Seven-Semester JD/LLM in Banking & Financial Law
Accelerated LLM in Banking & Financial Law
By taking qualifying courses during the second and third years of the JD program, students can graduate from the JD program with sufficient advanced standing to complete the LLM in Banking & Financial Law in just one additional semester.
Prerequisites
To be accepted in the seven-semester program, a JD student must complete the following prerequisite courses by the third year in the JD program:
- Corporations
- Either Commercial Code or a combination of Negotiable Instruments and Secured Transactions or Sales and Secured Transactions
- Government Regulation of Financial Institutions
Required Credit Hours
The number of credit hours required for the degree is 24, the same number required for the full-year LLM degree. JD courses carry their JD credit hours in the JD program and 2 credit hours each in the accelerated program. LLM courses carry 2 credit hours each in both programs.
Qualifying Courses
In addition to the prerequisite courses, a JD student in the accelerated program must earn 10 LLM credit hours from the specified list of JD and LLM courses.
JD courses and seminars currently qualifying for seven-semester program credit:
| ADR | Deals: Economic Structure of Transactions | Mutual Funds |
| Advanced ADR | E-Commerce, Intellectual Property & the Business Lawyer | Negotiation |
| Advanced Corporate Law | Financial Reporting for Lawyers | Negotiated M&A |
| Affordable Housing Law | Globalization | Private Equity & Venture Capital |
| Antitrust Law | Insurance Law | Real Estate Finance |
| Bankruptcy | International Business Agreements | Securities Regulation |
| Bankruptcy Practice | International Business Arbitration | Securitization |
| Banking Law Research | International Business Transactions | Shareholder Activism |
| Capital Formation & Allocation | International Development & Project Finance | Tax Aspects of Financial Instruments |
| Consumer Law | International Trade Regulation | Trust & Honesty |
| Corporate Finance | Law & Economics | Transactional Contracts |
| Corporate Governance | Mergers & Acquisitions |
Note: This list is subject to change according to course availability.
Completion of the Program
Students are expected to complete the program in the semester immediately following graduation from the JD program and are required to complete it in no more than three semesters.
Admissions Requirements
A student may apply for admission to the Accelerated LLM Program in Banking & Financial Law at any time during his or her second or third year. Upon preliminary acceptance, the student will be assigned an LLM advisor. Courses to be credited to the LLM should be chosen by the student in consultation with the advisor.
Final admission to the program requires that, at the time of graduation from the JD program, the student will have completed all courses to be credited toward the LLM with a grade of B or higher, and with an average grade of B+ or higher.
