Business Planning Track
Contact Persons: Professor Miller or Teague
The Business Planning Professional Track builds upon concepts taught in Business Organizations I and Taxation & Accounting Principles for Lawyers, providing students with an understanding of fundamental issues business attorneys regularly face, including basic tax treatment of various business entities and basic analysis and planning in the organization and operation of a business. The courses expose students to a range of statutory and regulatory issues, such as the federal securities concerns in raising capital, as well as important judicially developed doctrines with which a practitioner must be familiar in order to advise a business with respect to issues related to the structure, governance, and operation of the business.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | 9 | |
| Business Organizations 2 | ||
| Securities Regulation | ||
| Taxation of Business Entities | ||
| Select at least one course from the following: | 2-3 | |
| Business Planning & Drafting | ||
| Contract Drafting & Negotiation | ||
| Advocacy Team (Transactional Law Team) | ||
| Take at least 6 additional hours from the following group of courses: | 6 | |
| Business Basics for Lawyers | ||
| Business Planning & Drafting (if not taken to satisfy earlier requirement) | ||
| Business Planning Capstone | ||
| Business Succession Planning | ||
| Business Transactions: Mergers & Acquisitions | ||
| Business Transactions: Venture Capital | ||
| Client Relations | ||
| Commercial Law: Secured Transactions | ||
| Commercial Real Estate Transactions | ||
| Contract Drafting & Negotiation (if not taken to satisfy earlier requirement) | ||
| Taxation of Individuals & Family Businesses | ||
| Transactional Law Practice Lab | ||
| Total Hours | 17-18 | |