Corporate Law Colleges

Fordham Univeristy

• Fordham Univeristy, a Jesuit university based in New York, provides corporate law training through its Corporate Law Center. The center was founded in 2001 as a center for issues in corporate law. Programs at Fordham allow students to debate and discuss with academic professionals, practicing attorneys, judges and policy makers. The school also offers symposia, lectures, panels and roundtables on the subject of corporate law. The Corporate Law Center works closely with other parts of Fordham Law School, such as the Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law, a journal edited by Fordham students. Finally, students may participate in the Advanced Business Law seminar, an overview and introduction to contemporary business law research.

  Fordham University School of Law
  140 West 62nd St.
  New York, NY 10023
  212-636-6000
  http://law.fordham.edu/

University of Cincinnati

• The University of Cincinnati's College of Law includes a Corporate Law Center. The Center seeks to train law students in a deep understanding of corporate law. Additionally, the Center seeks to bring comprehension of contemporary corporate law issues to the business and legal communities. The Center also helps practicing attorneys. Academic areas addressed by the Corporate Law Center include management duties, the relationship between corporations and the broader society and the relationship between corporate managers and public stockholders.

  University of Cincinnati
  College of Law
  PO Box 210040
  Clifton Ave. and Calhoun St.
  Cincinnati, OH 45221-0040
  http://law.uc.edu/

Columbia University

• Columbia University's Law School allows students to commit to a concentration on corporate law. The concentration is supported by three pillars: the Center on Corporate Governance, the Columbia Business Law Review and the Charles Evans Gerber Transactional Studies Program. The Transactional Studies Program allows students the opportunity to negotiate, analyze and draft real-life corporate business transactions, getting experience in the art of the deal before leaving law school. Students at Columbia Law may use the Transactional Studies Program as a communication platform to initiate dialogue with the school's faculty as well as economists, judges, business leaders, practicing lawyers and government officials.

  Columbia Law School
  435 West 116th Street
  Mail Code 4004
  New York, NY 10027-7297
  212-854-2640
  http://www.law.columbia.edu/

Michigan State University

• Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., provides students with the opportunity to specialize in corporate law. Students interested in studying academic law at Michigan State must be in good academic standing. The courses allow students to train in transactional practice before graduation. Classes on corporate law include antitrust law, mergers and acquisitions, international business transactions, corporate finance and accounting for lawyers.

  Michigan State University
  101 Wells Hall
  East Lansing, MI 48824-1027
  517-353-8852
  http://msu.edu/