Corporate law is an essential area of study for all law students, even if you don't plan to specialize in business law. Understanding the legal framework governing businesses—covering areas like finance, regulations, and governance—will enhance your legal expertise and broaden your career opportunities. Regardless of your focus, corporate law provides crucial insights into the modern economic landscape.
What is Corporate Law?
Corporate law governs the legal aspects of businesses, including their formation, operation, and dissolution. It addresses the relationships between corporations and their stakeholders, such as shareholders, directors, and officers, and covers areas like corporate governance, compliance, and financing. Corporate law is central to the functioning of both public and private businesses and ensures that companies adhere to laws and regulations that protect shareholders, employees, and the broader market.
In practice, corporate law involves navigating complex issues related to mergers and acquisitions, securities, corporate finance, intellectual property, and fiduciary duties. It plays a critical role in the structuring of business transactions, investment practices, and resolving disputes within the corporate environment.
Why is Corporate Law Important for Law Students?
Corporate law is indispensable for law students interested in business, finance, and commercial law. It's a field that impacts nearly every aspect of the economy, from private startups to publicly traded corporations. Whether you’re involved in advising clients, litigating business disputes, or working on complex business transactions, understanding the rules that govern corporate behavior will be crucial for your success.
Corporate law is indispensable for law students interested in business, finance, and commercial law. It's a field that impacts nearly every aspect of the economy, from private startups to publicly traded corporations. Whether you’re involved in advising clients, litigating business disputes, or working on complex business transactions, understanding the rules that govern corporate behavior will be crucial for your success.
Beyond exam prep, corporate law offers a comprehensive view of the intersection of law and business, providing law students with the skills to work in a range of practice areas, including corporate litigation, tax law, securities law, and compliance. The challenges posed by the corporate world—whether navigating mergers, regulatory compliance, or shareholder disputes—require a deep understanding of corporate law and its real-world applications.
Corporate Law at No. 86
The No. 86 Corporate Law Course is designed to provide law students with the foundational knowledge needed to understand corporate structures, governance, business transactions, and the complex web of regulations that shape corporate practice. This course offers a detailed exploration of key topics in corporate law, with an emphasis on practical application and real-world scenarios.
The No. 86 Corporate Law Course is designed to provide law students with the foundational knowledge needed to understand corporate structures, governance, business transactions, and the complex web of regulations that shape corporate practice. This course offers a detailed exploration of key topics in corporate law, with an emphasis on practical application and real-world scenarios.
Course Overview: What You’ll Learn
This course breaks down the essentials of corporate law, offering structured lessons that explore foundational principles and complex legal issues faced by modern corporations. Key modules include:
This course breaks down the essentials of corporate law, offering structured lessons that explore foundational principles and complex legal issues faced by modern corporations. Key modules include:
- Introduction to Corporate Law: What are some different types of corporations? Why are corporations often organized in Delaware? Here you’ll find answers to basic questions about corporate law.
- Corporate Law in Practice: All practicing lawyers should have at least some familiarity with the basics of corporate law. Even if you’re not working for a corporation, you are likely to interact with one either as a client or as an opponent, at some point in your legal career. What are some basics of business law? How is transactional law different from litigation? Why are corporations necessary for a functional global economy?
- Landmark Corporate Law Cases: Modern corporate law has developed and changed in a relatively short period of time. Landmark cases have driven much of this evolution, as courts decide how, when and why to apply basic corporate law principles to different situations.
- Corporate Finance: This module covers basic questions about corporate finance. Learn more about the rules that regulate financial transactions. How do companies raise money? What obligations do they owe to shareholders?
- Nonprofit Corporations: Non-profits are a form of corporations but do they operate in the same way? Are they subject to the same rules? What role do non-profits and other corporations play in society?
- History of Corporations: Learn more about the early history and about the particular evolution of American corporations that flourished in the free market.
Ready to Dive In? Here are Some Videos from Our Corporate Law Course to Help You Get Started:
- Is Corporate Law Useful for Non-Corporate Lawyers?
- What is the Difference Between a Gift and a Bargain?
- Does the Economy Need Corporations?
- Why is the Delaware Court of Chancery Important?
- What Makes a Corporation Legal?
By enrolling in the course (for free!), you’ll also gain access to exclusive content, case studies, and updates that reflect the evolving landscape of corporate law.
Interested? Enroll Now!
The No. 86 Corporate Law Course is an invaluable resource for law students who want to develop a thorough understanding of corporate law and its application in the business world. Whether you're interested in litigation, compliance, mergers, or corporate governance, this course will equip you with the knowledge needed to succeed in any corporate legal practice.