Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law

About the Center

The Geoffrey H. Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law an innovative multidisciplinary 12-unit certificate program that offers students a challenging, exciting, and unique supplement to the traditional law school curriculum. The certificate program prepares students to fulfill the overlapping roles of lawyer and entrepreneur for law-related careers in business, startups, entertainment, hi-tech, real estate, and other related practice areas. The Palmer Center delivers an integrated approach to entrepreneurship, business, and law that prepares its students to excel as lawyers who provide a broad range of professional services.

In today's world, lawyers who have business skills have an advantage over their peers, as lawyers are increasingly called upon to render counsel on issues requiring knowledge beyond the scope of a traditional legal education. Entrepreneurial ventures are the driving force behind modern innovation and wealth creation, and the Palmer Center equips its students with the educational and experiential tools to form and grow such ventures.

The Palmer Center programs are stimulating, fast-paced atmosphere, both inside and outside the classroom, primarily through the “certificate program” and the “fellowship program.”

Courses

Endowed by Geoffrey H. Palmer, entrepreneur and Pepperdine Caruso Law alumnus, the Palmer Center offers a stimulating, fast-paced atmosphere, both in and out of the classroom. The Palmer Center offers classes in business, finance, real estate, entertainment, intellectual property, and technology, and allows its students to specialize in one of three entrepreneurial course concentrations: Business and Finance; Real Estate; or Intellectual Property, Entertainment and Technology.