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LLM in Law

Develop advanced legal expertise for financial regulation, banking, fintech, compliance, and cross-border finance.

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Overview

UNI - Universum International College offers the LLM in Law as a graduate program focused on the legal foundations, institutions, and compliance frameworks that govern modern financial systems. Students study banking law, securities regulation, AML/CFT, taxation, fintech, digital assets, ESG, insolvency, insurance, supervision, enforcement, and EU/global financial regulation. Through case-based seminars, legal memos, regulatory analysis, and research-methods training, the program prepares graduates to interpret financial-law instruments, evaluate policy trade-offs, and advise institutions with ethical, evidence-based legal reasoning.

Duration2 years
Total Credits120 ECTS
FormatModular-hybrid / online
LanguageEnglish

Program Objectives

  • Interpret financial-law and regulatory instruments across banking, securities, taxation, AML/CFT, fintech, insurance, insolvency, and ESG.
  • Analyze prudential, conduct, supervisory, and enforcement frameworks using EU, international, and Kosovo-relevant perspectives.
  • Draft professional legal memos, advisory opinions, compliance responses, and policy briefs for financial-sector scenarios.
  • Evaluate legal risks in financial innovation, cross-border finance, consumer protection, and market integrity.
  • Prepare for advanced legal, regulatory, compliance, and policy roles in public and private financial institutions.
Curriculum

Academic path

Year 1

60 ECTS
Semester 130 ECTS
  • Principles of Financial Law and Regulation
    8
  • International Banking Law
    8
  • Financial Crime, Money Laundering, and Compliance (AML/CFT)
    7
  • Corporate Finance and Securities Regulation
    7
Semester 230 ECTS
  • Taxation Law and Policy
    7
  • FinTech, Digital Assets, and Cryptocurrency Regulation
    7
  • International Trade and Investment Law
    8
  • Financial Markets and Financial Institutions Regulation
    8

Academic path

Year 2

60 ECTS
Semester 330 ECTS
  • EU and Global Financial Regulation
    6
  • Research Methods in Financial Law
    6
  • ESG and Sustainable Finance Law
    6
  • Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Restructuring Law
    6
  • Elective Pool (Students must choose 1 course)
    • Insurance and Risk Management Law6 ECTS
    • Financial Services Regulation: Supervision, Enforcement and Consumer Protection6 ECTS
    6
Semester 430 ECTS
  • Dissertation
    30

What UNI students gain and experience with Arizona State University

Arizona State University is incorporated in all student experiences and programs, by providing:

ASU "What Is Innovation?" certificate course
Master Class from ASU faculty
Learn English at ASU
ASU English Courses
ASU Summer Experience
ASU Global Exchanges
Global Signature Courses
Short-term immersion programs at ASU partner universities
Online Courses and Workshops by ASU
Courses directly from Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU
ASU Venture X - Startup
ASU Endstar Game

Why Study LLM in Law at UNI - Universum International College

Knowledge

  • Explain the legal foundations, institutional architecture, and policy rationales of modern financial regulation.
  • Understand core frameworks for banking, securities, taxation, AML/CFT, fintech, insurance, insolvency, and ESG.
  • Interpret EU, international, and Kosovo-relevant financial-law sources with graduate-level legal reasoning.

Skills

  • Apply legal reasoning to licensing, supervision, consumer protection, enforcement, compliance, and dispute scenarios.
  • Draft structured legal memos, regulatory analyses, compliance briefs, and policy recommendations.
  • Analyze financial-law risks through case-based, comparative, and research-led methods.

Competencies

  • Advise institutions on compliant and ethical responses to financial-sector legal challenges.
  • Evaluate trade-offs between innovation, financial stability, market integrity, and consumer protection.
  • Conduct independent graduate-level research and communicate legal conclusions professionally.

Study Abroad with Scholarships

Study for a semester abroad funded by Erasmus+ in 26 EU countries or worldwide through Arizona State University partner universities.

190partners across Europe and Turkey
International partner map will be added soon.

Career opportunities

  • Financial-law and regulatory advisory roles in law firms, banks, insurers, fintech companies, and investment institutions.
  • Compliance, AML/CFT, risk governance, consumer protection, and internal-control roles in regulated financial entities.
  • Policy, supervision, enforcement, and legal-analysis roles in central banks, regulatory bodies, ministries, and public institutions.
  • Consulting, corporate governance, ESG, restructuring, insolvency, and cross-border finance advisory pathways.
  • Research, doctoral study, and academic development in financial law, regulation, and policy.

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