Business Law Graduate Certificate
Must be admitted to the Business Law Certificate.
The admission requirements are as follows: (1) must be an enrolled JD student at the University of Idaho College of Law; (2) must have taken and earned a B- or higher in LAW 9190 Business Associations (4 credits); (3) must have taken and earned a B- or higher in LAW 9300 Federal Income Taxation (3 or 4 credits); and (4) must have taken and earned a B- or higher in either LAW 9240 Sales (3 credits) or LAW 9250 Property Security (3 credits).
Must achieve a B- or higher in all additional course requirements (O-10-b).
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Course Requirements | ||
| Choose 9 credits from the following: | 9 | |
| Advanced Torts | ||
| Agricultural Law | ||
| Introduction to Intellectual Property | ||
| Administrative Law | ||
| Workplace Law | ||
| Energy Law | ||
| Antitrust | ||
| Securities Regulation | ||
| Accounting for Lawyers | ||
| Trademarks and Unfair Competition | ||
| Payment Systems | ||
| Bankruptcy | ||
| Business Entities Taxation | ||
| Real Estate Transactions | ||
| White Collar Crime | ||
| White Collar Crime | ||
| Skills Requirement | ||
| Three credits from the following: | 3-6 | |
| Arbitration Law | ||
| Civil Mediation | ||
| Negotiation and Appropriate Dispute Resolution | ||
| Payment Systems | ||
| Entrepreneurship Law Clinic | ||
| Tax Clinic | ||
Externship in a Relevant Placement | ||
| Writing Requirement | ||
| The candidate's Upper Division Writing Requirement must be based on Business Law as determined by the candidate's certificate advisor. | ||
| Total Hours | 12-15 | |
Courses to total 12 credits for this certificate.
Students will master the fundamentals of business associations, including agency, partnerships, and corporations law.
Students will master the fundamentals of taxation including understanding and learning about the United States Tax Code.
Students will master the fundamentals of commercial law, including learning how to read and interpret important provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Students will gain additional knowledge about business-related fields of interest to them.
Students will gain competence in skills-based business law either through a course or externship.
Students will improve their writing and overall business law comprehension through focusing their upper division writing requirement on a business law topic of their choosing.