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The Master of Laws in Banking and Financial Law requires successful completion of ten courses. The three principal types of courses in the Graduate Program curriculum include:
- Regulatory: provide solid grounding in the structure and content of financial law and regulation
- Transactional: familiarize students with typical transactions in areas like lending, securities, mergers and acquistions
- Business-oriented: introduce students to the economics and business principles which underlie banking and financial law
The regular full-time program consists of five courses taken for credit each semester over the course of one academic year. With more than 20 courses offered, students may choose from a variety of classes that suit their needs and interests. With the exception of the Banking Structure and Regulation course, all courses are elective. Students who have no previous accounting courses or accounting experience are strongly advised to take Accounting for Financial Institutions. Students with non-U.S. law degrees may need to take additional courses, such as Introduction to the American Legal System if they wish to qualify to take American bar examinations, requirements for which vary from state to state.
With the permission of the director, students may take a maximum of two courses related to banking and financial services in the School of Law's J.D. program and the Graduate Tax Program or from the graduate curriculum of the School of Management.
An academic advisor works with each student to help in selecting courses appropriate to the student’s interests and requirements.
