UCLA Law J.D. 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.

Curriculum

Foundation Courses (required in second year)

LAW 220
Introduction to Federal Income Taxation

LAW 230
Business Associations

LAW 234
Accounting For Lawyers

LAW 358
Financial Analysis
Group A Course (required)

LAW 291
Taxation of Business Enterprises
Group B Courses (three are required [1])

LAW 222
Estate and Gift Taxation

LAW 224
U.S. International Taxation

LAW 228
Mergers & Acquisitions

LAW 238
Executive Compensation

LAW 251
Business Strategy and Corporate Governance

LAW 285
Local Government Law

LAW 363
Tax - Exempt Organizations

LAW 380
State and Local Taxation

LAW 390
Estate Planning

LAW 447
Corporate Finance - What you need to know to be a successful lawyer

LAW 536
Proposition 13: Law, History, and Politics

LAW 543
UCLA Colloquium on Tax Policy and Public Finance

LAW 660
Cities in Distress

LAW 780
Tax Practice

[1] A second Transactional Skills course may be counted as a Group B course.

Law 780. Tax Practice, a one-unit course, meets half of a Group B requirement.

Although Law 780. Tax Practice is a one-unit course, it is worth a full unit in the Taxation Specialization since there are no other half-unit courses in the specialization.
Transactional Skills Courses (one is required [1])

LAW 271
International Business Transactions

LAW 343
Complex Finance Transactions

LAW 364
Motion Picture Distribution

LAW 391
Venture Capital and the Start-Up Company

LAW 714
Structuring Business Deals and Negotiations

LAW 721
Real Estate Law: Affordable Housing

LAW 737
Internal Corporate Investigations

LAW 739
Community Economic Development Clinic

LAW 741
Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions

LAW 743
Corporate Practice Clinic

LAW 744
Merger and Acquisition Transactions

LAW 751
Transactional Skills

LAW 759
Life Cycle of a Business: From Start-up to Sale

LAW 765
Trademark Clinic

LAW 780
Tax Practice

[1] A second Transactional Skills course may be counted as a Group B course.

Although Law 780. Tax Practice is a one-unit course, it is worth a full unit in the Taxation Specialization since there are no other half-unit courses in the specialization.

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J.D. Specialization in Taxation

Curriculum

Introduction to Federal Income Taxation

Business Associations

Accounting For Lawyers

Financial Analysis

Taxation of Business Enterprises

Estate and Gift Taxation

U.S. International Taxation

Mergers & Acquisitions

Executive Compensation

Business Strategy and Corporate Governance

Local Government Law

Tax - Exempt Organizations

State and Local Taxation

Estate Planning

Corporate Finance - What you need to know to be a successful lawyer

Proposition 13: Law, History, and Politics

UCLA Colloquium on Tax Policy and Public Finance

Cities in Distress

Tax Practice

International Business Transactions

Complex Finance Transactions

Motion Picture Distribution

Venture Capital and the Start-Up Company

Structuring Business Deals and Negotiations

Real Estate Law: Affordable Housing

Internal Corporate Investigations

Community Economic Development Clinic

Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions

Corporate Practice Clinic

Merger and Acquisition Transactions

Transactional Skills

Life Cycle of a Business: From Start-up to Sale

Trademark Clinic

Tax Practice

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