An introduction to American Contract Law, with an emphasis on common law development.

This course introduces the law that governs unincorporated business associations, limited liability companies and corporations. The course begins with the law of agency, which provides the foundation for discussion of the most common business associations: partnerships, limited liability companies and corporations. Following agency, the course addresses partnerships, with particular attention to applicable fiduciary duties and the relationship among partners. After partnerships, the course briefly addresses limited liability companies. The course concludes with corporations, considering their shareholders and their boards of directors, and exploring limited liability and piercing the corporate veil, the business judgment rule, and fiduciary duties.

This course provides a survey of US Constitutional Law with an emphasis on the structural aspects of the Constitution. Also included will be examinations of court structure, procedure, jurisdiction and federal practice.

The course explores the intersection of law and finance within the corporate context, emphasizing the legal principles and regulations that govern various financial transactions and financial decision-making undertaken by corporations. By studying key aspects of Corporate Governance, Securities Regulation, M&A, and Compliance, among others, it provides a comprehensive examination of the legal framework underpinning corporate finance activities.

The course focuses on enabling candidates to structure and negotiate both pre-contractual and contractual agreements. Students will learn how to analyze, assess, and advise on the effect of different types of clauses and define how they can be drafted or redrafted to leverage commercial objectives and manage and minimize risk of clients in international cross border transactions. The course objective is to introduce participants to the principles of contract drafting and, particularly, to the practical world of international contracts in English.

An introductory course teaching the concepts essential to the reporting of a company´s financial position. Students will learn to analyze operating results and cash flows to investors, creditors, and other decision makers, including how information is gathered and reported in financial statements, key information for a lawyer to make the most accurate decision for their client. Upon completion of this course, students will have sufficient knowledge of the fundamental concepts, terminology, and techniques of financial accounting to analyze a corporate annual report.

This course focuses on the structure and organization of the federal and state judicial systems, jurisdiction over the person and subject matter, process and pleadings, parties, joinder of claims, pre-trial motion practice, discovery of evidence, division of functions between judge and jury, in court procedures, post-trial motions, and appellate review. The course is litigation practice oriented and uses the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as a model.

This course familiarizes students with the principles and underlying policies of the United States taxing system concerning: (1) income earned by United States citizens, resident aliens, and corporations from business and investment activities abroad and (2) income earned by nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations from business and investment activities in the United States. It considers the basic international tax jurisdiction issues, the United States tax rules with respect to the sale of United States real property interests, an introduction to the foreign tax credit provisions, the foreign earned income exclusion in '911, the role of tax treaties, and an introduction to Subpart F and the other so-called "anti-deferral" mechanisms.

Most lawyers, negotiation is a major part of their professional duties. Of those matters that come into a lawyer's office, the vast majority are resolved by negotiation. Negotiation: communication for the purpose of persuasion is also a major element of everyday life. This course is designed to give students experience in negotiation, as well as a grounding in negotiation theory. The emphasis of the course is on experiential learning. Students spend most of their time participating in negotiation simulations, as well as discussing negotiation problems.