Governance, Risk Management and Compliance | UConn School of Law LLM Programs

Overview

To meet an increasing demand for legally trained compliance officers, the UConn School of Law has drawn on its excellence in the fields of compliance and insurance to establish an LLM in Governance, Risk Management and Compliance.

The LLM in Governance, Risk Management and Compliance offers those with a JD or foreign law degree the opportunity to pursue a course of study that provides a strong legal foundation in each branch within the field.

Students can expect to gain competence in the law regarding enterprise risk management and governance. A curriculum rich in corporate and regulatory governance, financial and insurance-based risk management and compliance will build a legal perspective on each topic. Students may also take courses in an area in which they wish to specialize.

This well-rounded LLM will prepare graduates to manage legal and regulatory risk within organizations and to exercise sound legal judgement under the pressure of a crisis situation.

Course Information

The courses approved for the Governance, Risk Management and Compliance LLM are listed in our course catalog. The Governance, Risk Management and Compliance LLM has five required courses, which are linked below. The remaining nine credits will consist of electives selected by the student, which focus on the particular regulatory domains in which the student seeks to specialize. Students may petition for the inclusion of other courses, subject to the approval of the director. All courses are open to LLM candidates as well as JD candidates, and only a few courses have prerequisites. At registration, each student formulates a curricular plan of study to be approved by the director of the LLM program.

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance LLM Course of Study

UConn School of Law LLM Programs

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance LLM

Overview

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Course Information

Graduate Profile

John Neumon, LLM ’22

8:15 am – 8:45 am	Registration and Breakfast
8:45 am – 9:00 am	Opening Remarks & Dean’s Welcome
9:00 am – 10:15 am	Panel One: The Corporation and the Environment
	Moderator: Professor Jack Lienke, University of Connecticut School of Law
	Panelists: Professor Sarah Haan, Washington and Lee University School of Law
	Professor Madison Condon, Boston University School of Law
	Professor Anne Tucker, Georgia State University College of Law
10:15 am – 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am – 11:45 pm	Panel Two: The Corporation and Diversity
	Moderator: Professor Sachin Pandya, University of Connecticut School of Law
	Panelists: Professor Lisa Fairfax, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
	Professor Atinuke Adediran, Fordham University School of Law
	Professor Darren Rosenblum, McGill University Faculty of Law
11:45 am – 12:30 pm	Lunch
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm	Keynote Fireside Conversation
	Panelists: Professor Aaron Dhir, University of Connecticut School of Law
	Professor Michael Fakhri, University of Oregon School of Law and U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
	Director Leilani Farha, The Shift, and former U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm	Break
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm	Panel Three: The Corporation and Human Rights
	Moderator: Professor Richard Wilson, University of Connecticut School of Law
	Panelists: Professor Jena Martin, St. Mary’s University School of Law
	Attorney Maryum Jordan, EarthRights International
	Professor Stephen Park, University of Connecticut School of Business
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm	Closing Remarks

Phone:	(860) 570-5172
E-mail:	llm@uconn.edu
Address:	UConn School of Law LLM Admissions Office 39 Elizabeth Street Hartford, CT 06105