Pathway: Transactional Law Practice

The Transactional Law Practice Pathway is designed as a guided curriculum that will prepare you for a career as a general transactional law practitioner. Transactional law attorneys facilitate dealings between individuals and businesses in a broad array of contexts. These may include individual based transactions like adoption, residential closings and basic family planning, as well as corporate and commercial transactions, like business formation and purchase and sale agreements. In addition to your core legal analysis, research and writing skills, you should develop strong interviewing, drafting, negotiating and counseling skills and a basic knowledge about business and taxes.

Faculty Advisors

Professors Debra Cohen and Jacqueline Lainez Flanagan

Curriculum

Stage 1: Foundational Courses

Administrative Law ^CORE
Business Organizations I (Agency & Partnerships) ^CORE
Business Organizations II (Corporations) ^CORE
Commercial Law UCC ^CORE
Contracts I and II ^REQ.
Family Law ^CORE
Federal Taxation ^CORE
Property I and II ^REQ.
Remedies ^CORE
Wills and Estates ^CORE

Stage 2: Electives

Stage 3: Experiential Opportunities

^{REQ. = Required course for all students | CORE = At least 3 core courses are required
RALWR = An opportunity to complete the Research Paper requirement | CR = An opportunity to complete the Clinic requirement}

Community Service/Summer Fellowships/Externships

UDC Law has extensive connections with non-profit organizations and governmental agencies in the DC metropolitan region that provide students with the opportunity to spend a semester actually working in their chosen fields. The following are some examples of relevant placements students have obtained with outside organizations and agencies: