Business Law Certificate Tracking Form

Grade Requirements:
In order to be awarded the Business Law Certificate you must attain an average GPA no lower than 74 or 3.0 on the group of courses that you are using to meet the Certificate requirements.

The Business Law Certificate Tracking Form should be submitted to the Academic Programs Office no later than the end of drop/add week during your expected graduation term.

All courses that you plan to use to meet the requirements must be taken at the College of Law and must be taken for graded credit (except courses that are S/U only).

Plan Ahead:
Corporations, Taxation, and Closely Held Business Organizations are offered at least twice a year. Not all certificate courses are offered on a regular basis.

Please note that this form is for your personal reference and progress tracking. All final graduation checklists and GPA calculations for the Business Law Certificate will be completed at the end of your expected graduation term.

Name Name First Last
Date Date / MM / DD YYYY
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Expected Graduation (Month/Year):

Required Credit Hours:
Required Credit Hours:	Yes	No
91 TOTAL credit hours	91 TOTAL credit hoursYes	91 TOTAL credit hoursNo
21 credit hours of Business Law Certificate Courses	21 credit hours of Business Law Certificate CoursesYes	21 credit hours of Business Law Certificate CoursesNo

General Requirements
General Requirements	Yes	No
Corporations or Closely Held Business Organizations (required)	Corporations or Closely Held Business Organizations (required)Yes	Corporations or Closely Held Business Organizations (required)No
Taxation (required)	Taxation (required)Yes	Taxation (required)No
Corporate Finance and Commercial Law Component (at least 1 required)	Corporate Finance and Commercial Law Component (at least 1 required)Yes	Corporate Finance and Commercial Law Component (at least 1 required)No
Law & Economics Component (at least 1 required)	Law & Economics Component (at least 1 required)Yes	Law & Economics Component (at least 1 required)No
Small Business Organization & Entity Taxation Component (at least 1 course required)	Small Business Organization & Entity Taxation Component (at least 1 course required) Yes	Small Business Organization & Entity Taxation Component (at least 1 course required) No
Practical Experience Requirement	Practical Experience RequirementYes	Practical Experience RequirementNo
ULWR	ULWRYes	ULWRNo

REQUIRED COURSES

REQUIRED COURSES Corporations (4 credits) or Closely Held Business Organizations (3 credits) Taxation (4 credits)
CORPORATE FINANCE AND COMMERCIAL LAW COMPONENT
(select at least one course)

CORPORATE FINANCE AND COMMERCIAL LAW COMPONENT
(select at least one course) Bankruptcy (3 credits) Bankruptcy Fundamentals (2 credits) Corporate Finance (3 credits) Dodd-Frank Act Seminar (3 credits) Doing Deals: Mergers & Acquisitions (2 credits) Financial Regulation Seminar (3 credits) The Law & Business of Investment Management (2 credits) In-House Counsel (Seminar)(3 credits) Introduction to Business, Finance, and Commercial Transactions (3 credits) Mergers & Acquisitions (3 credits) Sales & Leases (3 credits) Secured Transactions (3 credits) Securities Regulation (3 credits)
Law & Economics Component (select at least one course)

Law & Economics Component (select at least one course) Advanced (Topics in) Corporate Governance Seminar (3 credits) Antitrust Law (2 credits) Behavioral Law and Economics Corporate Law and Finance Seminar (3 credits) Financial Statements Interpretation (2 credits) Game Theory for Business Lawyers Seminar (3 credits) Global and Pharmaceutical Law (3 credits) Health Insurance: Markets & Regulation Seminar (3 credits) International Aspects of Intellectual Property (2-3 credits) International Business Transactions (3-4 credits) International Sales & Arbitration (1 credit) International Taxation (3 credits) International Trade and Investment (3 credits) Introduction to Business, Finance, and Commercial Transactions (3 credits) Law & Risk Management (2 credits) Law and Economics (3 credits) Law and Economics Seminar (3 credits) Tax Policy Seminar (3 credits)
Business Entity, Real Estate & Taxation Component (select at least one course)

Business Entity, Real Estate & Taxation Component (select at least one course) Business Planning (3 credits) Closely Held Business Organizations (Note: you cannot double-count. You cannot use Corporations or CHBO both as required course and to meet this component). (3 credits) Commercial Real Estate Transactions (2 credits) Condominium and Community Housing Law (2 credits) Corporations (4 credits) Corporate Tax (3 credits) Doing Deals:Due Diligence (2 credits) Employment Law (3-4 credits) In-House Counsel (Skills Training)(3 credits) International Taxation (3 credits) Land Transfer (3 credits) Law and Entrepreneurship (3 credits) Liability Among Associated Business Entities Seminar (3 credits) The Life Cycle of a Real Estate Deal (2 credits) Real Estate Finance (3 credits) Real Estate Law Foundations (2 credits) Tax Crimes (3 credits) Taxation Legal Research (3 credits) Tax Procedure (3 credits) Taxation of Business Entities (4 credits)
Elective Courses (Note: Required component courses take precedence to elective courses. In taking elective courses which also fulfill another component, the course in which the student receives a higher grade will be counted as a required component course rather than an elective.)

Elective Courses (Note: Required component courses take precedence to elective courses. In taking elective courses which also fulfill another component, the course in which the student receives a higher grade will be counted as a required component course rather than an elective.) Advanced Topics in Corporate Governance Seminar (3 credits) Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar Antitrust Law (2 credits) Bankruptcy (3 credits) Bankruptcy Fundamentals (2 credits) Behavioral Law and Economics Business Ethics (3 credits) Business Law Clinic (6 credits) Business Legal Research (2 credits) Business Planning (3 credits) Civil Discovery (3 credits) Class Action & Multi-Party Litigation Practice (2 credits) Commercial Paper (2 credits) Commercial Real Estate Transactions (2 credits) Communications Law (2 credits) Consumer Law (3 credits) Consumer Protection Law (2 credits) Consumer Privacy & Data Security Seminar (3 credits) Contract Drafting (2 credits) Copyright Law (3 credits) Corporate Finance (3 credits) Corporate Governance Seminar Corporate Law and Finance Seminar (3 credits) Corporate Tax (3 credits) Cybersecurity Law (2 credits) Depositions (3 credits) Dodd-Frank Act Seminar (3 credits) Doing Deals: Due Diligence (2 credits) Doing Deals: Mergers & Acquisitions (2 credits) E-Discovery & Digital Evidence (2 credits) Employment Discrimination (3 credits) Employment Law (3 credits) Energy Law and Policy (3 credits) Estate and Gift Tax (3 credits) Financial Regulation Seminar (3 credits) Financial Statements Interpretation (2 credits) Game Theory for Business Lawyers Seminar (3 credits) Global Health & Pharmaceutical Law Seminar (3 credits) Health Insurance: Markets & Regulation Seminar (3 credits) In-House Counsel (3 credits) Insurance Law (3 credits) International Aspects of Intellectual Property (3 credits) International Business Transactions (3 credits) International Sales & Arbitration (1 credit) International Taxation (3 credits) International Trade and Investment Law (3 credits) International Trade Transactions (2 credits) Introduction to Business, Finance, and Commercial Transactions (3 credits) Introduction to Intellectual Property (3 credits) Labor Law: Public & Private Sector Skills (2 credits) Land Transfer (3 credits) Law & Risk Management (2 credits) Law and Economics (3 credits) Law and Economics Seminar (3 credits) Law and Entrepreneurship (3 credits) Legal Negotiation (2 credits) Liability Among Associated Business Entities Seminar Liability Among Associated Business Entities Seminar (3 credits) M&A Skills Lab (1 credit) Media and the Law Seminar (3 credits) Mergers & Acquisitions (3 credits) Negotiation (4 credits) Oil and Gas Law (3 credits) Patent Law (3 credits) Privacy (3 credits) Real Estate Finance (3 credits) Real Estate Law Foundations (Tax Crimes) Sales & Leases (3 credits) Secured Transactions (3 credits) Securities Regulation (3 credits) Tax Policy Seminar (3 credits) Tax Procedure (3 credits) Taxation Legal Research (3 credits) Taxation of Business Entities (4 credits) Trademarks & Unfair Competition (3 credits) Trusting Relationships & the Law Seminar (3 credits) White Collar Crime (2 credits)
Practical Experience Requirement
Courses:

Practical Experience Requirement
Courses: Business Ethics (3 credits) Business Law Clinic (6 credits) Business Legal Research (2 credits) Business Planning (3 credits) Civil Discovery (2 credits) Civil Pre-Trial Practice (2 credits) Class Action & Multi-Party Litigation Practice (2 credits) Contract Drafting (2 credits) Depositions (3 credits) Doing Deals: Due Diligence (2 credits) E-Discovery & Digital Evidence (2 credits) Financial Statements Interpretation (2 credits) Florida Civil Practice (2 credits) In-House Counsel (Skills Training) (3 credits) Introduction to Business, Finance, and Commercial Transactions (3 credits) M&A Skills Lab (1 credit) Negotiation (4 credits) Real Estate Law Foundations (2 credits) Tax Crimes (3 credits) Tax Drafting (3 credits)
Externship

Externship In-House Counsel Externship or up to three credits earned for pre-approved business law externships or tax externships will count toward the 21-total-credit requirement.
Moot Court:

Moot Court: Up to three credits earned for participating in Kaufman Securities Law Competition, Ruby Vale Corporate Competition, or other pre-approved Moot court competition will count towards 21-total-credit requirement.
Pro Bono:

Pro Bono: Must complete 40 hours of pro bono work at pre-approved sites that do consumer, tax, or business law. Paid work does not qualify. Work that earns you academic credit does not qualify.
Upper Level Writing Requirement (ULWR) Courses

Upper Level Writing Requirement (ULWR) Courses Advanced (Topics in) Corporate Governance Seminar Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar Behavioral Law and Economics Seminar Consumer Privacy & Data Security Corporate Governance Seminar Corporate Law and Finance Seminar Dodd-Frank Act Seminar Financial Regulation Seminar Game Theory for Business Lawyers Seminar Global Health & Pharmaceutical Law Seminar Health Insurance: Markets & Regulation Seminar In-House Counsel (Seminar) Law and Economics Seminar Liability Among Associated Business Entities Seminar Tax Policy Seminar Trusting Relationships & The Law Seminar Other Other
If you selected a non-Business Law seminar for the ULWR requirement, please fill out the information below.

Course Name:
Title of Paper:
Brief Summary or the business law or tax topics covered in your paper: