Corporate Governance is the system by which organizations are directed and controlled. It involves regulatory and market mechanisms, the relationships between an entity’s management, its board, its shareholders, and other stakeholders, as well as the goals for which the entity is governed. Corporate Governance, therefore, is about strategy as well as Risk Management. Compliance is a core function within a broader definition of risk management and control. Governance, Risk, and Compliance are very closely intertwined and are best presented in an integrated format in order to give business leaders the readily applicable tools to succeed.

The CFPITF Special Purpose Certificate is an e-learning program that is designed to train and certify international trade finance professionals in Compliance and Fraud Prevention and to build an online global network of international trade and finance professionals.

The Certificate in Financial Services Compliance provides the opportunity for lawyers and non-lawyers to take financial institution law courses offered by the School of Law’s Graduate Program in Banking & Financial Law, the oldest banking LLM program in the country. The 12-credit certificate program is taken online and can be completed in two to four consecutive semesters. The program is open for enrollment in the fall and spring semesters for part-time students. Eight credits, consisting of new courses developed specifically for the certificate program, deal with the history, structure, characteristics, and components of financial institution compliance. The remaining 4 credits may be selected from qualifying courses in the LLM in Banking & Financial Law program curriculum: Banking Structure and Regulation, Pooled Funds and Investor Protection, Governance, Risk Management & Compliance Programs, and Consumer Financial Services.