Business Law & Financial Services Courses
Overview
Students may pursue a Concentration certificate in Business Law and Financial Services.
Concentration students pursuing the certificate in Business Law and Financial Services, must complete 21 - 22 credits in Concentration courses, broken down to fourteen 13 - 14 credits in Core courses, 2 credits in Practicum courses and at least 6 credits Elective courses.
For complete course descriptions, please consult the Elective Courses section of the Suffolk University Law School. Please note that not all courses are offered each semester and plan accordingly.
A. Core Courses |
13 - 14 credits |
| All of the following four (4) courses are required of all Concentration students | |
| Basic Federal Income Tax | 4 credits |
| Business Entity Fundamentals | 4 credits |
| Securities Regulation | 3 credits |
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Transactional Skills |
3 credits OR 2 credits |
B. Business Practicum Courses and Externships |
at least 2 credits |
| Students must also take one (1) of the business practicum courses listed below or, alternatively, complete a for-credit externship with a business or financial placement pre-approved by the Concentration Faculty Director. Students who opt to complete more than one (1) course from this list may count the additional course(s) as a Concentration elective(s). Externships for the concentration must relate to business law or financial services and eligible externships will be determined by the Concentration Director. All eligible externships must be accompanied by a corresponding classroom component. The classroom component may be satisfied by enrollment in either Legal Process and Practice or in an approved business law or financial services elective course. Students will not receive Concentration credit for their enrollment in Legal Process and Practice. Students who seek to satisfy the classroom component in conjunction with a financial services elective must be supervised in their externship by the full time resident course professor. | |
| Business Law or Financial Services externships (placement requires pre-approval by Administrative Director and a Faculty Director) | 2 or 3 credits |
| Business of Practice: Hitting the Ground Running | 2 credits |
| Business Planning:Formation | 2 credits |
| Compliance Practice Seminar | 2 credits |
| Design Thinking for Lawyers & Business Professionals | 3 credits |
| Intellectual Property Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic | 5 credits |
| Negotiating Business Transactions - Simulation | 2 credits |
| Negotiation | 2 credits |
| Online Dispute Resolution for ADR | 2 credits |
| Private Placements and Venture Capital Practicum | 2 credits |
| Securities Law Moot Court Team | 2 credits |
| Transactional Clinic | 5 credits |
C. Elective Course Requirements: |
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| Business Law & Financial Services | at least 6 credits |
| Students who opt to receive the Concentration certificate in Business Law may choose, in their own discretion, among the following courses to complete the elective course component of the Concentration. Special Requirements for students who opt to receive the Concentration certificate in Business Law and Financial Services are noted immediately following this elective course list. | |
| Accounting for Lawyers | 2 credits |
| Advanced Partnership Tax | 2 credits |
| Antitrust | 3 credits |
| Banking Law | 3 credits |
| Bankruptcy Introduction | 2 credits |
| Bankruptcy Moot Court Team | 2 credits |
| Bankruptcy Reorganizations | 2 credits |
| Biotech & Law | 3 credits |
| Business Law or Financial Services Thesis (topic requires pre-approval by Administrative Director and a Faculty Director) | 2 credits |
| Business Planning: Formation | 3 credits |
| Commercial Law Survey | 4 credits |
| Consumer Law | 2 credits |
| Corporate Finance | 3 credits |
| Corporate Taxation | 3 credits |
| Directed Study (topic requires pre-approval by Administrative Director and a Faculty Director) | 2 credits |
| Emerging Issues in Law, Information Technology and Transnational Business | 2 credits |
| Employment Law | 3 credits |
| Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, and the Law | 3 credits |
| ERISA and Retirement Plans | 2 credits |
| International Business Transactions | 3 credits |
| International Investment Law | 3 credits |
| International Tax Law | 3 credits |
| International Trade Law | 3 credits |
| Investment Management Regulation | 3 credits |
| Law and Economics | 2 credits |
| Mergers and Acquisitions | 4 credits |
| Private Placements and Venture Capital Practicum | 2 credits |
| Real Estate Transactions and Conveyancing | 2 credits |
| Secured Transactions | 3 credits |
| Securities Law Moot Court Team | 2 credits |
| Tax Law Moot Court Team | 2 credits |
| Taxation of Intellectual Property | 3 credits |
| Tax Practice and Procedure | 2 credits |
| With the approval of the Concentration Faculty Director, other courses offered as part of the Law School’s Summer Galway program, that are of a similar curricular character to other general Concentration electives, may be counted as Concentration electives. | |
The Graduate Program at the Sawyer Business School |
up to 6 credits |
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Students who are not enrolled in a dual degree program may use up to six (6) credits of courses from the Graduate Program at Sawyer Business School courses for Concentration credit. Other Graduate Program at Sawyer Business School courses in Accounting and Finance are also acceptable, and may be approved for Concentration credit at the discretion of the Concentration Faculty Director. Students must take the Law School course, Accounting for Lawyers, or demonstrate equivalent accounting proficiency, prior to enrollment. Students who are participating in a dual degree program may not count any credits earned in the Graduate Program at Sawyer Business School toward fulfillment of the Concentration’s elective course requirements. |