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.
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, visit go.depaul.edu/certificates
PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES
• Business Law Clinic
• Externships with government agencies, law firms and businesses
• Legal Analysis, Research & Communication I & II: Business Law
• Business & Commercial Law Journal
• Business Law Society
• JD/Master in International & European Business Law
• JD/MBA
• Study Abroad and Foreign Exchange Programs
UPPER-LEVEL COURSES
Course offerings may vary from year to year.
• Anatomy of a Deal
• Antitrust
• Bankruptcy
• Business & Commercial Law
Journal Editorial Board
• 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
• Fiduciary Law
• Guided Research
• Independent Study
• Insurance Law
• International Business Transactions
• International Taxation
• International Trade Law
• Labor Law
• Legal Clinic I & II: Business Law
• Legal Drafting: Transactions
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Negotiations
• Non-Profit Organizations
• Partnership Taxation
• Practical Legal Research: Business Law
• Real Estate Transactions
• Sales
• Secured Transactions
• Securities Fraud
• Securities Regulation
• Senior Research Seminar
• State & Local Taxation
• Taxation of Structured Real Estate Transactions
