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WHAT LAWYERS WHO PRACTICE IN THIS FIELD DO

Business lawyers assist clients with their ownership, operational, and commercial needs.

Their clients can range from small, family-owned companies to large, publicly-held corporations, and practice areas can include corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, commercial, bankruptcy, real estate, environmental, and tax law.

Other types of transactional practice areas include health law, communications law, banking, intellectual property, and employment and labor law.

Business and transactional lawyers frequently act as advisors, and should possess strong drafting, planning, and negotiation skills.

COURSES THAT CAN PREPARE YOU

The Chase curriculum requires foundational courses for all students and offers additional courses for specialized expertise.

Required

Contracts I & II
Property I & II
Business Organizations
UCC Basics

Advanced

Bankruptcy
Business Basics for Lawyers
Employment Discrimination
Employment Law
Ethics for Transactional Lawyers
Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions
Insurance Law
International Business Transactions
Intellectual Property Survey
Law, Business & Entrepreneurship
Labor Law
Mergers and Acquisitions
Representing Small Business
Securities Regulation
Startups and Venture Capital Law
Tax: Business Organizations and Business Planning

Skills

Accounting for Lawyers
Contract Drafting
Drafting International Business Agreements

Experiential

Small Business and Nonprofit Law Clinic
Advanced Small Business Clinic

FACULTY MEMBERS WHO TEACH BUSINESS AND TRANSACTIONAL LAW-RELATED COURSES

Professors

Eric Alden
Sharlene Graham
Anthony Chavez
Dennis Honabach
Kenneth Katkin
Jennifer Kreder
Ljubomir Nacev

Adjunct Faculty Members

Michael Carr
Robert Goering, Jr.
JB Lind
Steven Ray
Eric Richardson
Bernadine Topazio

CAREER PATH EXPERIENCES THAT CAN SET YOU APART

Here are some of the ways in which to develop necessary practice skills.

Work as a summer associate or law clerk at a law firm handling business, transactional, contractual, or compliance issues.

Serve as a law clerk or extern in a corporation’s legal or compliance department.

Participate in the Small Business and Nonprofit Law Clinic, and obtain a limited law license to represent clients in traditional business law matters.

Complete skills courses to develop necessary advanced drafting and negotiation skills.

Take advantage of networking opportunities to meet lawyers practicing in the area of business and transactional law.

Shadow business or transactional law attorneys to learn more about this area of practice.

BAR EXAMINATION FACTOR

Most jurisdictions include essay questions about Business Organizations—corporations, partnerships, agency relationships, etc.—on their bar examinations, but these topics are not tested in the multiple choice component.

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