In this increasingly complex world, legal issues are part of all aspects of business and public administration. Leaders and managers must not only understand legal issues, but develop an organizational culture based on ethical decision making.  

The Business law and Ethics foundations provide assistance to all majors at the Sawyer Business School. Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Global Business, Information Systems and Operations Management, Management, Marketing and Public Administration rely heavily on Legal and Ethical considerations for their decision making processes.The Minor in Legal Studies provides a valuable insight into the practice of law. Students who wish to continue onto law school will be provided a firm grounding as preparation to taking courses in the law school curriculum; therefore the minor may be considered an excellent pre-law curriculum. Suffolk University has an active student pre-law association. To pursue this avenue, it is recommended that the student contact the Sawyer Business School pre-law advisor, Professor Anthony Eonas at aeonas@suffolk.edu.

 

Legal Studies Minor for Business Students

The minor in Legal Studies consists of 3 courses/9 credits beyond the completion of BLW 214 Introduction to Contracts and Legal Studies. Students select three courses from the following list:

• BLE 215 Business Ethics and Law 
• BLE 315 Legal and Financial Aspects of Business Organizations 
• BLE 316 Legal Aspects of Commercial and Employment Transactions 
• IBBL 317 Managing the Global Legal Environment 
• BLE 510 Independent Study in Business Law 
• BLE 550 Special Topics in Legal Studies  

Legal Studies Minor for College of Arts and Sciences Students

In general, College students may undertake a functional business minor when they have achieved junior standing and have completed MGT 101. Students selecting a minor in Legal Studies are required to take BLE 214 Principles of Business Law and three of the following: 

• BLE 215 Business Ethics and Law   
• BLE 315  Legal and Financial Aspects of Business Organizations
• BLE 316  Legal Aspects of Commercial and Employment Transactions
• BLE 317 Managing in the Global Legal Envrionment
• BLE 550 Special Topics in Business Law & Ethics

College students looking for a broader business minor, may choose to select the General Business Minor