Topics in Public Affairs: Nonprofit Law

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

This core course is a general survey of North Carolina nonprofit law and US federal tax law related to nonprofit organizations, with a particular focus on charitable and religious organizations. An additional emphasis will be on the fiduciary duties of nonprofit directors and officers. In this course, we will cover a range of topics related to such organizations: formation; operation, including unrelated business income as well as lobby and political engagement activities; and reorganization, merger and dissolution

Goals for the class

• Teach nonprofit law and have the skills to form a nonprofit 501c3 organization
• Simulate a law school class
• Create a nonprofit networking opportunity

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Examination	75%
Class Participation	25%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93 to 100 percent	A
90 to 92.99 percent	A-
87 to 89.99 percent	B+
83 to 86.99 percent	B
80 to 82.99 percent	B-
77 to 79.99 percent	C+
73 to 76.99 percent	C
70 to 72.99 percent	C-
Less than 69.99 percent	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance is strongly encouraged but not required. There will be a review session for the entire class covering all of the materials on the last day of class

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.