispute Resolution Processes LAW 690A
- White Collar Crime Seminar LAW 807A
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Students should take at least one of the following Capstone or Skills Courses:
Business Law: Financial Compliance
To complete the Business Law: Financial Compliance Path to Practice track, students should complete 7 courses in business-law related subject matters, as described below:
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Students should take the following four Required Courses as early as possible:
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Students should take at least two of the following Electives, totaling at least five credits:
- Accounting for Lawyers LAW 673
- Administrative Law LAW 671
- Banking Law LAW 737
- Bankruptcy Law LAW 680
- Drafting Legal Documents LAW 825
- Federal Income Taxation I (Basic) LAW 651
- Federal Income Taxation II (Corporate Tax) LAW 713
- Global Corporate Governance (Lubin)
- Govt. Institutions and Business Strategy (Lubin)
- Insurance Law LAW 794
- International Business Transactions LAW 738
- Introduction to Investment Advisors Law & Compliance LAW 918
- Introduction to Financial Decisionmaking (Lubin)
- Lawyering LAW 919
- Mergers and Acquisitions LAW 724
- Negotiation LAW 679
- Org. Behavior and Leadership Skills (Lubin)
- White Collar Crime Seminar LAW 807A
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Students should take at least one of the following Capstone or Skills Courses:
- Externship: Corporate LAW 786 (compliance placement)
- Externship: Guided LAW 993FP (compliance placement)
- Clinic - Fairbridge Investor Rights Clinic LAW 826A/826B
Featured Faculty
Contact
For more information regarding this Path to Practice, contact Professor Bridget Crawford.