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

Transactional Skills 
OR
Transactional Skills: Intellectual Property

 3 credits
OR
2 credits

B.  Business Practicum Courses and Externships

 at least 2 credits
Concentrators must complete an externship or business practicum course requirement. The requirement may be satisfied by:
  • Completion of an appropriate, minimum three (3) credit externship in a business, corporate, finance or tax placement through the Externship Program that has been approved by the Concentration Director
  • Completion of a non-credit summer or semester externship in a business, corporate, finance or tax placement that has been approved by the Concentration Director
  • Completion of at least one (1) of the business practicum courses listed below
  • Students who opt to complete more than one (1) course from this list may count the additional course(s) as a Concentration elective(s).
  • An approved Externship Waiver for qualifying students as approved by the Concentration Director, such as part-time students with a full-time position already relating to business, corporate, finance or tax
Business Law or Financial Services externships (placement requires pre-approval by Administrative Director and a Faculty Director) 2 or 3 credits
Business of Practice: Hit the Ground Running 2 credits
Business Planning 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 Placement Externships and Venture Capital Practicum 2 credits
Securities Law Moot Court Team 2 credits
Transactional Clinic 5 credits

C.  Elective Course Requirements:

  
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
Antitrust 3 credits
Banking Law 3 credits
Bankruptcy Introduction 2 credits
Bankruptcy Moot Court Team 2 credits
Bankruptcy Reorganizations 2 credits
Biotechnology and the Law 3 credits
Business Law or Financial Services Thesis (topic requires pre-approval by Administrative Director and a Faculty Director) 2 credits
Business Planning 3 credits
Commercial Law Survey 4 credits
Compliance Life Sciences Regulation and Recognition 3 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
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 Placement Externships 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 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

The Concentration Director may allow other suitable courses, including appropriate business, corporate, finance, tax or entrepreneurial courses offered at the Sawyer Business School, to satisfy the Elective Course requirement on a case-by-case basis. Prior approval for any such Elective Course through the Sawyer Business School must be obtained from the Concentration Director prior to enrolling in any such course. Students wishing to register for approved elective courses offered at the Sawyer Business School may register for these courses using the JD Enrollment in SBS Graduate Courses form, which is found under the Academic Concentration/Specialization tab in Workday. Please contact the Concentration Director to discuss this option before enrolling any course offered at the Sawyer Business School.