Entrepreneurial Law

This certificate is designed to enable students to acquire a rich background in business law. Students not only will complete a core business law curriculum, they will also get on the job experience in the practice of business law and have the opportunity to take related courses offereed by the Unviersity of Tulsa Collins College of Business.

I. Mandatory Core Courses (6-7 hours)
    1. Basic Corporate Law (3 or 4 hours) 
    2. Agency and Partnership (3 hours)

II. Elective Core Courses (3 hours)
Select any one of the following three courses; if more than one are selected, the additional course(s) may be applied to satisfy III. below.

1. Antitrust Law (3 hours)
2. Corporate Finance (3 hours)
3. Regulated Industries (3 hours)

III. Elective Related Courses (5-6 hours)

Select any two of the following courses

1. Consumer Law (3 hours)
2. Corporate Finance (3 hours) [if not taken in satisfaction of II. above]
3. Insurance Law (3 hours)
4. Intellectual Property Law (2 hours)
5. International Business Transactions (3 hours)
6. International Trade Law (2 or 3 hours)
7. Non-Profit Law (3 hours)
8. Regulated Industries (3 hours) [if not taken in satisfaction of II. above]
9. Tribal Economic Development (3 hours)
10. Trademark Law & Unfair Trade Practices (2 hours)
11. University or law courses related to entrepreneurial law approved by the Director of the Entrepreneurship Certificate Program and the Vice Dean.

CERTIFICATE DIRECTOR:

Barbara Bucholtz

Director of the Entrepreneurial Certificate Program and Professor of Legal Writing
barbara-bucholtz@utulsa.edu
918-631-3193

Professor Bucholtz received her J.D. from Valparaiso University of Law and her LL.M. in environmental law from George Washington University (with highest honors). Prior to joining the TU law faculty, she practiced corporate law, business litigation, class action litigation, and estate planning in the Chicago area and in Tulsa. She is a former law clerk for the Northern District of Oklahoma. She serves on the boards of several organizations in the business and the nonprofit sectors. Her teaching interests include contracts, sales, international private law, comparative corporate law, corporate law, securities law, international trade, American legal history and jurisprudence, the law of nonprofit organizations, and legal analysis and writing. She writes and speaks on topics that include international trade agreements, environmental law, and nonprofit associations.