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LL.M New York

Corporation Law

Overview Faculty Degree Requirements

Credit Requirement
At least 21 of the required 24 credits must be taken in courses and seminars from the following groups:

There is no writing requirement for this program, but it is recommended that you take at least one seminar that offers a writing opportunity.

Corporations

All International LL.M. students in the Corporation Law Program who have not taken a course in corporation law in a common law country must register for Corporations (LW.10644) for four or five credits. International LL.M. students in the Corporation Law Program are ineligible for the four-credit Corporations class (LW.10344) which is intended for students in other LL.M. programs.

Prerequisite: Please note that Corporations LW.10644 serves as a co-requisite for any course requiring Corporations as a prerequisite. This information is not specifically noted in each course description.

Core Business Courses

All students must enroll in at least 4 credits within this group:

  • Accounting for Lawyers (LW.10007 - 2 or 3 credits)
  • Bankruptcy (LW.11460 - 4 credits)
  • Corporate Bond Contracts and Credit Agreements (LW.11216- 4 credits)
  • Corporate Finance (LW.11461 - 3 credits)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions (LW.10327 - 2 credits) OR Negotiating Corporate Transactions (LW.11158 - 2 credits)
  • Securities Regulation: Offerings, Registration, Exemptions, and Disclosures (LW.10483 - 2 credits)
  • Survey of Securities Regulation (LW.10322 - 3 or 4 credits)

Related Courses

All law school courses related to legal regulation of business activity, which include:

  • Labor Law (LW.11933)
  • Land Use, Housing and Community Development in New York City (LW.10651)
  • Land Use Regulation (LW.10579)
  • Law and Development (LW.10295)
  • Law and Policy of Foreign Investment Seminar (LW.10709)
  • Professional Responsibility and the Regulation of Lawyers (LW.11479)
  • Quantitative Methods Seminar (LW.10794)
  • Regulation of Foreign Corrupt Practices (LW.12081)
  • Remedies (LW.10113)
  • Tort Law in the Modern Administrative State (LW.11027)
  • U.S. Legal Methodology (LW.10512)
  • U.S. Legal Research, Writing and Analysis II (LW.12130)

Students who need the LL.M. degree to qualify to sit for the NY Bar Exam should note that Professional Responsibility in Law and Business does not meet the requirements of §520.6(b)(3(vi)(a).

Stern Business School Courses

Students are permitted to take up to six credits at Stern. Please note that classes cross-listed with Stern (designated by a "Z" in the Course Management System) are treated the same as any Law School class so that (A) and (B) and (C) below do not apply.

Stern classes designated "Preferential" may be taken for credit toward the LL.M. degree and count toward the 21 required credits in corporations and related classes. To receive degree credit for a class that is not Preferential you must petition and be granted approval by the Vice Dean. In order to so, please follow the "Classes at Other NYU Divisions" procedure found at http://www.law.nyu.edu/graduateaffairs/registeringforclasses/classesatothernyudivisions/index.htm.

Fall 2012 Preferential Courses will be listed online at http://www.law.nyu.edu/recordsandregistration/crossregistration/sternschoolofbusinesspreferentialcourses (the list of spring courses is available in the fall) and are designated by the code "Prf" in the Law School’s Course Management System. Please review the information on the Records and Registration Web site regarding cross-registration and take note of the following important items.

(A) The credit value assigned to Stern courses by the Law School is lower than that assigned by Stern because of the number of meeting hours. For example, a course assigned 3.0 credits by Stern may be assigned 2.5 by the Law School.

(B) No more than 6 credits in courses taught at Stern or other divisions of NYU (outside the Law School) may be counted toward the 24 credits you may need  to qualify to sit for the New York Bar .

(C) Grades earned in Stern Preferential Courses appear on the Law School transcript but are not calculated in the law school GPA.

Note: The Stern course Corporate Finance is recommended only for students with a strong background in mathematics. Further, many Stern finance courses have prerequisites/co-requisites that may be waived only when certain requirements are met. If you have questions about prerequisites or other aspects of registering for a Stern course, please contact the Office of Graduate Affairs for assistance.

Contact Information

Prospective students should direct their inquiries to the Office of Graduate Admissions.

Current students may contact Professor Allen's assistant, Monica Cortez-Langham:
Telephone: (212) 998-6653
Facsimile: (212) 995-4692
monica.cortez@nyu.edu

and/or Professor Kahan's assistant, Mary Kimble:
Telephone: (212) 998-6268
Facsimile: (212) 995-4692
mary.kimble@nyu.edu





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