Student service must be supervised by a lawyer employed by the placement agency. The Program must approve the placement. The student must submit biweekly journals cataloging their activities for the placement agency and signed by the supervisor. Students must attend class and complete the academic requirements as dictated by Professor Clark For more information, contact the Director, Cheryl L. Conner or the Faculty Advisor, Professor Gerard Clark. A comprehensive review of the principles of good legal writing, major assignments include drafting a legal document and writing a brief.
Individual conferences supplement the lectures.
Successfully completing the course satisfies the writing requirement. Enrollment is limited to 15. This is an advanced course in not only the substantive law of mergers and acquisitions but also the strategy and tactics of such transactions. The curriculum will focus on negotiated acquisitions, beginning with strategic planning for acquirors and targets and moving through the stages of a simulated transaction. The level of sophistication at which the course will be taught can be adjusted depending upon the student's backgrounds and extent to which they have already taken any courses in Securities Regulation, Antitrust, Banking, Corporation Finance, and Corporate Income Tax Law.