Two-Year LLM in Banking and Financial Law

Course Requirements

First Year Required Courses:

  • LAW LE 650 U.S. Legal Discourse (6 cr.)
  • LAW LE 651 Academic Skills for U.S. Law Studies (3 cr.)
  • LAW LE 653 Legal Reasoning and Analysis (6 cr.)
  • LAW LE 655 Persuasive Legal Advocacy (2 cr.)
  • LAW AM 700 L1 Introduction to American Law (2 cr.)
  • LAW AM 704 Legal Research and Writing Seminar for LLMs (2 cr.)
  • LAW BK 904 Financial Services Fundamentals (0 cr.)  (2-week summer course)

First Year Elective Courses:

  • LAW LE 659 Introduction to U.S. Legal Culture (2 cr.)*
  • LAW LE 661 International Contracts and Negotiations (2 cr.)*
  • LAW LE 663 Advanced Oral Advocacy Skills (1 cr.)
  • LAW LE 664 Comparative Legal Practice for LLMs (1 cr.)
  • LAW AM 701 Professional Responsibility for International LLMs (2 cr.)
  • LAW AM 702 Property for LLMs (2 cr.)
  • LAW AM 703 Evidence for LLMs (2 cr.)
  • LAW AM 709 Fundamentals of U.S. Constitutional Law for LLM Students (2 cr.)
  • LAW AM 710 Criminal Law for LLMs (2 cr.)
  • LAW AM 813 Contract Law Practice for LLM Students: Understanding the US Lawyer’s Perspective
  • LAW AM 815 Corporations for LLMs (4 cr.)
  • LAW AM 715 Essential Bar Skills (2 cr.)
  • LAW TX 901 Federal Income Tax I (2 cr.)
  • LAW TX 902 Federal Income Tax II (2 cr.)

*Students with an English Language Assessment Score below TOEFL 100 or IELTS 7.0 will be automatically enrolled in these course electives. Eligibility for students with a waiver will be determined by the Two-Year LLM Faculty Director.

Second Year Requirements:

  • LAW BK 925 Banking Structure and Regulation (2 cr.)
  • Minimum of 22 credits (at least 10 credits per semester) from the following elective courses:
    • LAW BK 903 Financial Services Law Internship
    • LAW BK 905 Financial Derivative Products and Markets (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 911 Venture Capital Financing (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 931 Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 933 Bankruptcy (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 934 Hedge Funds (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 937 Corporations I (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 938 Corporations II (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 941 Professional Responsibility (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 950 Pooled Funds and Investor Protection (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 951 Payment Systems (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 955 Securities Regulation (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 957 Introduction to Project Finance (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 958 Transnational Lending (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 971 Financial Crisis to Fintech (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 972 Secured Transactions (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 983 Central Banks, Commercial Banks, and Financial Markets (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 987 Securitization (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 988 Mergers and Acquisitions (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 990 Government Regulation of Insurance (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 991 Commercial Lending (2 cr.)
    • LAW BK 995 Consumer Financial Services (2 cr.)
    • LAW TX 917 Taxation of Financial Products (2 cr.)
    • LAW TX 989 Taxation and Regulation of Cryptocurrency (2 cr.)

The course offerings are focused and seek to give students a thorough understanding of financial services law through a combination of regulatory, transactional, and business-oriented courses. Students desiring to qualify to sit for an American bar examination may be required to take additional courses, such as Professional Responsibility, among others. (Bar eligibility requirements vary from state to state.) With the permission of the Banking and Financial Law Program Director, Two-Year LLM students may take a maximum of two courses related to banking and financial services in the School of Law’s JD, American Law, or Graduate Tax Program during their second year of study.