To earn this Concentration, students must:

• complete 6 courses and 6 additional credits, as outlined in the requirements listed below
• earn a 3.5 grade point average in 18 graded credits to receive Honors in the Concentration

I. Core courses:

These 3 courses are required.

• Business Organizations: Partnership, LLC and Closely Held Corporations (817)
• Business Organizations: Public Corporations (741)
• Taxation I (742)

II. Complete 3 courses from the following:

• Intro to Intellectual Property (753)
• Accounting for Lawyers (811)
• Taxation II (840)
• Securities Regulation (914)
• Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic (854)
• Corporate Governance and Deals Lab (953)

III. Complete an additional 6 credits from the following:

• Any courses listed under section II
• If taking the Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic (854) for more than one term, up to 2 additional credits
• Negotiations/Mediation (743)
• Real Estate Transactions I (732)
• Secured Transactions (736)
• Antitrust (748 or 940)
• Trademark Law (749)
• Patent Law (751)
• Copyright Law (752)
• Advanced Legal Writing: Contract Drafting (808)
• Bankruptcy (821)
• International Business Transactions (828)
• Real Estate Transactions II (838)
• International Taxation (870)
• International Trade Law (871)
• International Commercial Arbitration (918)
• Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions (940)
• Asset Management & Financial Planning for Lawyers (729)
• Transactional LawMeet Competition (815)
• Law Externship Program or Corporate Legal Department Externship (855, with prior approval from the faculty advisor)
• Implications of Developing Technologies on Business and the Law (940)
• Business law-related credits in other graduate school courses (up to 2 credits with prior approval from the faculty advisor)
• Ruby R. Vale Corporate Competition (815)
• Kaufman Securities Law Competition (815)
• Saul Lefkowitz Intellectual Property Competition (815)
• Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (918)

Additional Information

Please note: there is no formal Concentration declaration process. Graduating students will be asked to complete a survey confirming they have met the requirements, and their coursework will be reviewed by the Concentration advisor. It is highly recommended that students meet with the advisor before graduation.

For more information or questions about the Business Law Concentration, contact  Professor John Ohnesorge: john.ohnesorge@wisc.edu.