Business Law at william Mitchell
Mitchell’s business law curriculum is designed for students interested in pursuing careers as transactional lawyers and corporate litigators, as well as those who want to own or operate businesses. With more than 40 business law courses, eight full-time professors who teach business law, numerous externships, a Business Law Clinic, and a center devoted to law and business, students have an abundance of opportunities to develop in-depth legal knowledge and gain real-world experience.
Business Law at William Mitchell Courses Mitchell offers 43 business law courses designed to provide students with solid foundations on which to build their careers in commercial law (sale and leasing of goods), real estate law (sale and leasing of real property), and business entity law. In addition, advanced courses such as Sports Law and Drafting International Business Agreements provide students opportunities to specialize in a specific area of business law.
The Center for Law and Business Students can supplement their legal education with core business courses, adding significant value to their law degrees, providing them with more career options, and making them better prepared for the demands of today’s complex world.
Courses cover core business topics traditionally taught in MBA programs, including: • Business planning • Accounting and projections • Marketing • Organization and structure • Capital structure • Angel funding • Human resources • Board and governance • Intellectual property
Law and Business Certificate Once students complete the program, they are awarded a certificate that demonstrates a business competency, significant knowledge of how businesses operate, and adds value to their J.D.s.
Only at Mitchell: DEALS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
The Business Law Clinic
Student Groups
Students work with business and corporate lawyers to provide legal advice to small business clients. The clinic provides excellent realworld experience in drafting formation documents and contracts, corporate dissolution, lease negotiations, employment law matters, and non-profit incorporation.
• Business Law Society • American Bar Association • Law Student Division-Business Law Section • Tax Law Society • Student Intellectual Property Law Association • Internet Law Society
This one-of-a-kind J-Term course has been
Full-time Faculty
simulate a pressure-filled and hectic week in
Small Business Practice— Skills Practicum
Greg Duhl Former transactional and litigation attorney
the life of a transactional lawyer. For five days
Michael Jordan Former labor attorney with Northwest Airlines (now Delta)
negotiations between two fictional companies.
Denise Roy Former tax attorney with the U.S. Senate Finance Committee
ate during the day. They use their classroom
Deborah Schmedemann Leader in Minnesota labor law
the Business Law Clinic and the Center for Law
Students form two-person law offices and represent a mock client in business matters from start-up through the tenth year of the company.
Externships Students earn credits by working with attorneys in corporations, law firms specializing in bankruptcy, and companies specializing in e-discovery.
John Sonsteng National expert in skills training
called “exhausting but exhilarating.” It’s also been called “the most realistic class” some students have ever taken. Deals and Dispute Resolution is designed to
and five nights, students work on complex
Students prepare late into the night and negotiknowledge. They use the skills they’ve gained in and Business. And by the end of the course when they look back and realize all they’ve accomplished, they feel “pretty incredible.”
BUSINESS LAW
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