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Transactional lawyers need strong analytical, drafting, writing, and negotiation skills so they can counsel organizations and individuals on a variety of legal and business issues. Loyola's JD Certificate in Transactional Law provides you with the valuable training and experience to be successful in firms of all sizes and in various corporate law settings.

The Center for Business Law

The Transactional Law Certificate is administered by the following faculty members:

Patricia Hureston Lee
Clinical Professor of Law; Executive Director, Center for Business Law; Director, Business Law Clinic
Suite 1005
plee12@luc.edu

Steven Ramirez
Professor of Law; and Director, Center for Business Law
Suite 1005
sramir3@luc.edu

Curriculum

To earn a Certificate in Transactional Law, you must complete six (6) courses, with topics including business organizations, federal income tax, corporate and partnership tax, securities regulation, one experiential course and one elective course. Credit hours range from 17-21 credit hours, depending on the experiential and elective courses selected.

You must complete all requirements of the program and earn a grade point average of “B” (3.0) average overall or better in the Certificate courses taken.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
LAW 270	Business Organizations 3	4
LAW 280	Federal Income Tax 1	3
LAW 281	Corp & Partnership Tax 2	3
LAW 370	Securities Regulation 3	3
Experiential Courses
You must complete a business law externship, clinical, or work experience. All externship experiences and volunteer/employment experiences must be approved in advance. Pre-approved paid work, work as a research assistant, or volunteer work count toward the experiential requirement.
Select one of the following:		1-3
LAW 480	Business Planning
LAW 482	Advising Not-For-Profit Organizations
LAW 483	Federal Tax Clinic I
LAW 599	Externship Intensive Field Placement
LAW 825	Business Law Center Clinical & Seminar
Elective Courses
Select one of the following:		1-3
LAW 130	Transactional Skills Seminar
LAW 155	Law and the Subprime Debacle
LAW 164	Mergers and Acquisitions
LAW 231	Secured Transactions
LAW 233	Bankruptcy
LAW 254	Consumer Law
LAW 282	Law and Accounting
LAW 349	Environmental Law
LAW 371	International Business Trans
LAW 375	Antitrust
LAW 377	Intellectual Property Law
LAW 386	Advanced Corporate Tax
LAW 405	Business Practice Transactional Skills
LAW 417	Advanced Business Law
LAW 431	Documenting and Negotiating Finance Transactions
LAW 449	Negotiations Seminar
LAW 483	Federal Tax Clinic I
LAW 486	Federal Tax Clinic II
LAW 498	Corporate Governance Law and Practice
LAW 524	Sales
Advanced Writing for Legal Practice: Business Practice
LAW 711	Corporate Transactions in Health Law
LAW 741	Health Law: Business and Finance
LAW 798	Health Care Compliance
LAW 826	Business Law Clinic II
LAW 839	Corporate Compliance

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Second Year for JD students, Weekend JD Students in the Third Year

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Second Year for JD Students, Weekend JD Students in the Third Year

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These courses can be taken in any term.

Applying for the Certificate

At the beginning of your third year, you must complete an application for the Certificate in Transactional Law. You must submit a completed application to the Center for Business Law faculty member for consultation and signature. You must then submit your signed application form to the Law School Registrar's Office.

Graduate & Professional Standards and Regulations

Students in graduate and professional programs can find their Academic Policies in Graduate and Professional Academic Standards and Regulations under their school. Any additional University Policies supercede school policies.

Learning Outcomes

Each student graduating with the Certificate in Transactional Law must demonstrate:

1. competence in the business and transactional law subject areas covered by the following required courses: Business Organizations, Federal Income Tax and Corporate or Partnership Tax;
2. competence in reading, interpreting, and considering basic financial statements and other basic financial literacy skills in deals as covered by the following required courses: Business Organizations, Federal Income Tax and Business Law Clinic;
3. competence in securities regulation subject area as covered by the following required course: Securities Regulation;
4. competence in interviewing, counseling, and communicating with clients, supervising attorneys, and other deal team members in the context of a business deal through the law school’s experiential program (the business law clinic or externship); and
5. competence in identifying ethical issues in business transactions through Externships and the Business Law Clinic.