Business Law & Tax Law

BUSINESS LAW & TAX LAW DePaul’s business law curriculum teaches the key legal principles and skills that lawyers use when advising businesses of all sizes—on both transactional and litigation matters.

DePaul’s tax law courses range from introductory to advanced courses on personal, corporate and partnership taxation, among other topics.

BUSINESS LAW & TAX LAW CERTIFICATES: Business Law or Tax Law

To earn a certificate in either business law or tax law, you must complete the 86 credits required for the JD degree. Within the required coursework, you must complete at least 15 credit hours from the approved course list and earn a minimum GPA of 3.20 in the certificate courses. If you take more than 15 hours from the approved list, all grades earned in those courses will be factored into the GPA requirement for the certificate.

For detailed certificate requirements and an approved course list, please visit go.depaul.edu/certificates.

PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES

• Business Law Clinic • Collaborations with 1871 & 2112 Chicago entrepreneurship and innovation hubs • Externships with government agencies, law firms and businesses • Business & Commercial Law Journal • JD/LLM in Taxation • JD/Master in International & European Business Law • JD/MBA • LLM in Taxation • Study Abroad

COURSES Course offerings may vary from year to year.

• Anatomy of a Deal • Antitrust • Bankruptcy • Business Fundamentals for Lawyers • Business Planning • Business Organizations • Choice of Business Entity • Commercial Arbitration • Commercial Law Survey • Consumer Protection • Corporate Finance • Corporate Taxation • Derivatives for Attorneys • Employee Benefits • Employment Discrimination • Estate Planning • Externship Program

• Federal Income Taxation or Federal Income Taxation & Federal Policy • Fiduciary Law • Guided Research • Independent Study • Insurance Law • International Business Transactions • International Taxation • International Trade Law • Investment Company Regulation • Labor Law • Legal Clinic I & II: Business Law • Legal Drafting: Transactions • Mergers & Acquisitions

• Negotiations • Non-profit Organizations • Partnership Taxation • Real Estate Transactions • Sales • Secured Transactions • Securities Fraud • Securities Regulation • Senior Research Seminar • State & Local Taxation • Tax Research & Writing • Taxation of Structured Real Estate Transactions

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