Curriculum

• Foundation Courses (required)
  LAW 220

  Introduction to Federal Income Taxation

  LAW 230

  Business Associations

  LAW 234

  Accounting For Lawyers

  LAW 358

  Financial 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)
  LAW 209

  Real Estate Finance

  LAW 228

  Mergers & Acquisitions

  LAW 236

  Securities Regulation

  LAW 240

  Antitrust Law I

  LAW 248

  Business Bankruptcy

  LAW 250

  Secured Transactions

  LAW 291

  Taxation of Business Enterprises

  LAW 307

  Intellectual Property
• Group B Courses (one is required)
  LAW 204

  Arbitration Law

  LAW 222

  Estate and Gift Taxation

  LAW 224

  U.S. International Taxation

  LAW 231

  Advanced Corporation Law

  LAW 238

  Executive Compensation

  LAW 244

  Television Law

  LAW 249

  Tax Aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions

  LAW 251

  Business Strategy and Corporate Governance

  LAW 252

  Business Torts

  LAW 261

  Employment Law

  LAW 271

  International Business Transactions

  LAW 272

  International Trade Law

  LAW 285

  Local Government Law

  LAW 286

  Land Use

  LAW 302

  Copyright Law

  LAW 303

  Music Industry Law

  LAW 305

  Entertainment Law

  LAW 306

  Patent Law

  LAW 348

  European Union Law

  LAW 363

  Tax - Exempt Organizations

  LAW 380

  State and Local Taxation

  LAW 419

  Real Estate Transactions

  LAW 423

  Capital Markets Regulation

  LAW 432

  International and Comparative Sports Law

  LAW 434

  Business Skills for Lawyers

  LAW 437

  Telecommunications Regulation

  LAW 446

  Entrepreneurship & Venture Initiation

  LAW 447

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

  LAW 449

  Business Crime

  LAW 480

  Television Special Issues: SVOD/AVOD Platforms

  LAW 484

  Information Privacy and Data Protection

  LAW 485

  Consumer Financial Protection

  LAW 490

  Renewable Energy Project Finance

  LAW 506

  Advanced Topics: Corporate & Securities Law

  LAW 520

  Corporate Law Policy

  LAW 525

  Patent Intensive

  LAW 532

  Monetary Law and Institutions

  LAW 543

  UCLA Colloquium on Tax Policy and Public Finance

  LAW 544

  Antitrust and Intellectual Property in the Digital Economy

  LAW 560

  Regulation of the Business Firm: Theory and Practice

  LAW 573

  Digital Transformations in the Information Society

  LAW 582

  Brands: Constructing Identity

  LAW 606

  Mergers and Acquisitions

  LAW 648A/B

  Business Law Workshop

  LAW 652

  Professional Responsibility Issues in Sophisticated Business Transactions, Litigations, and Reorganizations

  LAW 660

  Cities in Distress

  LAW 666

  The Law and Political Economy of Debt

  LAW 681

  What Drives Innovation

  LAW 693

  Food Litigation: Consumer Protection, Regulation, and Class Actions

  LAW 757

  Insurance for Litigators

  LAW 780

  Tax Practice

  LAW 900

  Contract Design

  LAW 918

  Director and Officer Insurance and Corporate Governance

  LAW 919

  Corporate Social Responsibility

  LAW 929

  Comparative Corporate Governance

  LAW 932

  The Blockchain: Technology, Law and Regulation

  LAW 969

  Corporate Financial Distress: Risks and Opportunities

  LAW 982

  Political Activities of Nonprofit Organizations

  LAW 985

  Silicon Valley Law for Startups, Entrepreneurs and VCs

  LAW 986

  Law of Elon Musk

  LAW 987

  Business 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.

  The below courses offer one or two academic credit units and, as a result, meet one-half of a Group B Requirement:

  •    449. Business Crime
  •    780. Tax Practice
  •    900. Contract Design (J-Term)
  •    918. Director and Officer Insurance and Corporate Governance (J-Term)
  •    919. Corporate Social Responsibility (J-Term)
  •    932. The Blockchain: Technology, Law and Regulation (J-Term)
  •    943. Securities Litigation and Enforcement (J-Term)
  •    980. Issues in Drug Development and Pharmaceutical Innovation (J-Term)
  •    985. Silicon Valley Law (J-Term)
  •    986. Law of Elon Musk (J-Term)
  •    987. Business Crime (J-Term)

• Transactional Skills Courses (one is required)
  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 741

  Environmental Aspects of Business Transactions

  LAW 744

  Merger and Acquisition Transactions

  LAW 751

  Transactional Skills

  LAW 759

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

  LAW 763

  Contract Drafting

  LAW 764

  UCLA Transactional Law Competition

  LAW 768

  Sports Law Simulation

  LAW 777

  Patent Litigation

  LAW 779

  Mergers & Acquisitions Due Diligence

  LAW 780

  Tax Practice

  LAW 782

  International Commercial Arbitration Law and Advocacy

  LAW 791A/B

  Talent & Brand Partnerships / Name, Image & Likeness Clinic

  LAW 972

  Negotiation Theory & Practice (J-Term)

  LAW 988

  M & A Due Diligence

  The below courses offer one or two academic credit units and, as a result, meet one-half of a Transactional Skills Requirement.
   

  •    764. UCLA Transactional Law Competition
  •    779. M&A Due Diligence
  •    780. Tax Practice 
  •    988. M&A Due Diligence (J-Term)