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Path to Practice

Business Law

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Business Law at Haub Law

The Business Law Path to Practice will prepare you to thrive in the ever-complex world of regulating business practices, resolving corporate disputes, establishing standards, structuring transactions, and much more. Business law opens many doors in the private as well as the public sector. Compliance departments of banks and financial institutions depend on lawyers with business law training. Large and medium-size law firms hire many lawyers with business law backgrounds. The corporate counselÂ鶹´«Ã½™s office plays a crucial role in the governance of todayÂ鶹´«Ã½™s corporations, and many corporate CEOs either come from the counselÂ鶹´«Ã½™s office or have a business law background. Attorney jobs in the federal government are much sought after, and many important government regulatory agencies Â鶹´«Ã½“ such as the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Â鶹´«Ã½“ rely on personnel trained in business law in the private sector. Lawyers with a business law background have many opportunities available to them in state and local government as well.

Students have the opportunity for hands-on work in our Fairbridge Investor Rights Clinic, which provides assistance to small investors in securities arbitrations or mediations who are unable to obtain legal representation because of the small amount of their claims. Students can also work with Haub LawÂ鶹´«Ã½™s innovative Sustainable Business Law Hub, which serves as an incubator space, student-training program, research endeavor, and think tank devoted to addressing global sustainability challenges through policy and research projects, relationships with the business community, and capacity building in private environmental governance.

Depending on a studentÂ鶹´«Ã½™s particular area of interest, a student may choose between two tracks within the Business Law Path to Practice: Corporate or Financial Compliance.

A Â鶹´«Ã½ in Business Law

If you are considering the Business Law Path to Practice, you may have the opportunity to practice in any of the following settings and participate in a variety of legal activities and roles during your career as listed below.

    • Corporate practice of a large or midsize law firm
    • Legal department of a company, private equity/venture capital firm, hedge fund, or other large organization
    • Compliance department of a bank, investment fund, securities broker-dealer, insurance company, or other financial institution
    • Law firm or consultancy advising financial industry clients on regulatory compliance matters
    • Federal or state regulatory agency responsible for financial services industry
    • Advising clients in the formation, operation, and dissolution of business and non-profit entities
    • Structuring asset or stock purchases, sales, and mergers and acquisitions with other business entities
    • Arranging financing, via debt or equity vehicles, for the activities of business entities
    • Structuring early-stage, venture capital investments via venture debt or venture equity
    • Structuring, negotiating, and memorializing commercial transactions, including the purchase, sale, or lease of goods and services
    • Assuring that the internal affairs of business entities or financial services companies are conducted in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and relevant governing documents of the entity
    • Representing business entities in litigation and dispute resolution/counseling
    • Drafting compliance policies and procedures for a financial services institution
    • Designing and conducting regulatory compliance surveillance plans, audits or investigations of financial services institutions
    • Advising on the structure of financial transactions, business units, and major asset holdings of financial services institutions

Path to Practice Overview

Tracks Within Business Law Path to Practice

Depending on a studentÂ鶹´«Ã½™s particular area of interest, a student may focus on one of two tracks within the Business Law Path to Practice: Corporate or Financial Compliance.

Business Law: Corporate

To complete the Business Law: Corporate Path to Practice, students should complete 7 courses in business-law related subject matters, as described below:

Business Law: Financial Compliance

To complete the Business Law: Financial Compliance Path to Practice track, students should complete 7 courses in business-law related subject matters, as described below:

Featured Faculty

Professor of Law for Designated Project or Service at The Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Jonathan H. Brown

Jonathan H. Brown

Professor of Law for Designated Project or Service
Director, Food and Farm Business Law Clinic
Elisabeth Haub School of Law
(914) 422-4401
jbrown4@law.pace.edu
White Plains
Bridget J. Crawford, Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law

Bridget J. Crawford

University Distinguished Professor
Professor of Law
Elisabeth Haub School of Law
(914) 422-4416
bcrawford@law.pace.edu
White Plains

Related Programs and Resources

Fairbridge Investor Rights Clinic
Food and Farm Business Law Clinic
Sustainable Business Law Hub
Externship: Corporate LAW 786
Corporate and Commercial Law Society (CCLS)

Contact

For more information regarding this Path to Practice, contact Professor Bridget Crawford.