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Area of law

Commercial Law

Sales, payments, secured lending and everyday business dealings.

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What this area covers

Commercial law supplies the rules for ordinary commerce: selling goods, paying for them, lending against collateral and shipping. Much of it is codified in the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted by each state.

Also called: Commercial Transactions, Contracts and Commercial Law, UCC.

Typical legal work

  • Drafting supply, distribution and sales agreements
  • Documenting secured loans and perfecting security interests
  • Resolving disputes over performance and payment

Common subareas

Franchise & Distribution LawThe relationship between franchisors, franchisees and distributors.

Where lawyers work

  • Law firms of every size
  • In-house legal departments
  • Banks and lenders

A setting is where you work; an area is what the work is about. The same area is practised in very different settings.

Schools with verified programs

A school is listed here only when its own website names a concentration, certificate, clinic, center or field placement in Commercial Law or one of its subareas. Schools are in alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking, and a school that is absent may still teach the subject.

2 schools · 1 certificate · 1 center or institute

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Program types counted as evidence: clinics, certificates, concentrations and specializations, centers and institutes, externships and field placements. Joint degrees and advanced degrees are described under Degrees & program types.

Sources

These references informed what the area covers. The description above is PreLaw Advisor’s own and does not reproduce their text.

  1. 1.American Bar Association. Business Law Section (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

Description reviewed Sep 2026. Each school program links to the page it was verified against.