Corporate & Commercial Law
Offered at IU Indianapolis by Robert H. McKinney School of Law.
About
The Corporate and Commercial Law Graduate Certificate curriculum prepares students to represent clients in both negotiating transactions and litigating disputes with full awareness of applicable corporate, commercial, and private international law principles and appreciation of regulatory, economic, and ethical considerations.
Upon completion of the CCLGC, a student should be able to:
- Represent clients in forming new business entities and in both negotiating corporate transactions and litigating corporate disputes with full awareness of the fiduciary and other duties of owners, directors, managers, and officers and the applicability of such principles as the business judgment rule and the corporate opportunity doctrine;
- Represent clients in both negotiating credit or other commercial transactions and litigating commercial disputes with due attention to the requirements of the Uniform Commercial Code, Federal Bankruptcy law, and other applicable statutes and law;
- Represent clients both in negotiating international business and commercial transactions and litigating international business and commercial disputes with appropriate understanding of applicable treaties and other requirements of private international law;
- Assist clients in complying with applicable state, federal, and international tax, labor, environmental, antitrust, and other government regulations, statutes, and treaties;
- Apply basic principles of the legal regulation of economic activity to address the key corporate and commercial law challenges in the domestic and international economic spheres;
- Understand basic principles of accounting and valuation for businesses;
- Recognize conflict of interest and other ethical considerations that arise in connection with representing clients in both negotiating business transactions and litigating business disputes; and
- Respond correctly to bar exam questions on contract, commercial, and corporate law.
Note: Students wishing to pursue any certificate must submit an Intent Form by the end of the first week of their final semester. This is a non-negotiable deadline so that IU McKinney School of Law is in compliance with Indiana University policy. Students are encouraged to sign an Intent Form as soon as they find interest in a topic area; there is no penalty for not satisfying the requirements.