Upon degree completion, graduates of our programs will be able to...
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the United States legal system and structure
- Evaluate compliance systems including auditing and monitoring processes
- Recognize and analyze ethical dilemmas in professional practice
- Design a comprehensive risk management program
- Develop strategies to ensure compliance and ethical behavior within organizations
- Evaluate compliance systems including auditing and monitoring processes
- Design a comprehensive risk management program
- Understand legal and regulatory principles used to assess patient care, quality, and safety
- Identify compliance requirements under HIPAA and determine penalties for violations
- Evaluate potential institutional liability issues in the healthcare setting
- Develop and implement a risk management plan that meets OSHA requirements and organizational needs
- Evaluate compliance systems including auditing and monitoring processes
- Define the key legal dimensions of the employer/employee relationship
- Develop compensation plans within the parameters of the Fair Labor Standards Act and other federal and state wage & hour laws
- Articulate the scope of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and demonstrate understanding of the basic components of effective negotiation and mediation
- Design a comprehensive risk management program
- Evaluate compliance systems including auditing and monitoring processes
- Understand the NCAA’s organizational structure and governance system for Division I
- Learn to navigate the NCAA Manual and locate Bylaw(s) relating to recruitment, eligibility, and financial aid.
- Formulate an institutional plan of action to respond to an NCAA enforcement investigation
- Identify key federal and state entities regulating the pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech sectors.
- Describe the roll of the FDA in regulating the research, development, labeling, and marketing of prescription drugs and medical devices.
- Analyze the legal framework surrounding product development and pricing.
- Compare and contrast U.S. and European industry data privacy regulations that impact the pharmaceutical and medical device sector.
- Identify potential legal and ethical issues surrounding clinical research trials.
- Design a comprehensive risk management program
- Evaluate compliance systems including auditing and monitoring processes
- Understand the general principles of criminal law and the elements that comprise crimes against persons, property, and the state
- Grasp the key legal concepts underpinning corrections law including prisoner rights, prisoner discipline, and juvenile justice.
- Identify the competing forces that influence the creation and interpretation of criminal procedural rules
- Identify relevant federal, state, and EU data privacy regulations.
- Formulate an institutional plan of action to respond to breaches that compromise legally regulated data.
- Identify and protect against the risks associated with third party non-compliance.
- Evaluate legal compliance and risk management systems designed to mitigate legal exposure for data breaches.
- Assess legal responsibilities of companies with respect to cybersecurity and data privacy.
- Evaluate legal compliance systems including auditing and monitoring processes in financial institutions.
- Identify key approaches to managing legal risk in financial institutions.
- Understand broad legal and regulatory principles that govern the financial services industry with particular focus on the sale of securities.
- Understand the interrelationship between different branches of the financial services industry and their individual regulatory frameworks.
- Know the role and function of federal and state regulatory bodies with respect to investment companies, investment advisors, broker/dealers and banks.
- Evaluate compliance systems including auditing and monitoring processes.
- Recognize and analyze ethical dilemmas in professional practice.
- Design a comprehensive risk management program.
- Develop strategies to ensure compliance and ethical behavior within higher education institutions.
- Identify relevant federal, state, and EU data privacy regulations.
- Formulate an institutional plan of action to respond to breaches that compromise legally regulated data.
- Identify and protect against the risks associated with third party non-compliance.
- Evaluate legal compliance and risk management systems designed to mitigate legal exposure for data breaches.
- Assess legal responsibilities of companies with respect to cybersecurity and data privacy.
- Evaluate compliance systems including auditing and monitoring processes.
- Design a comprehensive risk management program.
- Understand legal and regularity principles used to assess patient care, quality, and safety.
- Identify compliance requirements under HIPPA and determine penalties for violations.
- Evaluate potential institutional liability issues in the healthcare setting.
- Develop and produce original scholarly legal work.