Compliance and Legal Risk Management Concentration

Master of Legal Studies

Learn about the MLS Online with a concentration in compliance and legal risk management.

The MLS with a concentration in Compliance and Legal Risk Management is designed to educate professionals to meet the demand for legal compliance officers and to train those for whom compliance is an important part of their job or career.

We live in a highly regulated economy. To ensure that applicable laws and regulations are followed, private and public employers increasingly rely on what the Wall Street Journal referred to as “the fastest growing corporate profession in America" — legal compliance.

Supplementing the core legal subjects, this program combines courses offering a nuts and bolts understanding of legal compliance and more specialized courses covering particular business or governmental sectors, including health care, human resources, environmental protection, and banking. This is a highly useful degree to graduates seeking a clear pathway into a legal-oriented profession.

Student Snapshot

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“The MLS program opened just at the right time. I believe compliance and research go hand in hand, and I want to help others in bridging the gap between the two." 

–MLS graduate Ruth Heaton, research specialist senior, University of Arizona Cancer Center

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Curriculum

* Indicates courses offered online

REQUIRED COURSES (18 UNITS)

Required MLS Core Courses (15 UNITS) 

(All Required MLS Core Courses and Required Electives for this Concentration are also offered in-person.)

  • LAW 501* - Procedure (3 units)
  • LAW 502A* - American Common Law System I (3 units)
  • LAW 502B* - American Common Law System II (3 units)
  • LAW 504* - American Public Law System (3 units)
  • LAW 507* - Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research (3 units) 

Required Courses for this Concentration (3 UNITS)

  • LAW 614B* - Corporate Compliance (3 units)

ELECTIVE COURSES (12 UNITS)

Substitute electives may be approved by the program director. 

Although not all courses are offered every semester, a list of possible electives can be found on the course schedules pages. 

ONLINE LAW Compliance Electives

  • LAW 516* - Business Organizations (3 units)
  • LAW 521* - Administrative Law (3 units)
  • LAW 540A* - Introduction to Human Rights (3 units) 
  • LAW 553* - Immigration Law and Policy (3 units)
  • LAW 555* - Intellectual Property (3 units)
  • LAW 557* - Employment Law (3 units)
  • LAW 554* - Environmental Law (3 units)
  • LAW 559* - Public International Environmental Law (3 units)
  • LAW 696I* - International Environmental Law (3 units)
  • Any classes listed in the Health Care Law and Policy Concentration 

Additionally, up to 6 non-LAW units may be taken, including those listed below or others by permission of the program director. Availability of non-LAW electives is at the discretion of the offering college or department and may incur additional costs.

Pre-approved ONLINE Non-LAW Electives

  • PHPM 574* - Public Health Policy and Management (3 units)
  • MNE 541* - Environmental Management and Mine Reclamation (3 units)
  • ACCT 522* - Advanced Federal Taxation (3 units)

IN-PERSON Electives

Many of these courses are offered through the JD program and require approval of the program director and the College of Law registrar.

General:

  • LAW 607B - Investigation: Criminal, Civil, and Internal (2 units)
  • LAW 611G - Law and Finance of Banking (3 units)
  • LAW 616 - Business Organizations (3 units)
  • LAW 618 - Antitrust Law (3 units)
  • LAW 621A - Administrative Law (3 units)
  • LAW 629 - Regulation (3 units)
  • LAW 643E - Arizona White Collar Law (2 units) 
  • LAW 643M - Foreign Investment in Developing Economies: Its Regulation and Protection (2 units)
  • LAW 655P or LAW 698K - Corporate Governance (3 units)
  • LAW 655R - Intellectual Property Law (3 units)
  • LAW 658 - Securities Regulation (3 units)
  • LAW 659 - International Human Rights (3 units)
  • LAW 666A - International Investment Law (2 units)
  • LAW 695K - Election Law (2 units)
  • ACCT 521 - Business Law for Accountants (3 units) 
  • ACCT 572A - Accounting for Not-For-Profit Entities (3 units)

Human Resources:

  • LAW 620 - Immigration Law (3 units)
  • LAW 611B - Employment Law (2 units)
  • LAW 611A - Employment Discrimination - (2 units)
  • LAW 611F - Negotiation of Employment Agreements and Separation Agreements (1 unit)
  • LAW 614 - Disability Law (2 units)
  • LAW 656D - Education Law (2 units)
  • LAW 695M - ERISA and Employee Benefits Law (3 units)

Environmental:

  • LAW 634C - Federal Public Land and Natural Resources Law (3 units)
  • LAW 650C - Energy Law (2 units)

Tax: 

  • LAW 520 - Principles of Federal Taxation (3 units)
  • LAW 646 -  Federal Income Taxation (3 units)
  • LAW 647A - Corporate Taxation (3 units)
  • LAW 649G - Federal Tax Policy (2 units)
  • LAW 655J - International Taxation (2 units)
  • LAW 657 - LLC, LLP, Partnership Tax (3 units)

Health Care:

  • LAW 552 - Health Law (3 units) 
  • LAW 610 - Health Care Finance and Regulation (2 units)
  • LAW 635 - Insurance Law (2 units)
  • LAW 654A - Bioethics and Law (3 units)
  • LAW 654B - Health Care Litigation (3 units)
  • PHPM 567 - Public Health Leadership and Management (3 units)
  • PHPM 523 - Critical Issues in Health Care Organization, Management and Policy (3 units)
 

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