LLM in
Insurance Law LLM University of Connecticut UCONN - School of Law
Introduction
The LLM in Insurance Law program at UConn School of Law is the top destination for lawyers and students from the United States and around the world who seek serious graduate training in insurance and financial services law. Thanks to our location in historic Hartford, Connecticut—the famed "insurance capital" and headquarters to some of the largest global insurance companies—our students study with the most sophisticated insurance law experts in the country. New York City and Boston are just two hours away and Fairfield County, Connecticut, the hedge fund capital of the United States, is even closer.
Insurance Law Center
UConn School of Law is home to the Insurance Law Center, a globally recognized academic center that focuses on insurance law and risk regulation. Founded in 1998 after a generous endowment from the insurance community, the Insurance Law Center stands out for its interdisciplinary research on the role of insurance in society.
The center’s full-time faculty brings a wide array of disciplines, including law, economics, finance, history, sociology, linguistics, and philosophy, to the study of financial services law. Experienced adjunct faculty, LLM students, financial regulators, members of the insurance bar, and fellow scholars from other universities explore the issues of the day in scholarly workshops and conferences. The center also hosts visiting scholars from around the world, hosts an insurance law collection unmatched by any other U.S. university, and publishes the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal.
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Curriculum
Course of Study: Insurance Law LLM
The Law School courses pre-approved for the Insurance Law LLM are listed below. LAW7675 – Principles of Insurance is offered each semester and should be taken in the first semester. 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.
Required Course
- LAW7675 – Principles of Insurance
Additionally, students who have a foreign law degree are required to take in the first semester:
- LAW7535 – U.S. Law and Legal Institutions
- LAW7585 – US Law and Legal Institutions: Research and Writing
Core Courses
- LAW7673 – Alternative Risk Management
- LAW7382 – Captive Insurance Law
- LAW7916 – Comparative Insurance Regulation
- LAW7680 – Comparative Regulation of Health Insurance Markets
- LAW7554 – Compliance: The Legal Perspective
- LAW7928 – Employee Benefits and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- LAW7691 – Health Care Financing
- LAW7865 – Health Law
- LAW7711 – Healthcare Liability Insurance
- LAW7357 – Insurance and Discrimination
- LAW7776 – Insurance Finance
- LAW7781 – Insurance Litigation, Current Issues and Trends
- LAW7717 – Insurance Regulation
- LAW7799 – Insurance Solvency Law and Regulation
- LAW7354 – Insurance, Current Issues In
- LAW7677 – International Business Transactions
- LAW7771 – Islamic Finance and Investment Law
- LAW7894 – Law and Economics
- LAW7786 – Law of Marine Insurance
- LAW7686 – Liability Insurance
- LAW7563 – Life Insurance, Annuities and Disability Income Insurance Law
- LAW7787 – Principles of Reinsurance
- LAW7790 – Property Insurance
- LAW7724 – Securities Regulation
- LAW7774 – Surety Law
- LAW7864 – Workers’ Compensation Law
Related Courses
Students may take up to six credits of related courses which will count towards the 24-credit minimum requirement.
- LAW7600 – Administrative Law
- LAW7739 – Antitrust and Trade Regulation
- LAW7639 – Bankruptcy
- LAW7884 – Bankruptcy, Advanced Topics
- LAW7942 – Comparative Health Systems
- LAW7825 – Consumer Protection Laws and Debt Collection
- LAW7636 – Corporate Finance
- LAW7655 – Employment Discrimination Law
- LAW7773 – Employment Law
- LAW7650 – Environmental Law
- LAW7594 – Food and Drug Law
- LAW7962 – International Trade Compliance
- LAW7984 – Law and Interpretation
- LAW7593 – Law and Public Health
- LAW7763 – Law and the Mental Health System
- LAW7932 – Tax Policy
- LAW7742 – Trusts and Estates
- LAW7505 – Contracts
- LAW7530 – Torts
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