Corporation Law

Corporation Law

The LL.M. in Corporation Law is designed primarily for applicants who earned their first degree in law from a non-U.S. law school. This program is offered on a full-time basis only beginning in the Fall semester.

The program leading to the Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Corporation Law is aimed primarily at international students seeking an intensive one-year program of academic training in the legal regulation of U.S. and global business activity. The program is built around a rigorous and broadly based curriculum that starts with a required course in U.S. corporation law and includes an exceptionally rich array of courses in finance, bankruptcy, securities regulation, and numerous specialized seminars. For those with a special interest in finance or international business a limited number of credits can be taken in the world-renowned departments of finance or international business of New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. Maximum flexibility for students to design their own course of study within the broad area of relevant courses is afforded by the program.

Requirements
All students in the Corporation Law program who have not taken a course in corporation law in a common law country must take Corporations for either 4 or 5 credits. Courses which satisfy the requirements for the degree are divided into three groups:

• Group I comprises core business law courses: Accounting for Lawyers, Corporate Finance, Securities
  Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions. All students are required to take at least 4 credits from this group.
• Group II comprises Law School courses related to the lawyer's role in business activity, such as: International Economic Law, International and Regional Trade Law, Corporate Tax, Income Taxation, Antitrust Law, and Real Estate Transactions.
• Group III comprises New York University Stern Graduate School of Business courses that are crosslisted for law students.

A Corporation Law student must take at least 21 credits from any combination of courses from Groups I, II, and III. It is recommended that students arrange to take at least one course that offers a writing opportunity.