Certificate Programs: Business Law & Entertainment Law
LL.M. students may elect to specialize their degree in Business Law or Entertainment Law by earning a certificate in either field. All LL.M. students are eligible for USC Law certificate programs, which must be earned during their LL.M. studies. Students may tailor their courses based on the certificate requirements listed below. Graduates who have earned both an LL.M. degree and a certificate in Business Law or Entertainment Law are able to market their specialized degree to employers in these fields. USC Law certificates provide graduates with the knowledge and skills to be top-notch business or entertainment lawyers.
Students may elect to pursue a certificate during the fall registration period, which takes place during the summer before fall classes begin. Prior to registration, students will receive additional information from our office about certificate requirements and how to enroll in our certificate programs. There are no additional fees for enrolling in a certificate program, as the law courses that are taken for the certificate will also count toward the 21 units required for the LL.M. degree.
LL.M. Certificate in Business Law
To obtain an LL.M. Certificate in Business Law, LL.M. students must take a total of at least 14 units of the mandatory and elective Business Law courses listed below.
The mandatory Business Law courses for LL.M. students are:
- Business Organizations
- Securities Regulation
- Corporate Finance or Analytical Methods for Lawyers
The elective Business Law courses at the Law School are:
- Accounting for Lawyers
- Advanced Contracts
- Antitrust Law
- Bankruptcy
- Business for Lawyers
- Commercial Paper
- Contract Drafting and Negotiation
- Corporate Fraud: Enron and the Financial Crisis of 2008
- Corporate Reorganization
- Corporate Taxation
- Counseling the Start-Up Company
- Deals
- Entertainment Law
- Insurance Law
- International Business Transactions
- Law & Economics
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Mortgage Law
- Partnerships & LLCs
- Partnership Taxation
- Real Estate Transactions
- Real Estate Transactions Problems
- Real Estate Finance
- Real Estate Finance Problems
- Realities of Commercial Lending
- Reviewing and Negotiating Business Contracts (LLM Only)
- Sales
- Secured Transactions
- Securities Fraud
- Small Business Clinic
- Sports Law
- Taxation
- Topics in Corporate Law: Corporate Governance
- Transnational Sales of Goods
LL.M. students enrolled in the LL.M. Certificate in Business Law program may petition to enroll in selected courses at the USC Marshall School of Business. Courses taken at USC Marshall School of Business will count as Elective Business Law Courses. Elective Business Law Course offerings at USC Law and at USC Marshall School of Business may vary each semester.
LL.M. Certificate in Entertainment Law
To obtain an LL.M. Certificate in Entertainment Law, LL.M. students must take a total of at least 14 units of the mandatory and elective Entertainment Law courses listed below.
The mandatory Entertainment Law courses are:
- Intellectual Property
- Entertainment Law
- Business Organizations
- Topics in Entertainment Law (at least 1 unit)
The elective Entertainment Law courses at the Law School are:
- Advanced Intellectual Property
- Antitrust Law and Intellectual Property
- Antitrust Law
- Art Law
- Copyright
- Copyright and Fictional Characters
- Entertainment Practicum
- First Amendment
- Hero or Villain
- Intellectual Property and Technology Clinic
- Legal Issues in the Music Industry
- Legal Issues in Television
- Media Law in the Digital Age
- Secured Transactions
- Sports Law
- Taxation
- Topics in Entertainment Law
- Trademark
LL.M. students enrolled in the LL.M. Certificate in Entertainment Law program may petition to enroll in selected courses at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Courses taken at USC School of Cinematic Arts will count as Elective Entertainment Law Courses. Elective Entertainment Law Course offerings at USC Law and at USC School of Cinematic Arts may vary each semester.
