JD in Law with Emphasis in Tax Law
Tax Law Concentration
The Tax Law Concentration is designed to provide basic education in both general skills and subject-matter specific knowledge, and provide each participating student with an opportunity to bring the entire skill set to bear in a capstone experience designed to teach integrated legal problem-solving. Completion of a concentration should improve the overall preparedness of graduates by conferring entry-level competence to begin practicing law with appropriate supervision in the concentration's subject matter area or practice setting.
Additional details and a list of courses satisfying the Tax Law Concentration requirements are available from the School of Law here.
Degree Requirements
| Required Courses | ||
| LAW 5375 | Basic Federal Income Taxation | 3 |
| LAW 5395 | Business Organizations | 3-4 |
| LAW 5914 | Tax Planning | 3 |
| or LAW 5555 | Estate Planning | |
| Advanced Tax Electives | ||
| Choose 2 courses totaling 5-7 credits, and at least one must be either Corporate Taxation or Partnership Taxation. | ||
| LAW 5365 | Bankruptcy | 3 |
| LAW 5454 | Contract Drafting | 3 |
| LAW 5465 | Corporate Taxation | 3 |
| LAW 5430 | Commercial Real Estate Leasing | 3 |
| LAW 5496 | Deal Skills Class | 3 |
| LAW 5530 | Elder Law | 3 |
| LAW 5544 | Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic | 4 |
| LAW 5555 | Estate Planning ((if not taken as capstone)) | 3 |
| LAW 5650 | International Business Transactions | 3 |
| LAW 5815 | Partnership Taxation | 3 |
| LAW 5845 | Publicly Held Corporation | 3 |
| LAW 5856 | Real Estate Finance | 3 |
| LAW 5885 | Secured Transactions | 3 |
| LAW 5890 | Securities Regulation | 3 |
| LAW 5914 | Tax Planning (if not taken as capstone) | 3 |
| LAW 5915 | Tax Research | 2 |
| Capstone Course | ||
| One of the following two courses is required. | ||
| LAW 5914 | Tax Planning | 3 |
| LAW 5555 | Estate Planning | 3 |