LAWS 6682 Commercial Law: Secured Transactions
A massive amount of commercial and consumer transactions involve taking personal property as collateral. Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code governs nearly all of these. From car loans, to multi-billion-dollar subprime mortgage lending. From restaurant equipment, to commercial and private jets. From nonprofit hospitals, to crypto-assets. And from financing business day-to-day operations, to the largest leveraged buyouts. Article 9 is at the center of it all. We will study Article 9 extensively, as well as certain other statutes. The goal is to learn technical reading of the statute -- and statutes in general -- and practical implementation of this for lending lawyers. In addition to the traditional types of collateral, we will also look at increasingly important types of collateral such as intellectual property, certain financial instruments, and specialized contracts that are core to the healthcare industry.
Course overview
- Department
- Law
- School
- LAW
- Credits
- 4
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Annually
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.51 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.72 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 7
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Ingrid Hillinger | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 7–9 hrs/week | 60 of 66 |
| Fall 2024 | Ingrid Hillinger | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 7–9 hrs/week | 76 of 85 |
| Spring 2024 | David Martin | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 25 of 28 |
| Fall 2023 | Ingrid Hillinger | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 79 of 92 |
| Spring 2023 | David Martin | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 7–9 hrs/week | 31 of 35 |
| Fall 2022 | Ingrid Hillinger | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 83 of 97 |
| Fall 2021 | Ingrid Hillinger | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 10+ hrs/week | 68 of 94 |