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INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE AND BUSINESS TRANSACTIONSThe Basics:Possible 5th class to take or audit (Be careful, not for everyone):Introduction to American Law (2)FALLInternational Business Agreements (s) (3)Legal Research and Writing (2)Privacy, Security & Technology (3)Conflict of Laws (3)Cybersecurity Law (3)Introduction to Financial Re-Structuring (1)Contracts (4) (JD or LLM)Mergers and Acquisitions (3)Corporations (4) (JD or LLM)Intellectual Property (4)Alternative Dispute Resolution (s) (3) (LLM)Financial Regulation (3)Banking and Financial Law Program Classes (2)REQUIRED:Online Business FundamentalsIntroduction to Risk Management andCompliance (3)Financial Reporting for Lawyers (2)Considerations:SpringRelevant Topics Securities Regulation Corporate Finance International Business Deals (LLM) International Business Transactions (JD) Cross-Border Litigation (LLM) Compliance and Risk Management in GlobalCommerce International Economic Development and ProjectFinance Mergers and AcquisitionsPractical Skills Training Transactional Contracts (LLM) Negotiation (LLM) IP Licensing (LLM) Transaction Simulation: Start Up (LLM) Transaction Simulation: International Collaboration(JD; limited to six LLMs) Effective In-House Counsel (LLM)Complete NY Bar Eligibility RequirementsLLM ProfessionalResponsibilityOther Considerations Antitrust Bankruptcy Intellectual Property Shareholder Activism IP Rights, Commerce and the Global Cloud (LLM) Business Immigration Internet & Telecommunications Law Mutual Funds Privacy Private Equity Corporate Governance White Collar Crime Contracts is the foundation for alltransactions. It is best taken in the fallfor serious business law students, butit is offered also in the spring as anLLM only course for two credits.Good to take corporations in fall ifyou want to take more advancedtransaction-oriented classes in spring.Contracts, combined withcorporations, meets NY’s six-creditminimum of bar-tested topics.Take online Business Fundamentalsclass (non-credit) to gain solidbackground knowledge of businessterms and principals.
PUBLIC LAW, POLICY INTERESTSClasses to Consider in Addition to Introduction to American Law and the Legal Research and Writing SeminarCybersecurity LawFALLIntroduction to American LawImmigration LawJuvenile DelinquencyLegal Research and WritingEnergy Law and PolicyInternational LawPublic Interest LawLaw & WarColor Line, Resistance and ReparationsInternational Human RightsGlobalization and the ConstitutionClimate Change Law and PolicyAdministrative LawGender Law and PoliticsSpringJurisprudence (s)Internet & Telecommunications LawConstitutional Law (LLM) (2)Environmental Law TopicsPrivacyDemocracy and the Rule of LawRestorative JusticeFirst AmendmentCritical Race TheoryGender, Violence & the LawJudging in the American Legal SystemLand UseWrongful ConvictionsElection LawAffordable Housing LawCriminal JusticeInternational Criminal LawRegulation of the ImmigrantExperienceDisability LawReproductive JusticeHealth and Human RightsCriminal ProcedureConsiderations: Some of these classes are upperclass seminars that pre-supposesome prior knowledge, andtherefore may not be appropriatefor all students. These seminarsoften require long researchpapers.We will discuss these issues duringyour advising meetings.Considerations: Constitutional Law is difficult, but is the foundationaltopic of the American legal system and an importantcomponent of many policy-oriented classes. LLMstudents are strongly encouraged to take the springsemester 2 credit LLM only Constitutional Law classwith Professor Samito.
NY BAR EXAM FOCUSTake Two of the Three Classes NY Requires:Consider Taking at Least One Bar-Tested TopicConsiderations: FALLContracts (4) (JD or LLM)Intro to AmericanLaw Required for ALPand IP ProgramsLegal Researchand Writing Required for ALPand IP ProgramsJD or LLM Corporations (4)Torts (4) Civil Procedure (4)Evidence (4)LLM Alternative Dispute Resolution (3)This collection of classes is only meantto indicate the range of courses open toyou that can meet NY’s eligibility rules,information about which is on the website.While it can be helpful to take classesthat give you early exposure to whatyou will need to know for the bar, yoursuccess on the bar will depend more onyour English skills than any particularclasses you take.SpringTake Required Class in Professional Responsibility (LLM section, 2 credits)Take One or More of the Following Bar-Tested Topics, each 2 creditsSpecial LLMFundamentals Classes(six r Exploration– JD classes on Bar-Tested TopicsConstitutionalLaw (4)Trusts &Estates (4)Family Law(4)Corporations(4)SecuredTransactions (3)Criminal Law(4)CriminalProcedure(4)Evidence(JD) (4)ADR (3)Property(JD) (4)Even if you seek tosit for and pass thebar, we highlyrecommend thatyou take coursesthat give you thesubstantiveknowledge andpractical trainingyou seek, and notjust limit yourself to“bar topics.”
Pathways to the NY Bar- Practice Skills TrackNEEDLLM only Contracts (fall, 4 credits)12 credit Foreign Lawyer Eligibility RequirementLLM only Corporations (fall, 4 credits)Introduction to American Law(2 credits, fall)LLM Property (spring, 2 credits)At least six (6)credits of bartested topics (somecourse optionsfollow to the right)Legal Research and Writing (2credits, fall)LLM Evidence (spring, 2 credits)LLM Constitutional Law (spring, 2 credits)LLM Professional Responsibility(2 credits, spring)Other qualifying JD courses, i.e., Contracts, Torts, Criminal Law,Civil Procedure, Property, Evidence, Family Law, CorporationsAND15 credits of “Practice-Based Experiential” CourseworkLLM AlternativeDispute Resolution,3 credits, fallLLM Negotiations, 3credits, springLLM Practice ofCopyright andTrademark in Mediaand Entertainment,3 credits, fallLLM TransactionalContracts, 3 credits,springAdvancedSpecialized LegalResearch, 1 or 2credits, fall /springLLM SimulationTransaction: StartUps,3 credits, springLLM Advanced LegalWriting, 3 credits,springLLM AppellateAdvocacy, 2 credits,springJD FinancialAccounting forLawyers, 2 credits,fallLLM IntellectualProperty Licensing,3 credits, springJD SimulationTransaction:InternationalCollaboration, 3credits, springNote: The above is tentative and subject to review and approval by the NY Court of Appeals.LLM ClientCounseling &Interviewing, 3credits, springLLM Effective InHouse Counsel, 3credits, spring
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERESTSConsiderations: Possible 5th Class to Consider (or Audit)FALLIntroduction to American Law (2)Copyright Law (4)Legal Research and Writing (2)Entertainment Law (s) (3)Intellectual Property (4)SpringPatent Law (3) Economics of Intellectual Property (s) (3)Copyright and Trademark in Mediaand Entertainment (s) (3) (LLM)Trademark & UnfairCompetition (3)Antitrust (4) Considerations:Transaction Simulation: Start Up Company (s) (3) IP Licensing (3)IP Research (1)Trade Secrets (2)4-credit IP class (called a “survey class”)gives solid overview of patents, copyrightand trademark law and is offered in thefall for four credits and the spring forthree. Copyright/Trademark in Media andEntertainment, taught by an experiencedpractitioner, is good for non-patent typesto take, along with the 4-credit fall IP class.Strongly recommend contracts, asfoundational for licensingIP and the Internet (Dogan) seminar onlyopen to IP LLM students; consider “IP,Commerce and the Global Cloud” in springis best option for ALP LLM students. Representing Life Science Companies (s) (3)IP, Commerce and the Global Cloud (2) (LLM)Contract Law (2) IP Workshop (s)Internet and Telecommunications Law (3)Complete NY Bar tyLLMPropertyand/orLLMContractsIP Workshop is a highly theoretical,“scholarly works in progress” seminar, lesspractice-oriented.Transactional Contracts (LLM) is goodpractical addition in spring, as iscorporations and negotiation.May not be necessary to take Trademark inspring if you take IP Survey class and IPMedia class in fall.
Contracts (4) (JD or LLM) Corporations (4) (JD or LLM) Considerations: Contracts is the foundation for all transactions. It is best taken in the fall for serious business law students, but it is offered also in the spring as an LLM only course for two credits. Good to take corporations in fall if you want to take more advanced
