MSL in Business and Finance Law
Director: M. Rand; Faculty Director: D. Mitchell; Faculty Advisers: M. Abramowicz, J. Bearer-Friend, K. Brown, W. Dodge, T. Gabaldon, K. Johnson, S. Kieff, J. Kohn, W. Kovacic, J. Manns, J. McClane, R. Pierce, B. Richman, O. Simmons
MSL candidates in Business and Finance Law (BFL) must complete 3 credits of Introduction to US Law and Legal Writing for MSL Students (6950) and a minimum of 16 credit hours from among the list of BFL-designated courses1, including four credits of Corporations (6250).
1Courses noted with a double-cross (‡) require advance approval of the BFL Program Director to count toward the curriculum requirement.
Courses
- Corporations (6250)
- Securities Regulation (6252)
- Corporate Finance (6254)
- Mergers and Acquisitions (6256)
- Regulation of Mutual Funds and Investment Advisers and Investment Funds (6260)
- Regulation of Derivatives (6261)
- Corporation Law Seminar (6262)
- Selected Topics in Corporate Law (6263)
- Securities Law Seminar (6264)
- Selected Topics in Securities Law (6267)
- Employment Law (6268)
- Employee Benefit Plans (6272)
- Labor Law (6266)
- Secured Transactions (6280)
- UCC Sale of Goods (6255)
- Commercial Paper - Payment Systems (6282)
- Creditors’ Rights and Debtors’ Protection (6284)
- Business Bankruptcy and Reorganization (6285)
- Consumer Protection Law (6286)
- Selected Topics in Banking Law (6289)
- Banking Law (6290)
- Banking Law Seminar (6292)
- Unincorporated Business Organizations and Agency Law (6294)
- Sports and the Law (6295)
- Business Planning (6296)*
- Insurance (6298)
- Federal Income Taxation (6300)
- Corporate Taxation (6302)
- Partnership and LLC Taxation (6304)
- International Taxation (6312)
- Nonprofit Organizations: Law and Taxation (6314)
- State and Local Taxation (6316)
- Selected Topics in Tax Policy Law (6317)
- Tax Policy Seminar (6318)
- Law of Modern Real Estate Transactions (6330)
- Land Use Law (6332)
- Law of Real Estate Financing (6334)
- Reading Group (6351)‡
- White Collar Crime (6364)
- Antitrust Law (6402)
- Advanced Antitrust Law Seminar (6403)
- Selected Topics in Advanced Antitrust Law (6405)
- Regulated Industries (6406)
- Public Law Seminar (6426)‡
- Selected Topics in Public Law (6427)‡
- Lessons in Leadership (6611) ‡
- Trade and Sustainable Development (6435)
- Energy Law Seminar (6441)‡
- Environmental Issues in Business Transactions (6452)
- Entertainment Law (6475)
- Anti-Corruption and Compliance (6511)
- International Money Laundering, Corruption, and Terrorism (6521)
- International Business Transactions (6522)
- The International Competition Law Regime (6523)
- International Commercial Law (6524)
- International Trade Law (6526)
- Advanced International Trade Law (6527)
- Law of the European Union (6534)
- International Finance (6541)
- International Banking and Investment Law (6542)
- International Investment Law and Arbitration (6544)
- International Project Finance (6545)
- Chinese Business Law (6549)
- U.S. Export Control Law and Regulation (6553)
- International Arbitration (6556)*
- Introduction to Transactional Islamic Law (6557)
- International Negotiations (6558)*
- International Business Transaction Seminar (6564)
- Law and Economics (6598)
- Law and Accounting (6602)*
- Small Business and Community Economic Development Clinic (6621)*
- Negotiations (6648)*
- Legal Drafting (Transactional) (6652)*
- Legal Drafting (Mergers and Acquisitions) (6652)*
- Field Placement (6668)*‡
- Business Lawyering (6810)*
Experiential learning courses are noted with an asterisk (*).