Commercial Leasing

Catalog description

Commercial Leasing is a transactional course that teaches foundational transactional skills related to a commercial leasing legal practice. After reviewing landlord-tenant concepts and learning how these apply in a commercial leasing context, students will spend the remainder of the course engaging in a series of simulated transactions related to commercial leasing. These may include drafting and negotiating shopping center leases and office leases, and examining leases in the context of assignment and sublease, leasehold financing, and lease acceptance or rejection in bankruptcy. As part of these simulations, students will have extensive opportunities to examine and draft transactional documents related to commercial leasing and engage in various role-play exercises designed to teach relevant lawyering skills. Prerequisite(s): Property and Contracts. Graded.