The course explores the intersection of law and finance within the corporate context, emphasizing the legal principles and regulations that govern various financial transactions and financial decision-making undertaken by corporations. By studying key aspects of Corporate Governance, Securities Regulation, M&A, and Compliance, among others, it provides a comprehensive examination of the legal framework underpinning corporate finance activities.

The course focuses on enabling candidates to structure and negotiate both pre-contractual and contractual agreements. Students will learn how to analyze, assess, and advise on the effect of different types of clauses and define how they can be drafted or redrafted to leverage commercial objectives and manage and minimize risk of clients in international cross border transactions. The course objective is to introduce participants to the principles of contract drafting and, particularly, to the practical world of international contracts in English.

An introductory course teaching the concepts essential to the reporting of a company´s financial position. Students will learn to analyze operating results and cash flows to investors, creditors, and other decision makers, including how information is gathered and reported in financial statements, key information for a lawyer to make the most accurate decision for their client. Upon completion of this course, students will have sufficient knowledge of the fundamental concepts, terminology, and techniques of financial accounting to analyze a corporate annual report.

This course covers the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the California Rules of Professional Conduct, relevant sections of the California Business and Professions Code, and leading federal and state case law on the subject.

The course explores the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and legal systems, aiming to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the legal, ethical, and societal implications of AI adoption within the legal domain.

This course deals with mergers, acquisitions and other corporate restructuring activities such as leveraged buy-outs and divestitures in an international context. The primary objective of the course is for each student to gain a well-rounded understanding of the major legal, strategic, financial and governance issues of mergers and acquisitions. Acquisition and mergers are a daily fact of life and any lawyer working in the corporate department of a law firm, or in the M&A department of a company, will most likely be affected by a merger or acquisition at some point in their career.

This course focuses on the structure and organization of the federal and state judicial systems, jurisdiction over the person and subject matter, process and pleadings, parties, joinder of claims, pre-trial motion practice, discovery of evidence, division of functions between judge and jury, in court procedures, post-trial motions, and appellate review. The course is litigation practice oriented and uses the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as a model.

The primary objective of the course is to give students a thorough grounding in the antitrust law of the United States. An important secondary objective is to introduce students to economic reasoning in law more generally. This course will cover the fundamentals of Federal antitrust law. Topics covered include the basic structure of antitrust analysis (market definition, market assessment, remedies). Doctrines covered include those relating to price-fixing and other horizontal conspiracies in restraint of trade, vertical price and non-price restraints, boycotts, exclusive dealing and tying arrangements, price discrimination; monopolies, monopolization, and mergers and acquisitions.

Most lawyers, negotiation is a major part of their professional duties. Of those matters that come into a lawyer's office, the vast majority are resolved by negotiation. Negotiation: communication for the purpose of persuasion is also a major element of everyday life. This course is designed to give students experience in negotiation, as well as a grounding in negotiation theory. The emphasis of the course is on experiential learning. Students spend most of their time participating in negotiation simulations, as well as discussing negotiation problems.