Certificate programs are not standalone credentials and may only be earned in conjunction with the Juris Doctorate degree. Students must apply for admission to a certificate program in their 2L or 3L year and are encouraged to contact the appropriate staff for application procedures, requirements, and advising.

Each certificate program requires:

Completion of 14 credits in the certificate area. At registration each term, students may review the course catalog (limit the search by Certificate name in “course types”) to determine which courses count toward a particular certificate program. Students may take these courses to count toward the required 14 credits. In addition, Program Directors may approve non-listed courses prior to the students enrollment in the courses. Program Directors also retain discretion to audit a student's transcript and approve previously taken courses that will count toward the 14-credit certificate requirement. Although students may apply to multiple certificate programs, credits earned for one certificate cannot count toward a second certificate.
Completion of a capstone requirement. Students can complete the capstone requirement in one of two ways: (1) complete the Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR) in a course that is both certificate-approved and GWR-approved; or (2) complete an experiential learning course that is both certificate-approved and experiential-learning approved. A course's eligibility for these capstone requirements will be listed in the registration materials. Alternatively, students may satisfy the capstone requirement by obtaining the Directors approval of: (1) experiential learning that was conducted in another course; (2) a paper that was written in another course; or (2) a paper that was written as part of an Independent Research project. The Director retains complete discretion to determine whether a course or paper satisfies the capstone requirement. Credits earned in an approved GWR-eligible course will count toward the 14-credit certificate requirement.

List of Courses -- * : also GWR approved.

course Introduction to American Law

course Legal Research & Analysis

course Business Associations

course Corporate Finance

course Labor Law

course Real Estate Transactions

course Federal Income Tax

course State and Local Tax

course Insurance Law

course Insurance Law: Short Course

course Cannabis Law

course Accounting for Lawyers

course Employment Law

course Corporate Tax

course Sales

course Trademarks and Unfair Compensation Law

course Copyright

course Consumer Law

course Entrepreneurship and the Law

course Employee Benefits

course Privacy Law

course Internet and Social Media

course Negotiation

course Business Reorganizations

course Business Negotiations

course Deals

course Debtor and Creditor

course Financial Institutions

course Practicum: Fin Institutions

course Antitrust Law

course International Business Transactions

course Law, Money, Technology

course IP Law & Practice

course In-House Counsel

course Secured Transactions

course Payment Systems

course Employment Discrimination

course Partnership Tax

course Mergers & Acquisitions

course Patent Law and Policy

course Tax for Business Lawyers

course Agricultural Law

course The Law of Biomedical Research

course Selected Topics in Labor & Employment Law

course Clinic: Business Law

course Contract Drafting

course Advanced Clinic: Business Law

Law-Only Certificate: Business Law

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