Transactional and Transnational Law@ Wake Forest

Your curricular choices …

Prof. Alan Palmiter March 4, 2008

(1) Transactional law …

1Lfrom a transactional perspective

Property(Spring-4)

Civil Procedure(Fall-3 / Spring-3)

Criminal Law(Fall-3)

LRW(Fall/Spring-3)

Constitutional Law(Spring-3)

Torts(Fall-4)

Contracts(Fall-3 / Spring-3)

[Davis / Foy][Reynolds / O Simmons]

Upper-level “Transactional” Courses

• Organize the business • Do the deal• Get financing• Avoid regulation• Think IP• Don’t forget tax• Know the basics

Organize the business … from a transactional perspective

Business Organizations (4)

[Palmiter / Taha]

Corp: AdvTopics (2)[O Simmons]

BusinessPlanning (3)

[adjunct TBA]]

SecuritiesRegulation (3)

[Palmiter]

Non-profitOrgs (2)

[alternate years]

Agency (2)[adjunct TBA]

Corporate Governance (1)

[Veasey]

Corporate Finance (2)

[Hazlett]

Do the deal … from a transactional perspective

Sales (3)[Shephard / Davis]

InternationalBus Tx (3)

[Schneider]

Decedents Estates& Trusts (4)

[P Roberts / Castleman]

EntertainmentLaw (2)

[Grimes]

SportsLaw (3)

[Davis]

Conflict ofLaws (2)

[Walker]

Business Drafting (2)[Lentz / Korzen]

Negotiation(2)

[Peeples]

Get financing … from a transactional perspective

Debtor-Creditor (3)[Nickles]

BankingLaw (2)

[Poe]

FinancialProducts (3)

[Nickles]

SecuredTx (3)[S Rose]

Bankruptcy (2)[Nickles]

Real EstateFinance (2)

[Devaney]

Land UsePlanning (3)

[T Roberts]

Real PropertySecurity (2)

[Adjunct TBA]

Deal with regulation …from a transactional perspective

Antitrust (3)[alternate years]

EnvironmentalLaw (3)[Schneider]

Professional Responsibility* (2)

[Reynolds / K Simmons]

InsuranceLaw (2)[Gilreath]

AviationLaw (2)

[adjunct]

* Required

Think IP …from a transactional perspective

IntellectualProperty (3)

[S Rose]

Copyright (2)[S Rose]

Trade Secrets (2)

[Carlson]

Patents & Trademarks (2)

[not offered]

TrademarksLaw (2)

[S Rose]

PatentLaw (2)

[Lupo]

Don’t forget tax … from a transactional perspective

Federal Income“Baby” Tax (3)

[Newman]

Tax: Estate & Gift (3)[Castleman]

Tax: Corporations/Shareholders (3)

[Shores]

Tax: CorporateM&A (1)

[Shores]

State andLocal Tax (2)

[not offered]

Tax: Partnership(3)

[Castleman]

International Tax (3)

[alternate years]Tax: Trust &Estates (3)

[Newman]

Know the basics … from a transactional perspective

Elder Law Clinic (4)[Mewhinney]

Law andValuation (2)

[not offered]

Law and Economics (2)

[Taha]

Law andAccounting (2)

[not offered]

Analytical Methods for Lawyers (2)

Wright (Game theory)Taha (Accounting)Peeples (Statistics)Palmiter (Finance)

Law PracticeManagement (3)

[adjunct TBA]

Community Dev Clinic (4)

[Virgil]

(2) Transnational law …

US perspective …

National SecurityLaw (2)

[Walker]

Law on Terrorism (2)

[alternate years]

Admiralty and Maritime Law (3)

[Walker]

Immigration Law (3)

[Taylor]

Immigration: Selected (3)

[Taylor]

Transnational …

Int’l BusinessTransactions (2)

[Schneider]

Taxation:International (3)

[alternate years]

International CivilLitigation (2)[alternate years]

Comparative …

Comparative Const Law (2)

[Parker]

Civil LawTradition (2)[Hausmaninger]

Comparative(Lat Am) Law (2)

[Palmiter]

Summer Courses

CommonLaw Tradition (3)

ComparativeCivil Liberties (3)

ComparativeConst/Family (3)

ComparativeTax Law (3)

ComparativeHealth Law (3)

ComparativeEnviron’tal Law (3)

International …

European UnionLaw (2)[Schneider]

Int’l EnvironLaw (2)

[alternate years]

International Law (3)

[Walker]

Int’l Human Rights (3)

[alternate years]

International Trade (3)

[Knox]

What should I take … to get a transactional/business perspective

• Organize the business • Do the deal• Get financing• Avoid regulation• Think IP• Don’t forget tax• Know the basics

How many courses…

And who teaches…

Business Law at Wake Forest

Upper-level “business” courses 48

Taught by tenure-track professor 32

Taught by visiting professor 5

Taught by adjunct 8

Taught by LRW instructor 2

Not offered (2006-07) 9

Required course 1