This course will focus on selected advanced corporate law issues and the role of corporate counsel in addressing these issues. topics will include business ethics; corporate social responsibility and philanthropy; corporate political activity; investigation of allegations of corporate wrongdoing; corporate compliance programs in areas such as finance and securities, environmental, employment, and fraud and abuse law; the emerging law of crisis management; and related professional ethics issues, such as responsibilities of corporate counsel, opinions of counsel for complex financial transactions and the operation of the attorney-client privilege in corporate settings. In lieu of a final examination, this course requires a qualifying paper that fulfills one-half of the upper-level writing requirement.