Governance, Risk Management and Compliance LLM
Hartford, USA
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
USD 1,276 / per credit
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* U.S. residents
Introduction
To meet an increasing demand for legally trained compliance officers, the UConn School of Law has drawn on its excellence in the fields of compliance and insurance to establish an LLM in Governance, Risk Management and Compliance.
The LLM in Governance, Risk Management and Compliance offers those with a JD or foreign law degree the opportunity to pursue a course of study that provides a strong legal foundation in each branch within the field.
Students can expect to gain competence in the law regarding enterprise risk management and governance. A curriculum rich in corporate and regulatory governance, financial and insurance-based risk management and compliance will build a legal perspective on each topic. Students may also take courses in an area in which they wish to specialize.
This well-rounded LLM will prepare graduates to manage legal and regulatory risk within organizations and to exercise sound legal judgement under the pressure of a crisis situation.
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Curriculum
Course of Study: Governance, Risk Management and Compliance
Required Courses
- LAW7600 – Administrative Law or LAW7987 – Legislation and Regulation
- LAW7605 – Business Organizations
- LAW7553 – Case Studies in Compliance Systems
- LAW7554 – Compliance: The Legal Perspective
- LAW7675 – Principles of Insurance or LAW7636 – Corporate Finance
Additionally, students who have a foreign law degree are required to take in the first semester:
- LAW7535 – U.S. Law and Legal Institutions
- LAW7585 – US Law and Legal Institutions: Research and Writing
Core Courses
- LAW7673 – Alternative Risk Management
- LAW7680 – Comparative Regulation of Health Insurance Markets
- LAW7655 – Employment Discrimination Law
- LAW7773 – Employment Law
- LAW7812 – Energy Regulation and Policy
- LAW7650 – Environmental Law
- LAW7980 – Federal and State Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practice Laws
- LAW7661 – Federal Income Tax
- LAW7844 – Field Placement: Center for Energy and Environmental Law
- LAW7480 – Global Compliance and the Organization
- LAW7931 – Health Care Finance
- LAW7865 – Health Law
- LAW7906 – Higher Education Law
- LAW7529 – Immigration and Workplace Rights
- LAW7717 – Insurance Regulation
- LAW7805 – International Environmental Law
- LAW7878 – International Human Rights
- LAW7962 – International Trade Compliance
- LAW7728 – Multistate Taxation in the New Millennium
- LAW7806 – Renewable Energy Law
- LAW7947 – Right to Privacy
- LAW7724 – Securities Regulation
- LAW7905 – Special Education Law
Alternative Electives
- LAW7928 – Employee Benefits & the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- LAW7483 – Financial Accounting and Reporting
- LAW7482 – Financial Management
- LAW7842 – Food Law and Policy
- LAW7672 – Immigration Law
- LAW7552 – Information Governance
- LAW7776 – Insurance Finance
- LAW7677 – International Business Transactions
- LAW7771 – Islamic Finance and Investment Law
- LAW7377 – Law in the Age of Data, Platforms and AI
- LAW7368 – Role of the In-House Corporate Lawyer
English Language Requirements
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