Juris Doctor (JD) Degree

The concentration in Business and Entrepreneurship Law offers students the opportunity to complete a series of courses that have been designed to provide both a depth of substantive knowledge and a breadth of experience with practice skills and business law practice settings. The goal of the curriculum is to enable students to enter the profession with a higher level of readiness to practice, while possessing that combination of theoretical insights and practical perspective that support a career-long life of self-reflection and learning.

In addition to traditional core courses such as Business Organizations and Federal Income Tax, the concentration offers a series of upper-level elective courses that reflect the unique focus of the Earle Mack School of Law on entrepreneurship and technology.

This concentration provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal theories of trademark law and unfair competition, patent law, copyright law, and related state and federal doctrines

Health law is a rapidly growing area of legal practice, reflecting a range of factors. Health care is a highly regulated industry, reflecting the billions of federal, state and private dollars spend on the delivery of health care services. Biotechnology, medicine, and the pharmaceutical industries are this region’s primary economic growth markets. The “graying” of America (and Pennsylvania in particular) requires new ways of dealing with the legal and medical problems of the elderly, new ethical problems, new expectations for health care and assisted living, and compliance with a host of federal, state and local laws, ordinances, and regulations.