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LAW-2716 Commercial Lending and Finance Practicum
Mr. Mitchel Appelbaum, Ms. Marion Giliberti Barish,
2 credits day; 2 credits evening.
Graded on an Honors, Pass, Low Pass, Fail basis students using this course to fulfill the
experiential learning requirement may not also use this same course to meet the legal writing
requirement.
This course provides students with a skills-based approach to representing borrowers and
institutional lenders, such as banks, in commercial (non-real estate) financing transactions. Using
a variety of model documents, the course will cover drafting and negotiation model documents,
drafting and negotiation strategies in transactions ranging from simple demand loans to complex
loan transactions involving different types of collateral guaranties, financial covenants, and legal
opinions. While focusing in particular on lending transactions, the course is designed to provide
students with an introduction to the lawyering process in business transactions.
Faculty comments
: Course co-taught by Appelbaum and Barish
Prerequisite: Corporations; Completion or concurrent enrollment in Secured Transactions is
useful, but not necessary.
Enrollment is limited: 20
Elective Course
Meets Skills Menu Requirement
Meets Financial Services Concentration Requirements
Meets Experiential Learning Requirement
<<Course Updated: April 06, 2016>>