Elective Courses

The LL.M. in Financial Services Law will offer more than 50 different courses involving all aspects of the laws, regulations, business, products, agreements, structure, and practices affecting financial institutions. LL.M. degree and non-degree students may take any of these elective courses. A complete list of all of the courses offered by this LL.M. program is provided below.

Accounting for Lawyers: Basic Concepts
Administrative Law
Advanced Research Seminar
Audit, Examination, and Inspection Proceedings
Involving Financial Institutions
Bank Holding Companies
Banking Law
Bankruptcy Law
Bankruptcy – Chapter 11
Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering
Regulation in the New Millennium
Compliance for Global Financial Services
Consumer Credit and Financing Issues
Corporate Finance
Corporate Fraud and Corporate Disclosure –Litigation and Regulation
Corporate Governance
Derivatives Documents – Mastering the Master Agreement
Derivatives Law – An Introduction to Basic Concepts
Derivatives Market Regulation Seminar
Derivatives Products and the Law – Advanced Concepts
Employment Law in the Financial Industry
Energy Laws and Regulations
Enforcement and SRO Proceedings –From a Defense Perspective
Environmental Law and Policy
Ethical Issues in Transactional Practice
Financial and Regulatory Crisis –Special Topics in Business Law
Hedge Funds – Their Regulation and Structure
Insolvency Issues Affecting Financial Institutions –Advanced Topics in Bankruptcy and Insolvency
International Banking Laws and Regulations
International Business Transactions
International Commercial Dispute Resolution
International Finance
International Intellectual Property
International Law
International Law: Selected Topics
International Real Estate Law
International Taxation of Business
International Taxation of Individuals
Islamic Law
Mergers and Acquisition
Municipal Finance
OTC Products – Trading and Clearing
Prime Brokerage and Securities Financing
Private Capital Markets
Private Equity Funds
Real Estate Transactions and Finance
Regulation of Broker-Dealers and Futures
Commission Merchants
Regulatory Policy
Securities Regulation
Securities Regulation: Federal Regulation of Mutual Funds
Taxation of Financial Instruments
Workouts, Foreclosures, and Bankruptcy

Please note that not every course listed above will be taught each year and that additional courses may be added to the curriculum for the LL.M. in Financial Services Law.