Certificate of Achievement Programs

The faculty of the College of Law recognizes the achievement of students who have focused their studies and excelled in the areas of corporate law, bankruptcy and commercial law, criminal law, international law, public law and policy, litigation, taxation, and real property law. To achieve such recognition, a student must take a designated core course in the field plus additional courses from among a list of electives. The credit hours earned in the core course and the electives must total at least 15 credits. Students who achieve a cumulative 3.0 grade point average for the courses in such a concentration will receive a certificate following their graduation that recognizes their achievement. A student must apply for a certificate of achievement by submitting this application.

The areas of concentration with the designated core courses and electives are:

Certificate Program in Corporate Law

Required course:
Business Organizations II

Electives:
Antitrust Law
Arbitration
Business Planning
Corporate Finance
International Business Transactions
International Commercial Arbitration law
Securities Regulation
Corporate Transactional Clinic
Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders
Intellectual Property/Unfair Competition Law
Competitiveness and Corruption

Certificate Program in Bankruptcy and Commercial Law

Required courses:
Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights
Two of the following three (the other may be taken as an elective):
Bankruptcy Clinic – Debtor’s Counsel
Bankruptcy Clinic – Chapter 7 Trustee
Judicial Externship (Federal Bankruptcy Judge)

Electives:
Bankruptcy: Practice & Procedure
Commercial Code: Negotiable Instruments (January Term only)
Commercial Code: Secured Transactions (January Term only)
Commercial Law: Sales and Secured Transactions
Commercial Law: Payments
Commercial Transactions (Summer only)
Corporate Finance
International Commercial Arbitration Law
Federal Income Taxation

Certificate Program in Criminal Law

Required courses:
Criminal Procedure
Prosecution or Public Defender Clinic

Electives:
Criminal Practice: An Introduction
Criminal Practice: Advanced
International Criminal Law
Juvenile Law
Scientific Evidence & Opinion
Terrorism and Criminal Law
Trial Advocacy
Trial Advocacy: Advanced

Certificate Program in International Law

Required course:
International Law

Electives:
Comparative Administrative Law
Comparative Constitutional Law
Immigration and Nationality Law
International Business Transactions
International Commercial Arbitration Law
International Comparative Law
International Criminal Law
Legal Issues in Transitional Democracies
International Human Rights Law
International and Comparative Law of NGO’s
Terrorism and Criminal Law

Certificate Program in Public Law and Policy

Required course:
Administrative Law

Electives:
Climate Change: Science and Law
Creating Families: Marriage, Adoption and Non-Traditional Alternatives
Federal Courts
Legislative Process & Drafting
Civil Rights
Employment Discrimination Law
Environmental Law & Policy
Immigration & Nationality Law
Labor Law
Municipal Corporations
Environmental, Governmental and/or Municipal Government Clinic
Comparative Administrative Law
Comparative Constitutional Law

Certificate Program in Civil Litigation

Required courses:
Trial Advocacy
ONU Legal Clinic

Electives:
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Civil Practice: An Introduction
Complex Litigation
Conflict of Laws
Domestic Relations
Evaluation and Proof of Personal Injury Damages
Federal Courts
Guardian ad Litem Law and Practice
Insurance
Products Liability
Remedies
Scientific Evidence & Opinion
Trial Advocacy: Advanced
 

Certificate Program in Taxation

Required Course:
Federal Income Tax

Electives:
Estate Planning
Business Planning
International Taxation
Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders
Taxation of Partnerships & Partners
Taxation of Estates, Gifts & Trusts
Non-Profit Organizations
Corporate Transactional Clinic

Certificate Program in Real Property Law

Required Courses:
Real Estate Finance and Mortgage Law
One of the following (the other may be taken as an elective):
Real Estate Residential Conveyances
Real Estate Commercial Development

Electives:
Land Use Planning
Environmental Law and Policy
Estates, Wills, & Trusts
Estate Planning
Taxation of Estates, Gifts & Trusts
Domestic Relations
Oil and Gas Law

Certificate Program in Small Firm General Practice