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Graduate Certificate in Business and Commercial Law at University of Kansas

University of Kansas, United States

Programme overview

This certificate for concurrently enrolled J.D. students provides grounding in basic business and commercial law principles and familiarity with transactions business lawyers commonly handle. Total is 13-18 credit hours.

Faculty: School of Law  |  Department: KU Law  |  Location: Lawrence, KS, United States

What you will study

Required: LAW 892 Business Organizations. Students then complete three courses from a first elective list (e.g., Antitrust Law, Secured Transactions, Contract Drafting, Taxation of Business Enterprises) and two from a second (e.g., Corporate Finance, Mergers and Other Acquisitions, Securities Regulation, Life of a Startup).

Career pathways

Supports a career as a business lawyer.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Open only to concurrently enrolled J.D. students at KU Law. A Declaration Form is submitted by November 1 of the 3L year (earlier is allowed); certificate requirements must be met by graduation. A cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 in certificate-counting courses is required.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms follow the KU academic calendar; the application for first-year and transfer students is submitted through the KU application portal (go2.ku.edu). The fall freshman scholarship deadline is Dec. 1, the FAFSA priority deadline is Feb. 1 and the fall transfer scholarship deadline is Aug. 1.

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