Areas of Focus

Business & Tax Law

A trailblazer in transactional law training and home to leading scholars in tax law and policy, UCLA Law prepares budding practitioners, entrepreneurs and executives.

UCLA Law was one of the first schools in the nation to offer students a systematic focus on business law, and it has expanded its focus on the law of taxation, rising to rank among the premier academic centers in these pivotal areas of policy and practice.

Centered in the Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy, and conducted with the Ziman Center for Real Estate and the Center for Law and Economics, our multifaceted approach combines traditional classes in legal doctrine and theory; experiential offerings that simulate real-world negotiations involving business-law attorneys and their clients; and programs featuring eminent executives, attorneys and policymakers.

Working closely with top professors in taxation, corporate law, bankruptcy, securities regulation, mergers and acquisitions, finance and commercial law – and with mentorship from several of the many alumni who have succeeded at the highest levels of business and philanthropy – students gain vital tools that propel them to careers as supremely accomplished attorneys.

Centers of Excellence
Centers of Excellence

Center for Law & Economics

With a foundational approach, this center examines how economic concepts can help us understand and improve our laws.

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Centers of Excellence

Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy

Focusing on entrepreneurship and practical business law training, LMI creates outstanding leaders in law and business.

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Centers of Excellence

Ziman Center for Real Estate

This center advances thought leadership through research, educational opportunities and professional forums.

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Jill Horwitz, Rose Chan Loui and Ellen Aprill co-author an article for the Conversation about the legal implications if OpenAI shifts into a for-profit company

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Nov 15, 2024

Kimberly Clausing speaks with Axios about tariffs and taxation under Trump

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