This area of concentration is also beneficial to students interested in preparing business cases for trial, managing litigation for a large corporation, or working to avoid business litigation for an administrative or corporate employer. Business litigators must work not only to become masters of procedure but also to develop a basic understanding of business and commercial transactions. To complete a concentrated course of study in Business Litigation, students take a variety of courses to introduce them to the major substantive and procedural areas likely to be encountered by a practitioner involved in business or commercial litigation.
Business Litigation students complete the following courses:
| Course Name | Credit Hours |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | 2 |
| Bankruptcy | 3 |
| Business Litigation | 2 |
| Business Organizations II | 3 |
| Complex Litigation | 3 |
| Intellectual Property I | 3 |
Business Litigation students also complete at least one procedural course from among the following:
| Course Name | Credit Hours |
| Administrative Law: Federal | 2 |
| Administrative Law: Texas | 2 |
| Arbitration | 2 |
| Conflict of Laws | 3 |
| Federal Courts | 3 |
Finally, Business Litigation students complete at least two additional substantive classes from among the following courses:
| Course Name | Credit Hours |
| Antitrust | 3 |
| Business Organizations: Current Topics in Mergers & Acquisitions | 2 |
| Commercial Law: Negotiable Instruments | 3 |
| Commercial Law: Secured Transactions | 3 |
| Creditors' Remedies | 2 |
| Employment Discrimination | 3 |
| Employment Relations | 3 |
| Insurance | 3 |
| Securities Regulation | 3 |
| White Collar Crime | 3 |
For more information, see Professors Wren, Bates, Miller, or Underwood.