Business Law Curriculum at Yale
Business Law Courses
The course offerings in business law at Yale are wide-ranging and interdisciplinary. In addition to developing familiarity with the institutional landscape covered in core substantive law courses, students considering pursuing a career as a transaction lawyer or corporate litigator need to master a set of basic analytical skills in financial accounting, finance, microeconomics and statistics. The following Law School courses impart those skills: Financial Accounting for Lawyers; Introduction to Microeconomic Theory for Law Students; Quantitative Corporate Finance; and Empirical Law & Economics. (In 2007-08 the Law School will not be offering a course in quantitative corporate finance; Economics 251a, Financial Theory, a Yale College course, covers similar material.)
Professor Roberta Romano's Inaugural Oscar M. Ruebhausen Lecture discusses the implications of the transformation of corporate law scholarship and practice for business law education. View the video of the lecture, download the slide presentation or download the published version.
Advanced Contracts and the Principal-Agent Problem. 2 units. R. W. Brooks.
Antitrust. 4 units. G. L. Priest.
Antitrust: Directed Research. Units to be arranged. G. L. Priest.
Antitrust and Regulation: Research Seminar. 3 or 4 units. A. K. Klevorick.
Bankruptcy. 3 units. G. E. Brunstad, Jr.
Behavioral & Institutional Economics. 3 units. Robert Shiller.
Business Organizations. 4 units. H. Hansmann.
Business Organizations. 4 units. J. R. Macey.
Business Organizations. 4 units. R. Romano.
Capitalism. 3 units. G. L. Priest.
(The) Changing Nature of the Private Firm and Entrepreneurship. 2 units. W. M. Reisman and P. DeSouza.
Colloquium on Contemporary Issues in Law and Business. 2 units. R. Romano.
Community Development Financial Institutions. 3 units, credit/fail. R. A. Solomon and C.F. Muckenfuss.
Community and Economic Development. 3 units, credit/fail. R. A. Solomon.
Corporate Governance: Seminar J.R. Macey and H. Pitt.
Corporate Taxation. 3 units. A. L. Alstott.
Empirical Law and Economics. 2 units. J. J. Donohue.
Federal Income Taxation. 4 units. M. J. Graetz.
Federal Income Taxation. 4 units. D. Markovits.
Financial Accounting for Lawyers. 3 units. L. Schiffres.
Financial Institutions and Capital Markets. 2 or 3 units. J. R. Macey and A. Schwartz.
Insurance and Public Policy. 3 units. G. L. Priest.
International Investment Law I. 2 units. W. M. Reisman and G. Aguilar-Alvarez.
Introduction to Microeconomic Theory for Law Students. 3 units. R. W. Brooks.
Introduction to Transnational Law. 4 units. H. H. Koh.
Land Transactions. 3 units. Q. Johnstone.
Law, Economics, and Organization. 1 unit, credit/fail. J. J. Donohue, H. Hansmann, Y. Listokin, J. R. Macey, R. Romano, A. Schwartz and H. E. Smith.
(The) Law and Economics of Corporate Control. 3 units. A. Schwartz and S. Fraidin.
Law and Finance Seminar. 3 units. R. Romano.
(The) Law of Private Equity Funds. 2 units. S. Caplan.
Negotiated Mergers and Acquisitions. 2 units. J. T. Hirschoff.
Nonprofit Organizations Clinic. 1 or 2 units, credit/fail. J. G. Simon, L. N. Davis, and B. B. Lindsay.
(The) Practice of Corporate and Securities Law. 2 units. J. G. Deutsch and W. C. Baskin, Jr.
Research Methods in Corporate Law. 1 unit, credit/fail. M. Chisholm.
Secured Transactions. 3 units. G. E. Brunstad, Jr.
Securities Regulation 4 units. R. K. Winter.
Taxation of Executive Compensation. 2 units. A. R. Susko.
U.S. International Taxation. J. Samuels.
For further information on these and other courses at Yale Law School, view the Yale Law School Bulletin.
The course offerings in business law at Yale are wide-ranging and interdisciplinary. In addition to developing familiarity with the institutional landscape covered in core substantive law courses, students considering pursuing a career as a transaction lawyer or corporate litigator need to master a set of basic analytical skills in financial accounting, finance, microeconomics and statistics. The following Law School courses impart those skills: Financial Accounting for Lawyers; Introduction to Microeconomic Theory for Law Students; Quantitative Corporate Finance; and Empirical Law & Economics. (In 2007-08 the Law School will not be offering a course in quantitative corporate finance; Economics 251a, Financial Theory, a Yale College course, covers similar material.)
Professor Roberta Romano's Inaugural Oscar M. Ruebhausen Lecture discusses the implications of the transformation of corporate law scholarship and practice for business law education. View the video of the lecture, download the slide presentation or download the published version.
Advanced Contracts and the Principal-Agent Problem. 2 units. R. W. Brooks.
Antitrust. 4 units. G. L. Priest.
Antitrust: Directed Research. Units to be arranged. G. L. Priest.
Antitrust and Regulation: Research Seminar. 3 or 4 units. A. K. Klevorick.
Bankruptcy. 3 units. G. E. Brunstad, Jr.
Behavioral & Institutional Economics. 3 units. Robert Shiller.
Business Organizations. 4 units. H. Hansmann.
Business Organizations. 4 units. J. R. Macey.
Business Organizations. 4 units. R. Romano.
Capitalism. 3 units. G. L. Priest.
(The) Changing Nature of the Private Firm and Entrepreneurship. 2 units. W. M. Reisman and P. DeSouza.
Colloquium on Contemporary Issues in Law and Business. 2 units. R. Romano.
Community Development Financial Institutions. 3 units, credit/fail. R. A. Solomon and C.F. Muckenfuss.
Community and Economic Development. 3 units, credit/fail. R. A. Solomon.
Corporate Governance: Seminar J.R. Macey and H. Pitt.
Corporate Taxation. 3 units. A. L. Alstott.
Empirical Law and Economics. 2 units. J. J. Donohue.
Federal Income Taxation. 4 units. M. J. Graetz.
Federal Income Taxation. 4 units. D. Markovits.
Financial Accounting for Lawyers. 3 units. L. Schiffres.
Financial Institutions and Capital Markets. 2 or 3 units. J. R. Macey and A. Schwartz.
Insurance and Public Policy. 3 units. G. L. Priest.
International Investment Law I. 2 units. W. M. Reisman and G. Aguilar-Alvarez.
Introduction to Microeconomic Theory for Law Students. 3 units. R. W. Brooks.
Introduction to Transnational Law. 4 units. H. H. Koh.
Land Transactions. 3 units. Q. Johnstone.
Law, Economics, and Organization. 1 unit, credit/fail. J. J. Donohue, H. Hansmann, Y. Listokin, J. R. Macey, R. Romano, A. Schwartz and H. E. Smith.
(The) Law and Economics of Corporate Control. 3 units. A. Schwartz and S. Fraidin.
Law and Finance Seminar. 3 units. R. Romano.
(The) Law of Private Equity Funds. 2 units. S. Caplan.
Negotiated Mergers and Acquisitions. 2 units. J. T. Hirschoff.
Nonprofit Organizations Clinic. 1 or 2 units, credit/fail. J. G. Simon, L. N. Davis, and B. B. Lindsay.
(The) Practice of Corporate and Securities Law. 2 units. J. G. Deutsch and W. C. Baskin, Jr.
Research Methods in Corporate Law. 1 unit, credit/fail. M. Chisholm.
Secured Transactions. 3 units. G. E. Brunstad, Jr.
Securities Regulation 4 units. R. K. Winter.
Taxation of Executive Compensation. 2 units. A. R. Susko.
U.S. International Taxation. J. Samuels.
For further information on these and other courses at Yale Law School, view the Yale Law School Bulletin.