Compliance professionals with the right training, experience, and skills are in high demand. Students entering law school may not have a sense of this rapidly expanding field that integrates an understanding of law, ethics, and business as well as enforcement and regulatory priorities.
Successful careers in compliance and ethics necessitate not only knowledge of legal requirements, but also the skills to design, implement, and oversee compliance measures. Good compliance measures can prevent, detect, and respond to violations of legal, ethical, and regulatory standards. Compliance career paths may involve working in-house at a compliance or law department, serving as outside counsel or consultant advising industries on enhancements to their compliance programs or serving as government prosecutor in fraud or corruption cases.
Temple Law students who may be interested in compliance may explore the field through a variety of courses. Students are advised to focus on foundational courses first and then, consider more advanced courses as they refine their interests.
Foundational Compliance Related Courses
- Introduction to Compliance and Ethics (Essential)
- Administrative Law (Essential)
- Corporations (Essential)
- Accounting for Lawyers (Recommended)
- Corporate Scandals and Crises (Recommended)
- Global Anti-Bribery and Corruption (Recommended)
Beyond these initial courses, students may want to focus on areas of law that are priorities for many corporate compliance programs as well as enforcement authorities. These courses tend to relate to highly regulated industries. In some cases, foundational courses will be prerequisites for more advanced courses; in other cases, they will not.
Health Care Compliance
- Health Care Law: Bioethics
- Introduction to Health Care Compliance (Previously offered)
- Health Care Law and Regulation (Previously offered)
- Drug and Medical Device Law (Previously offered)
- Health Care Fraud and Abuse (Previously offered)
- Drug Law, Policy, and Practice: Marijuana Regulation (Previously offered)
Finance Compliance
- Corporate Finance
- Securities Regulation
- Corporate Governance and Disclosure
- Banking & Financial Regulation
International Compliance
Environmental Compliance
- Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (Previously offered)
- Energy Law and Regulation
Technology Compliance
Guided Research
Students may also develop research, writing, and analytical abilities on a compliance related topic by working with a faculty member in an area of the student’s interest and the faculty member’s expertise.
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