Core Requirements
The requirements for the Business Law Specialization were developed by an advisory group of practitioners and academics, both alumni and friends of Loyola with the intent of preparing graduates to be exposed to the legal doctrines and skills necessary to be an effective professional.
The MLS degree requires 24 total units of credit. The Business Law Specialization will be recognized with the satisfactory completion of 15 units of coursework. This includes 9 units of required courses and 6 units of electives.
Required Courses
Successful completion of the following required courses:
- Business Associations (4 units)
Elective Courses
In addition to the required courses noted above, students in the Business Law Specialization are encouraged to take the following additional courses to the extent their schedule permits:
- Advertising Law (2 units)
- Antitrust Law (3units)
- Bankruptcy (3units)
- Business and Legal Affairs for Scripted TV Programming and Distribution
- Business Planning I: Financing the Start-up Business and Venture Capital Financing
- Consumer Bankruptcy Clinic: Advocacy Process (4 units)
- Contract Drafting (2 units)
- Contracts (5 units)
- Copyright Law (3 units)
- Cyber Security and AI Governance (1 unit)
- Cyber Security and Regulatory Compliance (2 units)
- Employment Law (2 units)
- Entertainment Law (3 units)
- Income Taxation I (3 units)
- Innovation Law (3 units)
- International Business Transactions (3 units)
- Introduction to Income Taxation (3 units)
- Introduction to International Law (3 units)
- Introduction to Negotiations (2 units)
- Law of Sales: Domestic and International (3 units)
- Legal Research for the Transactional Lawyer (1 unit)
- Licensing and Technology Transfer (3 units)
- Litigating a Copyright Case Seminar (2 units)
- Mediation (3 units)
- Mergers and Acquisitions (3 units)
- Patent Law (3 units)
- Pro Se Mediation Advocacy Clinic (3 units)
- Secured Transactions in Real Property (3 units)
- Securities Regulation (3 units)
- Smart Contracts and Decentralized Finance (2 units)
- Trademark Law (3 units)
- Trusts and Wills (4 units)