Business Law - LLM

Program Overview

The Business Law Concentration for LLM students focuses on business and corporate law, providing a specialized degree that enhances career opportunities. The program includes required courses in contracts, business associations, and international transactions, as well as elective options tailored to individual interests. Experiential learning opportunities, such as externships and clinics, supplement coursework to prepare students for success in the legal field.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Business Law Concentration for LLM students provides a relevant degree focus in the business and corporate law area, while providing for better professional branding in future pursuits of the students.

Outline:

• Coursework: The coursework is similar to the Corporate Law Concentration for JD students but is adjusted to reflect the shorter duration of study and the fact that LLM students are not required to take the 1L courses.
• Credit Hours: LLM students can complete the degree in 24 credit hours.
• Required Courses:
• Two three-credit classes are standard LLM requirements: Legal Research and Writing for LLM Students and U.S. Legal System.
• The concentration would add three additional required courses:
• Contracts
• Business Associations
• International Business Transactions or Sales
• Elective Courses:
• Each student must take at least one course from the list below or receive a waiver from the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
• Advanced Legal Drafting
• Antitrust
• Bankruptcy
• Business Basics
• Corporate Tax II
• Copyright Law
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Transactions – Deal Sheet to Close
• Corporations II
• Entrepreneurship & Community Development Clinic
• Immigration Law & Policy: Understanding Contemporary Issues in the US
• Individual Research Project (as approved by the Associate Dean)
• International Business Transactions
• International Commercial Arbitration
• International Intellectual Property Law
• International Tax
• Introduction to Intellectual Property
• Legal Drafting, Introduction to
• Legal Drafting for LLM Students
• Negotiations
• Patent Law
• Payment Systems
• Practical Applications of Immigration Law: Business Immigration Law
• Real Estate Transactions
• Sales
• Secured Transactions
• Securities Regulation
• Startups, Venture Capital and Private Equity
• Trademarks and Unfair Competition
• Experiential Opportunities:
• The program recommends that LLM students pursuing this concentration area consider applying for a legal externship in a law office and/or participating in the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic.
• The Director or Assistant Dean in charge of the LLM program and our staff will advise students on which externships would be suitable for them.
• The application process for many of these placements is highly competitive, and as such they are not guaranteed.

Careers:

• Through UC Law's Business Law Concentration, you can develop an expertise in corporate and business law and stand out to employers.

Other:

• Many of the courses are taught only one time each year, and some courses may not be offered every year.