Preferential Courses for Stern Students

To register for any of the following pre-approved courses, please fill out the request form and bring in to your appropriate advising office (FT: MBA Advising, 6-120; PT: The Langone Program Office, 1-75) for approval. You do not need to include a course description or syllabus if the class is pre-approved. Your advising office will review, process and forward the form to the Registrar for enrollment. All students registering for courses at the School of Law that are not pre-approved must fill out the following form and take it to the School of Law and MBA Academic Advising for faculty and administrative signatures.

Approximately 5 seats are reserved for Stern students taking a course at the Law School. You pay the tuition for these courses through Stern according to the Stern credit load they carry. Please note that Law School classes will appear on your transcript with the Stern credit load they carry. The Stern school calendar differs from the Law School calendar.

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Course Discriptions

Course Syllabi

Law Course #	Title	Faculty	Law credit	Day/Evening	Notes
L03.2010	Corporations	Scott	4.00	Mo 2:00-3:50 Th
L03.3009	The Law and Regulation of Financial Institutions	Miller	3.00	Tu 9:00-10:50 Fr
L03.3031	Bankruptcy	McKenzie	3.00	Mo 11:00-12:15 We
L03.3032	International Commercial Sales	Ferrari	3.00	TBD
L03.3038	Comparative Corporate Governance	Hertig	3.00	Mo 11:00-12:15 We
L03.3040	Suvey of Securities Regulation	Choi	4.00	Mo 9:00-10:50 We
L03.3040	Suvey of Securities Regulation	Carlson	4.00	Tu 9:00-10:50	Student must take both semesters in order to receive credit.
L03.3043	Mergers & Acquisitions	Katz	3.00	TBD
L03.3043	Mergers & Acquisitions	TBD	3.00	TBD
L03.3050	Insurance Law	Geistfeld	3.00	Mo 11:00-12:15 We
L03.3051	The Law of Securitization	Kravitt/Horn	2.00	TBD
L03.3053	Derivatives and Changing Regulation	Carlson	2.00	Fr 9:00-10:50

L03.2010.001 Corporations (H. Scott)

Prerequisite: There are no prerequisites.
Co-requisite: There are no co-requisites.

This course introduces the basic concepts of business associations, There will be detailed study of the core concepts of agency and authority and both state and federal aspects of corporate law. Corporate law subjects will include the roles, responsibilities and liabilities of shareholders, directors and officers; fiduciary principles; organization and operation of closely held corporations; and basic aspects of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Recent developments in corporate governance law and concepts will be covered. BACK TO TOP

L03.3031.001 Bankruptcy (B. Adler)

Prerequisite: There are no prerequisites.
Co-requisite: Corporations

An in-depth analysis of United States bankruptcy law, including a unit on international bankruptcy cases. This class will examine not only the doctrine of bankruptcy law, but will also explore how that doctrine influences pre- and post-insolvency decisions of debtors and creditors. The course thus explores the interaction among bankruptcy, contract, tort, and corporate law. BACK TO TOP

L03.3040.001 Survey of Securities Regulation (S. Choi)

Prerequisite: There are no prerequisites.
Co-requisite: There are no co-requisites.

This course offers an intensive introduction to the federal securities laws, covering the Securities Act of 1933 and parts of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The course explores the elaborate disclosure obligations that this country imposes on the distribution and trading of investment securities. Topics to be covered include the preparation of disclosure documents, exemptions from disclosure requirements, the relationship between disclosure obligations and antifraud rules, and the duties of participants in securities transactions. In the past, most students have taken this course in preparation for corporate practice, but the subject has also been of interest to those concerned with the development of the modern regulatory state, as exemplified by the evolution of federal securities laws under the Securities and Exchange Commission. BACK TO TOP

L03.3053.001 Derivatives and Changing Regulation (J. Carlson)

Prerequisite: There are no prerequisites.
Co-requisite: There are no co-requisites.

Derivatives and Changing Regulation. and Changing Regulation will focus on different types of derivatives and their risk allocation purposes, basic structures and terms, typical market participants and the current underlying legal, regulatory and accounting treatment of each type of derivative. These types of derivatives include credit derivatives, equity derivatives, commodity and energy derivatives, exchange traded derivatives, currency and interest rate derivatives, credit and equity linked financial instruments, and newly developing climate, property and other more exotic derivatives. With this foundation, this Seminar will then discuss the recent bank, financial and market calamities associated with each type of derivative, and pending political, market, legal, regulatory and accounting changes to address these problems. Our students will be requested in groups to briefly research recent proposals for such changes, and participate in a presentation to the Seminar assessing these proposals. For certain types of derivatives, we would expect to participate in the Seminar presentations and discussions. The Seminar would be for two credits and made available to students in the Law School and Business School, and is scheduled to meet on Mondays from 9-10:50 am. BACK TO TOP