Business Experiential Learning
Business Clinical Programs
Our outstanding clinical business law programs turn the DFW area into a living laboratory for our students and provide them with many opportunities for a hands-on lesson of law in the real world. Our Small Business and Trademark Clinic provides students with training and experience in how to be a transactional lawyer by working with new and existing small businesses and non-profit organizations. The Patent Clinic offers students the opportunity to gain essential experience in counseling clients, drafting patent applications, and communicating with patent examiners through work with growing start-up and entrepreneurial clients. Students in the Federal Taxpayers Clinic handle all aspects of controversies with the IRS, including representing taxpayers before the United States Tax Court.
Corporate Counsel Externship Program
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÔ¤²â Dedman Law is on the cutting edge when it comes to educating students about the in-house practice of Law. Our Corporate Counsel Externship Program is an innovative academic program that integrates a corporate counsel class with externships in corporate legal departments in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Click for photos of our 2022 Corporate Counsel Externs.
In-house Counsel Fellowship Program
Our new graduates represent the best in academic excellence, leadership, and professional presence. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÔ¤²â Dedman Law’s In-House Counsel Fellowship Program provides them with the opportunity to gain additional business training and experience in corporations through a one-year, post-graduate fellowship.
Business Law Concentration
JD students can qualify for a Concentration in Business Law by completing at least 25 credits in key business law topics, writing an academic paper on a business law topic, and completing a business law work experience. Students are expected to take these courses over the duration of their last two years.