Business Law
LAW-40080
This course provides legal professionals with an overview of important legal issues related to formation of business entities. Topics include sole proprietorships, partnerships (general, limited, and professional), corporations, and limited liability companies. Students will learn how to prepare documents and practical guidelines for the formation and maintenance of these business entities. Students will be able to analyze the various business entities to determine which business entity may be best for a particular situation.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
Textbooks:
Legal Environment: Business Law and Business Entities (Aspen College) Paperback – June 29, 2011 1st
by Halsey, McLaughlin
ISBN / ASIN: 9780735568105
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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- No refunds after: 1/17/2025
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Instructor: Jamie Townsend, Esq
Ms. Jamie Townsend is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. While in law school, she served as an editor on the law review and was an Olin Student Fellow in law and economics.
After graduating she worked at a boutique intellectual property law firm in Los Angeles before teaching law school for several years, including teaching on the topic of business organizations at Western State College of Law. She has written extensively in the areas of intellectual property and the changing application of law to modern media.
Ms. Townsend currently practices in the field of transactional corporate law specializing in small to medium businesses, intellectual property, general business litigation and employment law.
She is passionate about the First Amendment and about teaching.
