30 Finance LLM Degree Programs

Equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to handle the regulatory, transactional, and compliance needs of financial services clients in today’s global economy, our graduates hold influential positions worldwide—in banks, governments, law firms, corporations, financial institutions, and multilateral and nongovernmental organizations. Since conferring our first LLM in Banking & Financial Law in 1984, our program remains the only financial services LLM program in the country with its own faculty and a curriculum designed exclusively for graduate study.

Fordham Law’s LLM in Corporate Compliance—the first of its kind in the country—introduces students to a rapidly emerging field that is often global in scope. This unique program prepares candidates to respond effectively to new and complex regulatory demands.

Graduates from Asia holding a first degree in law, business or economics and who have good academic records are eligible to apply to join our LL.M. International Finance program.

While the 24-credit LLM in Banking & Financial Law can be completed in one year of full-time study, BU Law offers several other enrollment options based on your educational background, professional experience, and English proficiency, and location. With more than 25 courses offered, you can choose from a variety of classes and schedules that best suit your needs and interests. The Banking & Financial Law program offers the same challenging program of LLM studies in an entirely online format, an attractive alternative for domestic and internationally trained attorneys whose jobs preclude them from attending our traditional on-site program option in Boston. The online courses are taught by residential faculty and no distinction is made on a student’s transcript or diploma. The online graduates receive the same transcript and diploma as students in the residential program.

Numerous rapid changes in the global financial markets over the past few decades have dramatically altered the requirements for and contents of legal study. With the development of new financial instruments such as derivatives and international hedge funds as well as entirely new requirements for financial regulation, central banking and insolvency law, there is an urgent need for professionals to be trained in the qualitatively new and rapidly evolving areas of legal practice.

Fordham Law’s LL.M. program in Corporate Compliance—the first of its kind in the country—introduces students to a rapidly emerging field that is often global in scope.

Sussex Law School provides an international, stimulating learning environment for you to build on your knowledge. You’ll learn from today’s leading lawyers – our world-leading research underpins our teaching.

The program focuses on giving students a solid understanding of global financial regulation and the legal frameworks that support the financial industry. It covers key topics like banking laws, securi...

Albany Law School is located in the capital of New York, which hosts one of the largest financial centers in the world. Our Financial Compliance and Risk Management program leverages this location to provide the highest quality of instruction that is designed to advance the career of working professionals.

Our Risk Management program provides you the knowledge and skills you need to work successfully in a fast paced, highly-structured, deadline driven culture.

This joint program covers one academic year and is subdivided into three terms. You will study at renowned universities in an international and stimulating setting. The program is focused on the economic analysis of law in general, followed by specialized courses in three different tracks you can opt for. These are the Public & International track, the Markets, Corporations & Regulators track and the Innovation & Intellectual Property track. You will finish the academic year by writing a thesis.

Our Wealth Management program gives you the knowledge and skills you need to advise wealthy clients and help manage their assets.

Designed for lawyers and law school graduates who want to specialize in tax law, Washington University School of Law’s online Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation program prepares students to assist individuals and organizations in all major areas of tax, such as estate planning, employee benefits and corporate taxation.

This degree program is ideal for students who expect international tax law to play an important role in their professional careers, have a solid foundation in their own domestic tax system, and have enough experience to bring their own questions to the program.

LL.M. in Global Business and Financial Law program in Global Business and Financial Law allows students to broaden their knowledge and sharpen their skills in order to handle the range of legal issues arising from the new and evolving business law and financial law. It emphasizes the global nature of business and markets, in which globalization, technology, and revolutionary market forces have created an environment that requires legal professionals to be adaptive and consistently up to date.