J.D. Specialization in Business Law
- Three to four foundation courses
- Three Group A courses (basic courses for students intending to enter general business practice)
- One Group B course (the Group B requirement can also be filled by a fourth Group A course or by a second Transactional Skills course)
- One Transactional Skills course
Curriculum
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Foundation Courses (required)
LAW 220
Introduction to Federal Income Taxation
LAW 230Business Associations
LAW 234Accounting For Lawyers
LAW 358Financial Analysis
Further information on Foundation Courses
The required courses are:
- 220. Introduction to Federal Income Taxation
- 230. Business Associations
- Either:
- 234. Accounting and Financial Analysis for Lawyers (3 unit version), or
- 234. Accounting for Lawyers (2 unit version), and 358. Financial Analysis (2 unit version), or
- Approved waiver based on prior study*
* Law 234 - Accounting and Financial Analysis for Lawyers is intended for students who have had no prior exposure to accounting. To determine whether you should take Law 234, you should answer the question below:
Have you taken any accounting courses or had exposure to accounting prior to coming to law school?• No (If No, you should enroll in Law 234.)
• Yes (If Yes, you should not enroll in Law 234.) Your transcript and application materials will be reviewed to confirm your prior accounting experience, and you will be notified that you met the requirement.
• Yes, but I would still like to take Law 234. (If you believe you should be allowed to enroll in Law 234 despite your prior exposure to accounting, email Professor John Power at power@law.ucla.edu to explain why you believe an exception to the enrollment policy should be granted in your case. Typically, exceptions are not granted unless the prior accounting coursework was many years ago, say, more than 5 years ago).
- Group A Courses (three are required)
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Group B Courses (one is required)
LAW 222
Estate and Gift Taxation
LAW 224U.S. International Taxation
LAW 231Advanced Corporation Law
LAW 244Television Law
LAW 249Tax Aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions
LAW 251Business Strategy and Corporate Governance
LAW 252Business Torts
LAW 261Employment Law
LAW 271International Business Transactions
LAW 272International Trade Law
LAW 285Local Government Law
LAW 286Land Use
LAW 302Copyright Law
LAW 303Music Industry Law
LAW 304International Intellectual Property
LAW 305Entertainment Law
LAW 306Patent Law
LAW 348European Union Law
LAW 363Nonprofit Law and Policy
LAW 380State and Local Taxation
LAW 419Real Estate Transactions
LAW 423Capital Markets Regulation
LAW 432International and Comparative Sports Law
LAW 434Business Skills for Lawyers
LAW 437Telecommunications Regulation
LAW 447Corporate Finance - What you need to know to be a successful lawyer
LAW 449Business Crime
LAW 480Television Special Issues: SVOD/AVOD Platforms
LAW 484Information Privacy and Data Protection
LAW 485Consumer Financial Protection
LAW 490Renewable Energy Project Finance
LAW 506Advanced Topics: Corporate & Securities Law
LAW 520Corporate Law Policy
LAW 525Patent Intensive
LAW 532Monetary Law and Institutions
LAW 543UCLA Colloquium on Tax Policy and Public Finance
LAW 544Antitrust and Intellectual Property in the Digital Economy
LAW 560Regulation of the Business Firm: Theory and Practice
LAW 573Digital Transformations in the Information Society
LAW 575Regulation of Investment Funds
LAW 582Brands: Constructing Identity
LAW 606Mergers and Acquisitions
LAW 648A/BBusiness Law Workshop
LAW 652Professional Responsibility Issues in Sophisticated Business Transactions, Litigations, and Reorganizations
LAW 660Cities in Distress
LAW 666The Law and Political Economy of Debt
LAW 693Food Litigation: Consumer Protection, Regulation, and Class Actions
LAW 757Insurance for Litigators
LAW 780Tax Practice
LAW 900Contract Design
LAW 918Director and Officer Insurance and Corporate Governance
LAW 929Comparative Corporate Governance
LAW 969Corporate Financial Distress: Risks and Opportunities
LAW 982Political Activities of Nonprofit Organizations
LAW 985Silicon Valley Law for Startups, Entrepreneurs and VCs
LAW 986Law of Elon Musk
LAW 987Business Crime
The Group B Course requirement can be fulfilled in any of three ways: (i) taking a Group B course; (ii) taking a fourth Group A course; or (iii) taking a second Transactional Skills course.
Note that some courses offer one or two academic credit units and, as a result, meet one-half of a Group B Requirement.
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Transactional Skills Courses (one is required)
LAW 271
International Business Transactions
LAW 343Complex Finance Transactions
LAW 364Motion Picture Distribution
LAW 391Venture Capital and the Start-Up Company
LAW 721Real Estate Law: Affordable Housing
LAW 732Land Development Simulation
LAW 737Internal Corporate Investigations
LAW 741Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions
LAW 744Merger and Acquisition Transactions
LAW 751Transactional Skills
LAW 759Life Cycle of a Business: From Start-up to Sale
LAW 763Contract Drafting
LAW 764UCLA Transactional Law Competition
LAW 768Sports Law Simulation
LAW 777Patent Litigation
LAW 779Mergers & Acquisitions Due Diligence
LAW 780Tax Practice
LAW 782International Commercial Arbitration Law and Advocacy
LAW 791A/BTalent & Brand Partnerships / Name, Image & Likeness Clinic
LAW 972Negotiation Theory & Practice (J-Term)
LAW 990Private Merger and Acquisition Transactions
Note that some courses offer one or two academic credit units and, as a result, meet one-half of a Transactional Skills Requirement.