JD Concentration in Business Law
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The JD Concentration in Business Law offers degree candidates an opportunity to focus on business-related law. The concentration includes foundational courses that provide a background for further study in tax, corporate law, international law, and related areas.
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Declaration to Pursue the Concentration: Students who intend to pursue this concentration are strongly encouraged to consult the faculty director at the end of the semester in which they complete 30 credit hours, in order to ensure that they will be able to complete the concentration.
General Requirements
JD students may earn only one concentration. Degree candidates pursuing the JD Concentration in Business Law must complete a minimum of 16 credits, including 11 credits of required and selective courses, and must graduate with a cumulative overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of 3.25 in coursework taken to fulfill the concentration.
Elective Courses
- Antitrust Law (LAW 486, 3 Credits)
- Banking Law (LAW 543, 2 Credits)
- Bankruptcy Law (LAW 542, 3 Credits)
- Corporate Taxation I (TX 517, 3 Credits)
- International Business Transactions (JD 418, 3 Credits)
- International Trade Law (JD 419, 3 Credits)
- Partner Tax (TX 510, 2 Credits)
- Securities Regulation (LAW 547, 3 Credits)
- U.S. Intellectual Property Survey (JD 468, 3 Credits)
- U.S. Trademark Law (JD 400, 3 Credits)- A concentration candidate may petition the faculty director and the Vice Dean to apply to have up to 3 credit hours of courses not included in the list of required and elective courses satisfy the concentration requirements.
Required Courses
- Business Associations (LAW 533, 3 Credits)
- Income Taxation (JD 470, 3 Credits)
- Accounting for Lawyers (LAW 544, 2 Credits)*
* This requirement may be waived with the approval of the faculty director and the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs. If the requirement is waived based on content that does not carry academic credit toward the JD degree, 2 elective credit hours must be completed to fulfill concentration requirements.
One of the following courses:
- Community Enterprise and Solidarity Economy Clinic (TADR 492, 3 Credits)â€
- Lawyering Skills IV: Business Planning and Drafting (LAW 430, 3 Credits)
- Lawyering Skills IV: Contract Drafting & Review (LAW 439, 3 Credits)
†Concentration candidates who take this experiential learning component must take both the class and clinic/placement components.
One of the following courses:
- Sales Transactions (LAW 541 3 Credits)
- Secured Transactions (LAW 534, 2 Credits)
If both of these courses are completed, one may count as a concentration elective.
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*- Concentration candidates who take this experiential learning component must take both the class and placement components.
†- Topic must be approved in advance by the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and the faculty director.
If approved in advance by the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and the faculty director and, if necessary, the appropriate person in the UIC college offering the course, a student may take one graduate-level course at UIC in criminal justice, forensic science, or another highly relevant field.
