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BUSINESS LAW PROGRAMS

From start-up to merger, idea to initial public offering, acquisition to sale, legal issues punctuate the life of a business. A business simply cannot function without the direction and confidence supplied by the laws that regulate business and commerce. Lewis & Clark recognizes the importance of this field of study and provides an innovative and comprehensive program in business and commercial law.

The Study of Business Law

Our program allows students to focus on individual interests, as well as explore a full array of topics. The rich and varied curriculum includes not only traditional subject areas, such as business associations, income tax, and commercial law, but also newer ones, such as cyberlaw and telecommunications law, that challenge us to adapt legal rules to fast-changing technologies. We offer a wide array of electives which encourage students to mix practice and theory. Importantly, our offerings also include a full selection of practical skills opportunities and transactional courses that simulate the types of transactions business lawyers encounter in their practices.

Certificate Programs

We offer certificates in general business law, intellectual property law, and federal tax law. Certificates are intended to recognize students for their achievements and to inform prospective employers that these students have completed a rigorous course of study in the subject area.

Certificate Requirements

Business Law Program News

Distinguished IP Law Visitor:
Judge Pierre Leval, February 9-12, 2009

SBLC Awarded MJ Murdock Trust Grant

Second Annual Sustainable Business CLE April 24

Prospective Student Resources

Lewis & Clark welcomes you to explore our extraordinary Business Law Programs. Visit the links below to find out more about what we have to offer, for advice and specific questions please feel free to contact us.

Beyond The Classroom

The Business Law Program at Lewis & Clark Law School offers students a wide range of practical skills opportunities to choose from.

Business Law Practical Skills and Clinical Opportunities

FHDC affordable housingCommunity Development Law Center

CDLC attorneys train law students to assist tax-exempt corporations with a wide variety of business transactions. Students have exciting opportunities to gain hands-on experience in a weekly practicum at the Clinic under the guidance of CDLC attorneys. Pictured above: Affordable housing developed by the Farmworker Housing Development Corporation, clients of the CDLC.

Program Spotlights

2009 Distinguished IP Visitor: Feb. 9-12, 2009

Our Distinguished Intellectual Property Visitor program is now in its tenth year. This year our visitor will be Judge Pierre Leval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Our Alumni

K Mitchell-Phillips

Our graduates have successful practices all over the country.

Our Students

K Black

Find out what students have to say about our program as they share their experiences.

Beyond the Classroom: Business Law Practical Skills and Clinical Opportunities


Program Events

Distinguished IP Visitor

2008 Spring Symposium: "Indigenous Economic Development: Sustainability, Culture and Business"

Business Law Spring Luncheon

Distinguished Business Law Graduate

Fall Forum

Sustainable Business CLE

Contact Us

Associate Dean & Director
Lisa LeSage
503-768-6677
lesage@lclark.edu

Program Associate
Shanelle Honda
503-768-6639
shonda@lclark.edu

L&C Business Blogs

Professor Joseph Miller

IP Student Organization