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NKU Chase TLPC Hosts First Business Boot Camp
Business Boot Camp Students
Business Boot Camp Students

Aug 24, 2009 - The NKU Chase Transactional Law Practice Center (TLPC) hosted its first Business Boot Camp (BBC) the week of August 17-22, 2009. The BBC brought together top business people to teach Chase students how to analyze a business transaction (in this case, a stock-purchase deal) from the business point of view. The ability to see a problem from a client's perspective is a skill most law students never have a chance to develop during law school. If they ever get such an opportunity, it is often piecemeal while practicing law. This program gives Chase students a significant advantage over their peers because they have worked through a transaction and have dealt with the typical business issues that arise in such deals.

In developing the program, Sherry Porter, Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of the TLPC, teamed with Ken Kinder, member at Cors & Bassett and 2000 Chase alumnus to design the program. Mr. Kinder provided the basic fact scenario for the BBC and helped line up top-notch local business people to work with the students on various business aspects of the problem.

The climax of program occurred at the end of the week when each group of students presented its recommendations for action to the 'buyers' in the transaction and received feedback from a group of distinguished business owners who served in the role of the 'buyers.' Each group identified the numerous business issues, and proposed innovative solutions. ideas as to how to handle each issue. A panel of volunteer judges assessed each group and ultimately recognized the team of Erin Standen, Nick Orchelle, and Benjamin Bauer for its outstanding presentation.

Following the presentations, the students, the 'buyers,' and the BBC faculty enjoyed lunch and discussed the experience.

"This is a unique opportunity to learn in law school the skills that would take us many years of practice to acquire," stated Jonathan Collins, a third-year student at NKU Chase and President of the Transactional Law Practice Group who participated in this innovative program. BBC was sponsored by the TLPC as part of its student-focused, specialized program to help students develop the basic transactional practice skills and acquire knowledge of allied fields such as accounting and finance they will need to become successful transactional lawyers.