1.9 Business Leadership Program

In the 2012-2013 academic year, the Law School will begin phasing in a new and innovative curriculum called the Business Leadership Program (BLP).  The purpose of the BLP curriculum is to provide Law School students with substantive business skills so they can excel either as business lawyers at law firms, inside counsel, or business entrepreneurs and executives.  Each year, the courses will vary and will typically be taught by noted experts in the field from either the Law School or the Booth School of Business faculties.  Sometimes, the courses will require either mandatory or suggested pre-requisites (e.g., it is recommended that students take one of the Accounting classes in the Autumn or Winter quarters prior to enrolling in Accounting and Financial Analysis for Debt and Equity Markets and Transaction Structuring (LAWS 79103)).  It is therefore recommended that you read all of the BLP course descriptions carefully.

This year, in addition to our regular curriculum, BLP courses will include:

• Accounting & Financial Analysis for Debt & Equity Markets & Transaction Structuring
• Corporate and Entrepreneurial Finance
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Management and Decisionmaking
• Leadership
• Major Corporate Transactions: Legal & Business Issues
• Strategies and Processes of Negotiations
• Theories of Financial Regulation