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All FacultyapprovalRobert AndersonMary Jane AngeloSusan B. ApelOscar AvalleTracy BachBetsy BakerHoward BallAlexander W. BanksBonnie BarnesRobin BaroneDavid BatsonDon BaurMichael BeanGlenn BergerLaurie BeyranevandSeth BlumsackKaren BorgstromPeter BradfordGary T. BrooksRichard O. BrooksDavid BrowerJohn BurkeNolan BurkhouseOlivier CahnBernard CarreyTeresa B. ClemmerLiz Ryan ColeKim Diana ConnollyCynthia CookJason J. CzarnezkiJohanna K.P. DennisSheryl Lynn DickeyTimothy DuaneMichael DworkinStephen DycusJohn D. EcheverriaArthur C. EdersheimTim EichenbergPeg ElmerJennifer Emens-ButlerJohn EversRoxana FamilyStephanie FarriorCatherine FeeneyDavid B. FirestoneFrank V. FontanaRandy FoosePriscilla FoxRobert GagnonJackie GardinaClara GimenezGleb GlinkaOliver R. GoodenoughKevin GriffinJames M. GrijalvaCheryl HannaPhilip HarterBarry HillRandolph HillPaul HinesHillary HoffmannWilliam Robert IrvinEric JansonJessica JayShirley JeffersonGregory JohnsonWalter JudgeMartha L. JudyLaurie KadochRobert KeinerKenneth R. KreilingDonald M. KreisJulie Graves KrishnaswamiGil KujovichPeter B. KuninSiu Tip LamMark LathamThomas LautzenheiserStephen LaweBenoit LeBarsMatthew LevineCynthia LewisJingjing LiuReed Elizabeth LoderEric LopezLela LoveL. Randolph LowryBrian MarsicovetereMichele Martinez CampbellJames C. MayRandall MayhewMichael McCannScott McCrearyDavid MearsLawrence MeierDwight MerriamPhilip N. MeyerMarc MihalyAlan MillerJanet E. MilneLaura Bucher MurphyBarry NeedlemanKatharine NelsonSean NolonSheldon NovickLarry NovinsCathryn C. NunlistMark OettingerJason OkaiPatrick A. ParenteauCraig M. PeaseCurtis PewWalter PolemanBrian PortoDonald PowersRebecca PurdomLinda PurdyRobert RachlinHarvey ReiterAnthony F. RenzoCaleb RickGiuliana RobertsonHilary Catherine RobinsonWilliam H. RodgersM E RolleRuth Rubio-MarinWilliam RussellChristine RyanRobert SandAnna SaxmanYvonne ScannellBetsy SchmidtJan SensenichKaveh ShahiDinah SheltonGeoffrey B. ShieldsLinda O. SmiddyJames Gustave SpethNorman SteinPamela J. StephensJudy E. SternJoseph StulbergMike SuttonLea SwansonPeter R. TeachoutSusanne TerryJack TuholskePamela VesilindJoan VogelJacqueline WeaverSteven WeissmanJon WellinghoffBurns H. WestonJeffry WhiteLaJuana WilcherStephanie J. WillbanksDavid WirthSteven WiseJens WoelkJane WoldowSuellen WolfeL. Kinvin WrothTseming YangCarl A. YirkaDeborah YoungMaryann Zavez
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Contracts

Required JD

This course examines in detail the requisite elements of a valid contract, while analyzing the effects of contracts on third parties and the impact of outside forces on contracting parties.

Corporate Finance/Mergers and Acquisitions

Business

The course explores legal and financial issues relating to the capital structure and financing of corporations, including various types of securities and the rights and legal relationships among the holders of such securities; and business and legal considerations with respect to dividends and distributions to shareholders.  It also considers the planning, structure and implementation, and various corporate law issues, in connection with mergers and acquisitions, and the role of the business lawyer in corporate transactions. 

Prerequisite:  Corporations.

Corporations

Business

The course includes an introduction to basic accounting principles, the study of agency law principles, and the law of privately held organizations (partnerships and LLC's) and corporations.  Topics covered will include discussion of issues relating to the choice of business form, and issues concerning business formation, business management, financing, and dissolution.

Accounting and Business Fundamentals recommended, but not required.