OVERVIEW

Under revisions to the Concentration approved by the faculty in the fall of 2005, students may now pursue a Concentration certificate in one of two areas:  Business Law OR Business Law and Financial Services.

All Concentration students, regardless of whether they are pursuing the certificate in Business Law OR Business Law and Financial Services, must complete twenty five (25) credits in Concentration courses, broken down to eleven (11) credits in Core courses, two (2) credits in Practicum courses and twelve (12) credits Elective courses. 

Students who opt to receive the certificate in Business Law and Financial Services must tailor their elective courses to include Banking Law and at least two (2) other specific elective courses, as set forth below.     

COURSES

Fall 2013 Business Law and Financial Services Concentration Courses

Spring 2014 Business Law and Financial Services Concentration Courses

All  Concentration students will be required to complete twenty five (25) credits in Concentration courses, broken down as follows.

Specific elective courses required of students who opt to receive the Business Law and Financial Services certificate are noted at the end of this section. 

For complete course descriptions, please consult the Elective Courses section of the Suffolk University Law School web site at www.law.suffolk.edu/academic/jd/electives.cfm. Please note that not all courses are offered each semester and plan accordingly.

All Concentration students must take both Basic Federal Income Tax AND Securities Regulation. They may then choose between either Coporations OR Agency, Partnership & the LLC as the third required Concentration course. Students who opt to take both Corporations and Agency, Partnership & the LLC may count the fourth course toward the Concentration's elective course credits.

Both of the following two courses are required of all Concentration students.

Students must also take one (1) of the business practicum courses listed below or, alternatively, complete either (a) a for-credit internship with a business or financial placement pre- approved by the Faculty Director; or (b) be accepted into and complete the Investor Advocacy Clinic.  Students who opt to complete more than one (1) course from this list may count the additional course(s) as a Concentration elective(s).

Internships for the concentration must relate to business law or financial services and eligible internships will be determined by the Concentration Director and the Administrative Director of Concentrations. 

All eligible internships must be accompanied by a corresponding classroom component.  The classroom component may be satisfied by enrollment in either Legal Process and Practice or in an approved business law or financial services elective course.  Students will not receive Concentration credit for their enrollment in Legal Process and Practice.  Students who seek to satisfy the classroom component in conjunction with a financial services elective must be supervised in their internship by the full time resident course professor, including meeting with the professor on a regular basis, submitting internship time logs and  journals, completing other assignments, and generally complying with the requirements applicable to internships taken in conjunction with a course.

4 credits

(Students may also receive Concentration credit for the related internships taken in conjunction with this course.)

Special Requirements for students who opt to receive the Concentration certificate in Business Law and Financial Services are noted immediately following this elective course list.

And at least two (2) other courses among the following:

Students must take the Law School course, Accounting for Lawyers, or demonstrate equivalent accounting proficiency, prior to enrollment in any of the Graduate Program at the Sawyer Business School.

Students who are participating in a joint degree program may not count any credits earned in the Graduate Program at the Sawyer Business School toward fulfillment of the Concentration’s elective course requirements. 

Students who are not enrolled in a joint degree program may use up to six (6) credits of courses from the Graduate Program at the Sawyer Business School courses, including MBA 650 – Value Based Financial Management, for Concentration credit.  Other Graduate Program at the Sawyer Business School courses in Accounting and Finance, which generally fall within the coded ACCT and FIN course headings, are also acceptable, and may be approved for Concentration credit in the discretion of the Concentration Faculty Director. 

For a complete Sawyer Business School course catalog and current course schedules, please visit the Sawyer Business School at www.suffolk.edu/business/index.html.