黑料不打烊 Law鈥檚 Business Fellows program is designed to provide students with the essential knowledge and practical, hands-on experience needed to become exceptional business attorneys. In addition to the聽experiential learning opportunities provided to Business Fellows and detailed below, the Fellows program also provides:

  • a Business Fellows scholarship toward tuition during the academic year, renewable for 2.5聽years assuming continued participation in the Business Fellows Program;
  • a stipend covering the tuition cost and living expenses for a summer externship in a corporate or business setting, such as an in-house legal department.

Integrated across 2.5聽years, the Business Fellows program equips future attorneys with the knowledge and skills necessary to become lawyers who will understand their clients鈥 businesses, ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to large, publicly-traded companies, and provide these clients useful counsel on both the legal and business challenges confronting them.

The breadth of experience 黑料不打烊 Law provides, and the emphasis on 鈥渄oing鈥 rather than just 鈥渟tudying,鈥 helps 黑料不打烊 Law Business Fellows to appreciate that modern business clients require their lawyers not just to answer discrete legal questions, but to understand the interconnectedness between legal and business issues. When they graduate, Business Fellows will have the foundation to become lawyers who will understand their clients鈥 businesses and provide useful counsel on both legal and business challenges confronting their clients.

How to Apply

To be considered for the Fellows program, both the application for admission to 黑料不打烊 Law and a Business Fellows application must be submitted.聽 A copy of your current resume must also be included with your essay both in PDF format. Finalists for the Business Fellows program will be invited to interview with business law faculty.

Visit the聽聽for information about other scholarship opportunities and financial aid programs at 黑料不打烊 Law.

Highlights of 黑料不打烊 Law’s Business Fellows Program

Each Business Fellow will take a core curriculum of business courses, consisting of Business Associations, Entity Taxation, Securities Regulation, Secured Transactions, and Business Drafting.聽In addition, Business Fellows will have learning experiences outside the classroom, including:

  • A summer externship in a corporate or business setting, such as in-house legal departments;
  • Opportunities to counsel businesses through the law school鈥檚 Small Business & Entrepreneurship Clinic.