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18 J. Legal Stud. Educ. 1 (2000)

handle is hein.journals/jlse18 and id is 1 raw text is: THE ROLE OF BUSINESS LAW IN THE 150 HOUR EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR CPA CERTIFICATION By Christine Neylon O'Brien' and John G. Neylon- INTRODUCTION This paper deals with a change in the rules that allows one to become a Certified Public Accountant and the implications of the change for law faculty in business schools who train potential CPAs. In the new millennium, one will generally be required to have at least 150 semester hours of education including a baccalaureate degree and an accounting concentration to qualify to sit for the CPA examination.' Those schools that offer a Master of Science in Accounting program or a qualifying MBA with an accounting concentration need to address the new require- ments when preparing their curricula. This paper focuses in particular * Professor of Business Law, Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston College. - Proprietor, Neylon & O'Brien, PA., Boston, Mass.; Adjunct Professor, Sawyer Graduate School of Management, Suffolk University; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Bentley College. The authors wish to express their appreciation to all those who contributed to this research, including: Harry J. Fleming, Marni Holtzman, Bryan M. Sullivan, and Erin Dunn, all formerly students of Boston College Law School or Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston College, and to Sonia Ensins of the O'Neill Library, Boston College. While most jurisdictions have passed the 150-hour requirement, the effective date varies amongst jurisdictions. See infra chart within text following note 47, Business Law Requirements for CPA Certification (hereinafter Chart) for the effective dates. Please note that the information represented on this chart will change over the months to come. There are states that did not respond to the authors' survey, and many states are in the process of revising their regulations and rules.

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