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Specialization in Taxation

  • Three or four foundation courses in the second year (preferably in the first semester).
  • One Group A course (Law 291, Taxation of Business Enterprises).
  • Three Group B courses.
  • One transactional skills course (preferably in the third year). A second transactional skills course may be counted as a Group B course.

Please Note: Course offerings may vary from year to year.

Foundation Courses (required in second year)
Course # Course Name
220 Introduction to Federal Income Taxation
230 Business Associations
234 Accounting for Lawyers (for students without an accounting background)
358 Financial Analysis (may be waived)
Group A Course (required)
Course # Course Name
291 Taxation of Business Enterprises
Group B Courses (three are required [1])
Course # Course Name
222 Estate and Gift Taxation
224 International Taxation
228 Mergers and Acquisitions
238 Executive Compensation
251 Business Strategy and Corporate Governance
285 Local Government
363 Tax-Exempt Organizations
380 State and Local Taxation
390 Estate Planning
447 Corporate Finance - Securities Markets and Corporate Value
536 Proposition 13: Law, History, and Politics
543 Colloquium on Tax Policy and Public Finance
660 Cities in Distress
780 Tax Practice [2]
Transactional Skills Courses (one is required [1])
Course # Course Name
271 International Business Transactions
343 Complex Finance Transactions
364 Motion Picture Distribution
391 Venture Capital and the Start-Up Company
714 Business Deals
721 Real Estate Law Clinic
739 Community Economic Development
741 Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions
743 Corporate In-House Practice Clinic
744 Merger and Acquisition Transactions
751 Transactional Skills
759 Transactional Skills - Lifecycle of a Business
765 Trademark Clinic

  • [1] A second Transactional Skills course may be counted as a Group B course.
    [2] Law 780. Tax Practice, a one-unit course, meets half of a Group B requirement.