Corporate Law
LAW-40044
Business entities are formed, operated and dissolved. This course identifies the fundamental differences and characteristics of major business organizations such as sole proprietorships, partnerships (general, limited and professional) and corporations. Students will gain an understanding of and ability to apply the basic principles of agency law. By the end of the course, each participant will have prepared an example of corporate formation and minute book including stock ledger and important government filed papers.
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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:
The Law of Corporations and Other Business Organizations 6th
by Angela Schneeman
ISBN / ASIN: 9781133019145
You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.
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- No refunds after: 7/10/2025
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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.
