Boston University School of Law

International Business Practice Concentration Requirements

To complete an International Business Practice concentration within the LL.M. in American Law Program, students need to complete at least four classes, distributed as follows:

One Required Class: Corporations (4 credits)

Group I: One of the following IBP-related classes:

Globalization of Legal Profession (S)
Immigration Law (S)
International Business Agreements (S)
International Business Transactions
International Business Arbitration (S)

International Competition Law Research (S)
International Economic Institutions (Banking Program)
International Human Rights (S)
International Intellectual Property (S)

International Law
International Law for the 21st Century (S)
International Project Finance (S)
International Securities Transactions (Banking Program)
International Tax (Tax Program)
International Trade Regulation (S)
Microfinance and Development (Banking Program)
Transnational Lending (Banking Program)

   

Group II: At least two of the following background/related classes:

Any Group I Class (above)
Antitrust
Antitrust, IP and Innovation Policy (S)
Attorney-Client Privilege (S)
Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights
Bankruptcy Practice (S)
Biomedical Innovation (GSM)
Business Bankruptcy
The Business of Law (S)
Commercial Code
Commercial Law: Payments
Commercial Law: Sales
Commercial Law: Secured Transactions
Consumer Law
Contracts
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance (S)
Current Issues in Employment Law (S)
Deals: Economic Structure of Transactions
E-Commerce & the Business Lawyer (S)
Employee Benefit Plans
Employment Discrimination/Employment Law
Energy Law & Policy (S)
Entertainment Law (S)
Entrepreneurial Management (GSM)
Entrepreneurship (GSM)

Environmental Law
Government Regulation of Financial Services
Government, Society and the New Entrepreneur (GSM)
Health Care Transactions (S)
Insurance Law
Introduction to Federal Income Taxation
Labor Law
Law and Economics Workshop (S)
Law and Sports (S)
Mergers and Acquisitions
Mutual Funds (Investment Companies)
Negotiated Mergers and Acquisitions (S)
Private Equity and Venture Capital (S)
Real Estate Finance and Tax (S)
Remedies
Securities Regulation
Securitization
Starting New Ventures (SMG)
Taxation of Corporations
Taxation of Financial Instruments
Tax Policy (S)
Technology Commercialization
White Collar Crime (S)

Any class offered through the Graduate Program in Banking and Financial Law or the Graduate Tax Program

S = Seminar
Updated June 2009, Subject to Change