Adv Fund for Corporate Lawyers (Evans)
Faculty
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| Robert Evans Lecturer in Law Robert.evans@lockelord.com |
Additional Information
Experiential CourseYes
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Drafting Legal Documents
Expository Writing
Other Professional Skills:
Grading
20% Participation,
80% Other (There will be assignments almost every week, due by 5 pm the day before the next class. The next class will include generalized feedback about the prior week's assignment. At least one of the assignments will be a brief video taped presentation. )
No
Class meets in person.
Meeting Times/Location
T 1:00PM - 2:50PM
Tanenbaum Hall 112
Category
Upper-Level
Credits
2.0
This course is designed to allow students to work on fundamentals that Corporate and Capital Markets associates need to know.
Students will be taught through lecture, discussion and a combination of activities focused on drafting, negotiating and interpreting public company disclosures, securities offering deal documents and related legal opinions.
The course will emphasize practical knowledge and skills through weekly projects involving discrete tasks, such as reviewing and marking up documents and responding to and negotiating document mark-ups. We will focus on financial statement related disclosures in the MD&A (Management’s Discussion and Analysis) section of SEC filings, transaction-related disclosures and third-party legal opinions delivered in securities offerings. The assignments will include research questions and hypotheticals based on the materials covered. Part of the learning will be about situations that frequently confront corporate associates when answering questions in a law firm environment.
Class time will be devoted to feedback on the previous week’s assignment and setting up the new assignment. Students should have a basic understanding of US contract law and corporate law.
Business and Corporate Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of business and corporate law; Perform legal analysis in the context of business and corporate law; Communicate effectively on topics related to business and corporate law; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between the world of business and finance and that of business and corporate law, and how they affect other areas of law and society.
Skills Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of the individual course skill; Demonstrate the ability to receive and implement feedback; Demonstrate an understanding of how and when the individual course skill is employed in practice.