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    Mitchell Hamline School of Law, located in St. Paul, Minnesota offers a rigorous, practice-based experience, preparing graduates to serve clients and communities. Our motivated students study full time or part time, on-campus or partially online in the way that fits their lives.

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Center for Law and Business

875 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105

651-290-6314

jennifer.miller @mitchellhamline.edu

Room 259

Required Courses

  • Business Organizations (3 or 4 credits)
  • Lawyer as Business Owner (3 credits)
  • Transactions and Settlements (3 credits)
  • Commercial Law Survey (3 credits) or Secured Transactions (3 credits)
    If both courses are taken, one will serve as a required course. The other course will be an elective.

Elective course areas

Select courses to meet your certificate and professional objectives.

Nine elective credits are required to complete a Law and Business Certificate. Four of those nine elective credits must be in experiential learning for a minimum of 21 credits.

Advising Formation and Management of a Small Business

16 credits available

  • The Start-Up Business Enterprise (3 credits)
  • Business Regulation and Compliance (3 credits)
  • Negotiations (3 credits)
  • Business Entity Taxations (4 credits)
  • Business Ethics (3 credits)

Business Development

15 credits available

  • Business Regulation and Compliance (3 credits)
  • Employment Discrimination (3 credits)
  • Deals and Disputes (3 credits)
  • International Business Transactions (3 credits)
  • The Start-Up Business Enterprise (3 credits)

Clinic

  • Business Law Clinic experiential (2 credits)
  • Employment Discrimination Mediation Clinic experiential (3 credits)
  • Intellectual Property Clinic experiential (credits vary)

Compliance

9 credits available

  • Compliance Externship experiential (3 credits)
  • Business Regulation & Compliance (3 credits)
  • Securities Regulation (3 credits)
  • Banking Law OR Antitrust (3 credits)
  • General Practice: Skills Practicum (3 or 5 credits)
  • Deals and Disputes (3 credits)

Data Management and Technology

14 credits available

  • Securities Regulation (3 credits)
  • Information Law and Governance (3 credits)
  • Secured Transactions (highly recommended, bar exam course) (3 credits)
  • Trade Secret Law (2 credits)
  • Trademark Law (3 credits)

Externship

  • Independent Externship experiential (credits vary) must be approved by the Center for Law and Business director
  • Law & Business Externship experiential (4 credits)

Firm Management

15 credits available

  • Business Regulation and Compliance (3 credits)
  • Business Ethics (3 credits)
  • Employment Discrimination (3 credits)
  • Employment Law (3 credits)
  • The Start-Up Business Enterprise (3 credits)

General Counsel

13 credits available

  • Deals and Dispute Resolution OR Negotiations (3 credits)
  • Modern Real Estate Transactions (3 credits)
  • Mergers & Acquisitions (4 credits)
  • Negotiation (3 credits)

Intellectual Property

11 credits available

  • Intellectual Property Clinic experiential (credits vary)
  • Intellectual Asset Management (3 credits)
  • Intellectual Property Licensing (3 credits)
  • Intellectual Property Remedies (2 credits)
  • Trademark Law (3 credits)
  • Business of IP (varies)

International

9 or more credits available

  • Business Ethics (3 credits)
  • Information Law and Governance (3 credits)
  • International Business Transactions (3 credits)
  • London Summer Program
  • Information Policy, Protection and Cybersecurity

 The Business of Legal Practice

29 credits available

  • Business Entity Taxation (4 credits)
  • Business Regulation and Compliance (3 credits)
  • Corporate Accounting & Finance OR Corporate Finance (2 credits)
  • Deals and Disputes (3 credits)
  • Employment Discrimination (3 credits)
  • Employment Law (3 credits)
  • International Business Transactions (3 credits)
  • Negotiations (3 credits)
  • Legal Practicum: Business Practice (1-5 credits)

Modern Real Estate

16 credits available

  • Modern Real Estate Transactions (3 credits)
  • Deals and Disputes (3 credits)
  • Negotiations (3 credits)
  • Mergers & Acquisitions (4 credits)
  • Secured Transactions (3 credits) highly recommended, bar exam course

Project/Project Portfolio Management

13 credits available

  • Business Regulation and Compliance (3 credits)
  • Corporate Accounting & Finance (2 credits)
  • Deals and Disputes (3 credits)
  • General Practice: Skills Practicum (3 or 5 credits)

Practicum

  • Legal Practicum: Business Practice (1-5 credits)
  • Legal Practicum: General Practice-Skills Practicum (3 or 5 credits)

Risk Management

17 credits available

  • Antitrust (3 credits)
  • Bankruptcy (3 credits)
  • Corporate Accounting & Finance (2 credits)
  • Secured Transactions (3 credits)
  • Business Regulation and Compliance (3 credits)
  • Deals and Disputes (3 credits)

Tax

14 credits available

  • Business Entity Taxation (4 credits)
  • Corporate Accounting and Finance OR Corporate Finance (2 credits)
  • Income Tax (3 or 4 credits)
  • Mergers & Acquisitions (4 credits)

Dual Degree J.D./M.B.A.

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Sample Areas of Specialization

  • Business Analytics
  • Finance
  • Leadership and Change Management
  • Marketing



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