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Business Law
The Business Law Certificate Program incorporates opportunities for students to
explore a broad range of business related topics with a focus on corporate and
commercial law.
To receive the Business Law Certificate, students must complete all of the
specific requirements for this certificate as well as complete all requirements
for the J.D. degree. Students intending to complete the requirements for the
Business Law Certificate are subject to all of the law school’s academic
policies, including rules governing enrollment priorities.
Course Requirements
To earn a Business Law Certificate, a student must complete at least 15 units
of approved course work in the subject area, including Corporations and at least
two of the following core courses including at lease one from the corporate
area and one from the commercial area:
| Corporate Area Core: |
Commercial Area Core: |
Antitrust
Securities Regulation |
Commercial Transactions
Secured Transactions |
Any remaining units (to reach a total of 15) must be completed by taking additional
core courses and/or courses selected from the list of approved Business
Law Certificate elective courses.
Scholastic Requirements
Business Law Certificate recipients must achieve a grade of C+ or higher in
each course applied to meet the requirements for the certificate, and, in addition,
achieve a cumulative grade point average of 2.700 or higher for all courses
applied to the certificate.
A student achieving a cumulative grade point average of 3.500 or higher for
all courses applied to meet certificate requirements of the certificate is awarded
the certificate “with honors”.
All course work for the certificate must be taken for a letter grade except
for any approved elective course in which credit/no credit or pass/fail grading
is mandatory. For any course in which a letter grade is not provided, a “credit”
or “pass” must be achieved in order for the course to be applied
to meet the certificate requirements.
Writing Requirement
To earn the certificate, a student must complete a substantial research paper
analyzing a relevant issue or problem related to corporate or commercial law.
The paper must demonstrate the ability to identify, describe and analyze issues
or problems in the area and should, where possible, propose a resolution. The
paper must meet the standards for an Upper Level Research and Writing Requirement
project and may be used to satisfy that requirement and/or the requirements
of a course taken for credit. The paper must meet these standards even if it
is not used to satisfy the Upper Level Research and Writing Requirement.
Transfer Units
All course work must be taken at USF except one elective course, for a maximum
of three units of credit, may be taken at another law school and applied to
meet the requirements of the Business Law Certificate with prior approval by
the Assistant Dean for Academic Services. The course must be a letter graded
classroom course in which a grade of C+ or higher is earned.
A course taken at another law school will be transferred only as a credit for
purposes of determining the Business Law Certificate grade point average as
well as for calculating the USF semester and cumulative grade point averages.
Applying for the Certificate
To be eligible to receive a Business Law Certificate, a student must submit
an application to the Office of the Law Registrar. Applications will not be
accepted until the student’s last semester, and they must be submitted
on or before the last day to add classes in that semester.
Students may obtain only one certificate. No student shall be awarded more
than one certificate upon completion of the J.D. degree notwithstanding that
the student may have completed all requirements of more than one certificate
program.
It is each student’s responsibility to insure that all requirements for
the Business Law Certificate are satisfied in a timely manner.
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