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Wealth management involves managing the financial assets of high net worth families and individuals. This is a challenging and rewarding field that requires expertise in a variety of subjects. Our program enables working professionals to acquire advanced training in wealth management on their own schedules, taking all their courses online, one course at a time.

Curriculum

The LLM degree is designed for those who have earned either a Juris Doctor (JD) or a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree and who wish to improve their knowledge in a specialized area. The LLM degree requires 24 units. Each course is offered for 3 units. After taking an introductory foundations course, students concentrating in financial compliance and risk management must take six elective courses in that concentration and a thesis course.

Required Courses

An introduction to basic concepts of finance and taxation that will prepare students for enrollment in more advanced elective courses in the field of financial compliance and risk management.

An advanced research course in which each student must write a thesis under faculty supervision. The thesis topic is chosen by the student, subject to approval by the instructor. During the course, students will learn advanced research techniques and participate in workshops in which they receive comments on their work from both the instructor and other students. Taken in the student’s final term.

Elective Courses

Study of the law regulating investment advisers, including the establishment of relationships, fiduciary duties, and recordkeeping. The course also examines SEC and state authority over investment advisers and enforcement under the Advisers Act.

Introduction to the federal regulation of the financial services industry. This course includes types of depository institutions currently playing a significant role in the economy of the United States as well as a close look at the state and federal laws and agencies regulating financial institutions.

Regulation of consumer financial services in the United States, including mortgage lending, loan servicing, credit and debit cards, Truth in Lending, Equal Credit Opportunity, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and other topics. The course also will examine financial institution compliance policies and risk management.

The study of tax and other legal issues that arise in the context of estate planning. Topics include gifts, inheritances, and the probate process.

Provides aspiring professionals with a practical understanding of the foundational principles and mechanics of financial accounting, enabling them to: read financial statements with insight; analyze such statements for investment, risk, tax, strategic management, and compliance purposes; achieve an enhanced understanding of their clients and their financial realities; make sounder professional judgments and business decisions; and communicate with others in the business world on a deeper and more sophisticated level.

An examination of the of principles that wealth managers use to understand their client's challenges and to offer varied solutions to those challenges. Other topics include investment strategies, tax impact analysis, factors affecting retirement plan selection for family businesses, and the efficient transfer of clients’ wealth to succeeding generations or charitable organizations.

The identification and analysis of the tax implications of a variety of common individual and business investment activities. This course seeks to develop a conceptual understanding of the federal income tax system and to provide a framework for integrating income tax planning into the investment decision-making process. The course is designed to help students anticipate the impact of taxation on activities and seek alternatives that maximize the use of pre-tax dollars and after-tax value.

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The increasingly complex regulatory environment for businesses operating in a technologically advanced, globalized economy has created a need for professionals trained to ensure that businesses comply with all applicable regulations and thereby manage the risks associated with noncompliance, including civil and criminal penalties. Our program enables working professionals to acquire advanced training in financial compliance and risk management on their own schedules, taking all their courses online, one course at a time.

Curriculum

The LLM degree is designed for those who have earned either a Juris Doctor (JD) or a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree and who wish to improve their knowledge in a specialized area. The LLM degree requires 24 units. Each course is offered for 3 units. After taking an introductory foundations course, students concentrating in financial compliance and risk management must take six elective courses in that concentration and a thesis course.

Required Courses

An introduction to basic concepts of finance and taxation that will prepare students for enrollment in more advanced elective courses in the field of financial compliance and risk management.

An advanced research course in which each student must write a thesis under faculty supervision. The thesis topic is chosen by the student, subject to approval by the instructor. During the course, students will learn advanced research techniques and participate in workshops in which they receive comments on their work from both the instructor and other students. Taken in the student’s final term.

Elective Courses

Study of the law regulating investment advisers, including the establishment of relationships, fiduciary duties, and recordkeeping. The course also examines SEC and state authority over investment advisers and enforcement under the Advisers Act.

Introduction to the federal regulation of the financial services industry. This course includes types of depository institutions currently playing a significant role in the economy of the United States as well as a close look at the state and federal laws and agencies regulating financial institutions.

Regulation of consumer financial services in the United States, including mortgage lending, loan servicing, credit and debit cards, Truth in Lending, Equal Credit Opportunity, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and other topics. The course also will examine financial institution compliance policies and risk management.

Exploration of concepts of domestic and international money laundering, terrorist financing and compliance. This course includes analyses of the key players and typologies, the complex evolution of the legal regimes and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the legal regimes, and the defenses against financial crimes and the resources for researching the problems and defenses.

An examination of the federal taxation of (1) the U.S.-related income of nonresident aliens and foreign corporations, and (2) the foreign-related income of U.S. taxpayers. Topics include taxation of outbound and inbound expatriates; the source of income and expense allocation rules; the concepts of "US trade or business" and "effectively connected income," and the effect of a tax treaty; the foreign tax credit; Subpart F, PHC, PFIC and other anti-deferral mechanisms; FDAP income and withholding; foreign investment in U.S. real estate and FIRPTA; and the next generation of Foreign Sales Corporations tax preferences.

Examination of domestic and international fraud, bribery and corruption and computer and identity crime. This course includes comparative studies of foreign legal regimes, case studies and policy discussions. Goals of the course include analyses of the complex evolution of the legal regimes and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the legal regimes. The course concludes with a review of the defenses against financial crimes and the resources for researching the problems and defenses.

Provides aspiring professionals with a practical understanding of the foundational principles and mechanics of financial accounting, enabling them to: read financial statements with insight; analyze such statements for investment, risk, tax, strategic management, and compliance purposes; achieve an enhanced understanding of their clients and their financial realities; make sounder professional judgments and business decisions; and communicate with others in the business world on a deeper and more sophisticated level.

Analysis of the basic structure and requirements of the federal securities laws, focusing on compliance and liability issues. The course includes the statutory and regulatory framework of the federal securities laws, the mechanics of securities offerings governed by the Securities Act of 1933, as well as compliance with the periodic disclosure requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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Few areas of the law are as complex and technical as taxation. Advanced training in the field is indispensable to those seeking entry into the field or who are already in the field and are seeking career advancement. Our program enables working professionals to acquire valuable expertise in taxation on their own schedules, taking all their courses online, one course at a time.

Curriculum

The LLM degree is designed for those who have earned either a Juris Doctor (JD) or a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree and who wish to improve their knowledge in a specialized area. The LLM degree requires 24 units. Each course is offered for 3 units. After taking an introductory foundations course, students concentrating in taxation must take six elective courses in that concentration and a thesis course.

Required Courses

An introduction to basic concepts of finance and taxation that will prepare students for enrollment in more advanced elective courses in the field of taxation.

An advanced research course in which each student must write a thesis under faculty supervision. The thesis topic is chosen by the student, subject to approval by the instructor. During the course, students will learn advanced research techniques and participate in workshops in which they receive comments on their work from both the instructor and other students. Taken in the student’s final term.

Elective Courses

An exploration of the federal income tax aspects of deferred payment transactions and like-kind exchanges, as well as the design and operation of employee benefit plans such as qualified pension and profit-sharing plans, non-qualified plans, and taxation of plan distributions. The second part of the course focuses on tax accounting issues.

The study of tax and other legal issues that arise in the context of estate planning. Topics include gifts, inheritances, and the probate process.

An advanced course in tax procedure that addresses the structure of the US tax system; the IRS and other tax collection and enforcement agencies; administrative and judicial tribunals with jurisdiction; dealing with audits; administrative rulings; assessment of deficiencies and penalties; closing agreements; tax liens; statutes of limitation; claims for refund; hearings before the IRS Appeals Office, and civil and criminal aspects of tax fraud; confidentiality and the attorney-client evidentiary privilege; and tax shelters.

Provides aspiring professionals with a practical understanding of the foundational principles and mechanics of financial accounting, enabling them to: read financial statements with insight; analyze such statements for investment, risk, tax, strategic management, and compliance purposes; achieve an enhanced understanding of their clients and their financial realities; make sounder professional judgments and business decisions; and communicate with others in the business world on a deeper and more sophisticated level.

An examination of the federal taxation of (1) the U.S.-related income of nonresident aliens and foreign corporations, and (2) the foreign-related income of U.S. taxpayers. Topics include taxation of outbound and inbound expatriates; the source of income and expense allocation rules; the concepts of "US trade or business" and "effectively connected income," and the effect of a tax treaty; the foreign tax credit; Subpart F, PHC, PFIC and other anti-deferral mechanisms; FDAP income and withholding; foreign investment in U.S. real estate and FIRPTA; and the next generation of Foreign Sales Corporations tax preferences.

A comprehensive overview of how business entities are taxed, including, but not limited to, sole proprietorships, partnerships, S-Corporations, C-Corporations and Limited Liability Companies (LLC’s). Topics include how the entities differ in reporting taxes and the use and preparation of forms used for federal tax purposes.

The identification and analysis of the tax implications of a variety of common individual and business investment activities. This course seeks to develop a conceptual understanding of the federal income tax system and to provide a framework for integrating income tax planning into the investment decision-making process. The course is designed to help students anticipate the impact of taxation on activities and seek alternatives that maximize the use of pre-tax dollars and after-tax value.

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Wealth management involves managing the financial assets of high net worth families and individuals. This is a challenging and rewarding field that requires expertise in a variety of subjects. Our program enables working professionals to acquire advanced training in wealth management on their own schedules, taking all their courses online, one course at a time.

Curriculum

The MSL degree is designed for those who have earned a bachelor's degree and who wish to improve their knowledge in a specialized area. The MSL degree requires 30 units. Each course is offered for 3 units. The first three courses for each student studying in the Taxation Program are: 1) Introduction to Legal Analysis and Writing; 2) Introduction to Legal Systems for Non-Lawyers; and 3) Foundations in Finance and Taxation. In addition to these three courses, students concentrating in financial services and wealth management must take six elective courses in that concentration and a thesis course.

Required Courses

An introduction to basic concepts of finance and taxation that will prepare students for enrollment in more advanced elective courses in the field of financial services and wealth management.

The study of how to “think like a lawyer.” Students learn to analyze statutes and judicial decisions, to synthesize legal authorities, and to use reasoning by induction, deduction, and analogy to apply legal principles to specific factual situations. Students will be introduced to basic legal research skills and learn how basic legal memoranda are constructed.

An introduction to basic legal principles that typically are covered in the required curriculum of a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree program at an American law school. These principles are drawn from both public and private law, civil and criminal law, and substantive and procedural law. Their study provides students who lack a J.D. degree with a command of concepts and terminology that they may encounter in their concentration courses.

An advanced research course in which each student must write a thesis under faculty supervision. The thesis topic is chosen by the student, subject to approval by the instructor. During the course, students will learn advanced research techniques and participate in workshops in which they receive comments on their work from both the instructor and other students. Taken in the student’s final term.

Elective Courses

Study of the law regulating investment advisers, including the establishment of relationships, fiduciary duties, and recordkeeping. The course also examines SEC and state authority over investment advisers and enforcement under the Advisers Act.

Introduction to the federal regulation of the financial services industry. This course includes types of depository institutions currently playing a significant role in the economy of the United States as well as a close look at the state and federal laws and agencies regulating financial institutions.

Regulation of consumer financial services in the United States, including mortgage lending, loan servicing, credit and debit cards, Truth in Lending, Equal Credit Opportunity, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and other topics. The course also will examine financial institution compliance policies and risk management.

The study of tax and other legal issues that arise in the context of estate planning. Topics include gifts, inheritances, and the probate process.

Provides aspiring professionals with a practical understanding of the foundational principles and mechanics of financial accounting, enabling them to: read financial statements with insight; analyze such statements for investment, risk, tax, strategic management, and compliance purposes; achieve an enhanced understanding of their clients and their financial realities; make sounder professional judgments and business decisions; and communicate with others in the business world on a deeper and more sophisticated level.

An examination of the of principles that wealth managers use to understand their client's challenges and to offer varied solutions to those challenges. Other topics include investment strategies, tax impact analysis, factors affecting retirement plan selection for family businesses, and the efficient transfer of clients’ wealth to succeeding generations or charitable organizations.

The identification and analysis of the tax implications of a variety of common individual and business investment activities. This course seeks to develop a conceptual understanding of the federal income tax system and to provide a framework for integrating income tax planning into the investment decision-making process. The course is designed to help students anticipate the impact of taxation on activities and seek alternatives that maximize the use of pre-tax dollars and after-tax value.

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Financial Compliance and Risk Management

The increasingly complex regulatory environment for businesses operating in a technologically advanced, globalized economy has created a need for professionals trained to ensure that businesses comply with all applicable regulations and thereby manage the risks associated with noncompliance, including civil and criminal penalties. Our program enables working professionals to acquire advanced training in financial compliance and risk management on their own schedules, taking all their courses online, one course at a time.

Curriculum

The MSL degree is designed for those who have earned a bachelor's degree and who wish to improve their knowledge in a specialized area. The MSL degree requires 30 units. Each course is offered for 3 units. The first three courses for each student studying in the Taxation Program are: 1) Introduction to Legal Analysis and Writing; 2) Introduction to Legal Systems for Non-Lawyers; and 3) Foundations in Finance and Taxation. In addition to these three courses, students concentrating in financial compliance and risk management must take six elective courses in that concentration and a thesis course.

Required Courses

An introduction to basic concepts of finance and taxation that will prepare students for enrollment in more advanced elective courses in the field of financial compliance and risk management.

The study of how to “think like a lawyer.” Students learn to analyze statutes and judicial decisions, to synthesize legal authorities, and to use reasoning by induction, deduction, and analogy to apply legal principles to specific factual situations. Students will be introduced to basic legal research skills and learn how basic legal memoranda are constructed.

An introduction to basic legal principles that typically are covered in the required curriculum of a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree program at an American law school. These principles are drawn from both public and private law, civil and criminal law, and substantive and procedural law. Their study provides students who lack a J.D. degree with a command of concepts and terminology that they may encounter in their concentration courses.

An advanced research course in which each student must write a thesis under faculty supervision. The thesis topic is chosen by the student, subject to approval by the instructor. During the course, students will learn advanced research techniques and participate in workshops in which they receive comments on their work from both the instructor and other students. Taken in the student’s final term.

Elective Courses

Study of the law regulating investment advisers, including the establishment of relationships, fiduciary duties, and recordkeeping. The course also examines SEC and state authority over investment advisers and enforcement under the Advisers Act.

Introduction to the federal regulation of the financial services industry. This course includes types of depository institutions currently playing a significant role in the economy of the United States as well as a close look at the state and federal laws and agencies regulating financial institutions.

Regulation of consumer financial services in the United States, including mortgage lending, loan servicing, credit and debit cards, Truth in Lending, Equal Credit Opportunity, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and other topics. The course also will examine financial institution compliance policies and risk management.

Exploration of concepts of domestic and international money laundering, terrorist financing and compliance. This course includes analyses of the key players and typologies, the complex evolution of the legal regimes and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the legal regimes, and the defenses against financial crimes and the resources for researching the problems and defenses.

Examination of domestic and international fraud, bribery and corruption and computer and identity crime. This course includes comparative studies of foreign legal regimes, case studies and policy discussions. Goals of the course include analyses of the complex evolution of the legal regimes and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the legal regimes. The course concludes with a review of the defenses against financial crimes and the resources for researching the problems and defenses.

Provides aspiring professionals with a practical understanding of the foundational principles and mechanics of financial accounting, enabling them to: read financial statements with insight; analyze such statements for investment, risk, tax, strategic management, and compliance purposes; achieve an enhanced understanding of their clients and their financial realities; make sounder professional judgments and business decisions; and communicate with others in the business world on a deeper and more sophisticated level.

Analysis of the basic structure and requirements of the federal securities laws, focusing on compliance and liability issues. The course includes the statutory and regulatory framework of the federal securities laws, the mechanics of securities offerings governed by the Securities Act of 1933, as well as compliance with the periodic disclosure requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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The Juris Doctor program at Thomas Jefferson School of Law offers a dynamic blend of rigorous doctrinal learning and intensive hands-on experience that will prepare you to dive into practice the day you graduate from the Law School. In the classroom, you will study the foundations of the American legal system with highly experienced and expert teachers who have practiced and researched extensively in the subjects they teach. Outside the classroom, you will have extensive opportunities to work with real clients in our robust clinics and externship program, perform pro-bono and community service work, and practice and compete with the Law School’s highly successful legal competition teams.

Program Length

The program is 80 units that include required courses and elective offerings. Full-time students typically complete the 80 units required for graduation in three years, and part-time students typically complete the program in four.

Student to Faculty Ratio

The JD programs offers small sections and low student to faculty ratio to ensure individualized attention for each student.

Method of Instruction

Classes are held on-campus with live, in-person instruction. The relatively small-section program allows first-year students to work closely with faculty members and to collaborate easily with the classmates.

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Thomas Jefferson School of Law offers a wide variety of programs designed to train and educate aspiring lawyers and non-lawyers to expand their knowledge of legal principles relating to their area of specialization and hone their practice skills.

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Important Information

Except as provided in rule 4.30 of the Admissions Rules (Legal education in a foreign state or country), completion of a professional law degree program at this law school other than for the Juris Doctor degree does not qualify a student to take the California Bar Examination or satisfy the requirements for admission to practice law in California. It may not qualify a student to take the bar examination or to satisfy requirements for admission to the practice of law in any other jurisdiction. A student intending to seek admission to practice law should contact the admitting authority in the jurisdictions where the student intends to qualify to sit for the bar examination or to be admitted to practice for information regarding their legal education requirements.

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Students seeking to audit a class at Thomas Jefferson may be approved to enroll as an auditor in a limited number of courses without complying with degree program admissions requirements or procedures.

Applicants must demonstrate through prior study and/or experience that they have the ability, knowledge, and motivation to benefit from their enrollment in the course and to contribute favorably to the quality of other students’ learning in the course.

Applicants who have earned a law degree, equivalent to either a JD, LLB, LLM, MSL, or JSD, may apply by submitting a Non-Degree Seeking Auditor Application [insert link to app] and providing proof of the degree earned (official transcript or letter verifying degree) as well as a current resume. Practicing attorneys must be active or retired in good standing, meaning that they are not currently on suspension or probation, disbarred, or resigned with disciplinary charges pending.

Other candidates may apply by submitting a Non-Degree Seeking Auditor Application as well as a current resume. They must also provide an explanation of qualifications and experience that provide sufficient background for beneficial participation in a law school course. Candidates who have earned an Associates or other undergraduate degree must provide proof of the degree earned (official transcript or letter verifying degree).

Admitted applicants must have sufficient qualifications to ensure that their presence in the course will not be a detriment to students enrolled in the course as part of their degree program. Auditing opportunities may be limited based on course type and enrollment of degree-seeking students. Auditing students will be charged tuition but will not earn units for the course, and are not considered enrolled in a degree program nor eligible for financial aid.

For more information regarding course audit and admissions requirements, please contact our Admissions Office.

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