LL.M. in Business and Finance Law George Washington University, Law School

Courses

• Securities Regulation (6252)
• Corporate Finance (6254)
• Mergers and Acquisitions (6256)
• Venture Capital Law (6259)
• Regulation of Mutual Funds and Investment Advisers (6260)
• Regulation of Derivatives (6261)
• Corporation Law Seminar (6262)
• Selected Topics in Corporate Law (6263)
• Securities Law Seminar (6264)
• Selected Topics in Securities Law (6267)
• Employee Benefit Plans (6272)
• Secured Transactions (6280)
• Secured Transactions and Commercial Paper (6281)
• Commercial Paper—Payment Systems (6282)
• E-Commerce (6283)
• Creditors’ Rights and Debtors’ Protection (6284)
• Business Bankruptcy and Reorganization (6285)
• Consumer Protection Law (6286)
• Selected Topics in Banking Law (6289)
• Banking Law (6290)
• Banking Law Seminar (6292)
• Admiralty (6293)
• Unincorporated Business Organizations and Agency Law (6294)
• Business Planning (6296)
• Insurance (6298)
• Federal Income Taxation (6300)
• Corporate Taxation (6302)
• Partnership and LLC Taxation (6304)
• International Taxation (6312)
• Nonprofit Organizations: Law and Taxation (6314)
• State and Local Taxation (6316)
• Selected Topics in Tax Policy Law (6317)
• Tax Policy Seminar (6318)
• Selected Topics in Public Law (6427)**
• Modern Real Estate Transactions (6330)
• Land Use Law (6332)
• Law of Real Estate Financing (6334)
• White-Collar Crime (6364)
• Antitrust Law (6402)
• Public Law Seminar (6426)**
• Trade and Sustainable Development (6435)
• Environmental Issues in Business Transactions (6452)
• International Money Laundering, Corruption, and Terrorism (6521)
• International Business Transactions (6522)
• The International Competition Law Regime (6523)
• International Commercial Law (6524)
• International Trade Law (6526)
• Advanced International Trade Law (6527)
• Law of the European Union (6534)
• International Finance (6541)
• International Banking and Investment Law (6542)
• International Investment Law and Arbitration (6544)
• International Project Finance (6545)
• Chinese Business Law (6549)
• U.S. Export Control Law and Regulation (6553)
• International Arbitration (6556)
• Introduction to Transactional Islamic Law (6557)
• International Negotiations (6558)
• Trade Remedy Law (6563)
• International Business Transaction Seminar (6564)
• Law and Accounting (6602)
• Small Business and Community Economic Development Clinic (6621)
• Negotiations (6648)
• Legal Drafting (Transactional) (6652)**
• Legal Drafting (Mergers and Acquisitions) (6652)**
• Field Placement (6668)***
• Graduate Independent Legal Writing (6696)***
• Graduate Clinical Studies (6697)***

*Contracts I (6202) and Contracts II (6203) also will be available, with the permission of the program director, to those students who have not completed equivalent coursework.

**Select sections with the permission of the program director. ***With the permission of the program director.

Courses Related to Business and Finance Law

Please note: The courses below are related to, but do not count toward the 16-credit Business and Finance curriculum requirement.

• Administrative Law (6400)
• Communications Law (6412)
• Legislation (6416)
• Legislative Analysis and Drafting (6418)
• Local Government Law (6422)
• Environmental Law (6430)
• Patent Law (6471)
• Copyright Law (6472)
• Formation of Government Contracts (6502)
• Performance of Government Contracts (6503)
• International Organizations (6530)
• Space Law (6548)
• Law of the Sea (6550)
• U.S. Export Control Law and Regulation (6553)
• International Dispute Resolution (6682)