Program Overview
Boston University School of Law is pleased to continue its sponsorship of Fundamentals of Banking Law (formerly Banking Law Basics), an intensive 2 1/2-day program designed to familiarize participants with the basics of bank regulatory law, including the critical policies, concepts, and regulations that have shaped over 150 years of banking law from the passage of the 1863 National Bank Act to the present.
Dates and Times
June 16 – 18, 2025
Boston University School of Law
This intensive 2 1/2-day program is designed to familiarize participants with the basics of bank regulatory law. The curriculum includes classes on the critical policies, concepts, and regulations that have shaped the American banking sector. This course offers a review of the fundamental themes of banking regulation with a particular focus on what has changed since the financial crisis and the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III capital rules.
Structured as a workshop and lecture-based program, rather than a seminar or conference, Fundamentals of Banking Law is taught by experienced practitioners, former bank regulators, and academics from leading law schools. This program is eligible for CLE credit in most states.
Course Details and CLE
The class sessions are scheduled from 8:00 am until 5:30 pm on Day One and Day Two and until noon on Day Three (exact time to be determined). In the past, up to 16 hours of CLE credit has been available, including at least one hour of ethics. The grant of CLE credit is within the purview of the state bars, but Boston University will make every effort to obtain CLE credit for participants who request it.
The registration fee includes a continental breakfast each morning, lunch on Days One and Two, and a wine and cheese networking reception to allow the students to meet each other and the faculty outside of the classroom.
Highlights
- This course was developed to assure that participants (i) understand the depth and breadth of bank regulatory law as it is applied to different types of financial institutions, and (ii) are positioned to identify issues, react to client needs and anticipate developments in the law.
- Materials include a detailed outline for each class prepared by the lawyer teaching the particular class session.
- Faculty members are present for the entire course. Classroom discussions often involve a variety of faculty viewpoints.
- In addition to lawyers from firms and financial institutions seeking greater regulatory knowledge, attendees often include lawyers new to this area of law from government agencies, as well as non-lawyers, including compliance officers, examiners, risk managers, and consultants.
- Course enrollment is limited to 50 or less to encourage class interaction and informality.
Course Instructors
Members of the faculty are experienced practitioners who have taught at major law schools.
- Jera L Bradshaw, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- John Buchman, Chair Emeriti, The George Washington University Law School – The Business and Finance Advisory Council Chairman, Lecturer in Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law.
- Hugh Conroy, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP, New York and former Vice Chair of the Banking Law Committee of the American Bar Association
- Sarah Elliott, Advisor, Coastal Community Bank and Bridge Labs (a Stripe company); former Independent Director, Anchorage Digital Bank; former General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, ONE; Vice Chair, Banking Law Committee of the American Bar Association
- John M. Geiringer, Partner, Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, Chicago, and former Vice Chair of the Banking Law Committee of the American Bar Association
- Kevin J. Handly, Director, Graduate Programs in Banking and Financial Law and Taxation, Lecturer in Law, Boston University School of Law, Principal, bostonbankinglaw.com
- Jay Johnson, Managing Director and Deputy Chief Counsel, Technology, Digital and Innovation legal group, Charles Schwab
- Sara A. Kelsey, Former General Counsel of the FDIC and former Adjunct Professor, New York University Law School and New York Law School; Solo Practitioner
- Joseph E. Silvia, Partner, Duane Morris LLP, former Counsel of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Chair of Banking Law Committee of the American Bar Association
- Karol K. Sparks, Senior Counsel, Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, Chicago; formerly Lecturer in Law, Boston University School of Law; former Chair of the Banking Law Committee of the American Bar Association
Registration and Hotel
Course Tuition
Early Registration received on or before April 30, 2025:
- Government and Public Interest Employees and Graduates of Boston University School of Law – $1300
- General Public – $1500
Regular Registration Fee as of May 1, 2025:
- Government and Public Interest Employees and Graduates of Boston University School of Law – $1500
- General Public – $1700
Groups of at least three registrants from the same employer receive a refund of $100 per registrant for any of the above tuition costs. Please register and pay the indicated registration fee with credit card, then contact us at banklaw@bu.edu for a refund of $100 per member of a three or more-person group.
Refunds will be granted in full if requested prior to June 2, 2025. Thereafter refunds will be granted only in the form of registration fee credit for a substitute participant.
Hotel Information
Accommodations may be booked at a special group rate of $349 per night, plus tax, at the Hotel Commonwealth, a short walk from the BU campus. This discounted group rate is in effect for the nights of June 15, 16, and 17, 2025. Please book by May 16, 2025 to guarantee this rate.
Meeting attendees may use this booking link to reserve rooms at the Hotel Commonwealth: 2025 BU Fundamentals of Banking Law
Attendees who prefer reserve rooms by phone can do so by identifying yourselves as part of the BU Fundamentals of Banking Law – 2025 room block when calling the Reservations Department toll-free at 1 (866)-784-4000 (in the United States and Canada) or 1 (617)-532-5019 to take advantage of the discounted group rate. You may also make your reservation via e-mail at allreservations@hotelcommonwealth.com.
| Hotel Commonwealth |
| 500 Commonwealth Avenue |
| Boston, MA 02215 |
| 617-532-5066 |
Questions?
Please contact us with any questions at banklaw@bu.edu or by phone at 617-353-3023.