Corporate Legal Department (LS 470)
Term: Academic Year 2012-13 Spring
Schedule
Mon, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (1/7/2013 - 2/11/2013) Location: LR PC 217
Description
This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the role of paralegals in a corporate legal department. Students will learn how legal matters are most often handled in corporate legal departments and gain an understanding of how corporate legal departments operate. The subject areas of the class discussions and readings include: role of General Counsel; outside attorney referrals, fee data bases and fee sourcing; business entity compliance and corporate document maintenance; employment law compliance; intellectual property and e-commerce filings; documenting the sale of business assets and real estate; bankruptcy filings; SEC filings; and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.