Making the most of the pandemic? Like many others across the country, Oregon Law students experienced the impact of COVID-19 on summer employment opportunities. In response, the Oregon Law Business Law Program and Center for Career Planning and Professional Development embarked on a joint initiative to develop and launch the Oregon Law Summer 2021 M&A Boot Camp. The online, practice-focused transactional program provided skills and knowledge to students who had little to no prior experience with M&A concepts, transactional drafting, and deal negotiation. Oregon Law will again offer the M&A Boot Camp in the summer of 2022.
The Experience
Teamwork, networking, and strategy-building were integral parts of the Boot Camp experience. Students worked in teams of two to draft, mark up, and negotiate a letter of intent in anticipation of a simulated acquisition. They interacted with simulation clients, experienced practitioners, and opposing teams via video conference, email, and phone. A significant component of the experience focused on students learning from practitioners and receiving feedback on their work product, negotiation strategies, and client advocacy skills. The 15 volunteer coaches and judges who participated in this experience provided substantive feedback to the students and helped students connect the skills they were developing to those they would use in transactional practice.
Oregon Law student Nick Bursell (2L) participated in the Boot Camp. “As a...
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