Diploma in International Financial Services Law
| Date : | Sat 29 Sep 12 |
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| Time : | 9am - 1pm |
| Location : | National College of Ireland, IFSC, Dublin 1 |
This Graduate Diploma from University College Dublin in partnership with the Law Society Finuas Network will focus on law and market practice in the provision of international financial services which is a key component of the Irish economy. It is designed for lawyers and professionals working in the international financial services sector.
The programme will be highly practical in its emphasis and participants will have a unique opportunity to learn from and interact with an international panel of speakers with wide practical experience of the international financial services sector.
Semester I (September - December) will focus on pervasive themes in international financial services law such as judicial jurisdiction and choice of court agreements as litigation risk mitigators, ensuring an effective legal framework for international transactions, insolvency law - the root of financial law - settlement systems, set-off and netting, collateralisation and the increasingly important area of Islamic Finance.
Semester II (January - April) will have as its thrust transactional law such as international funds, bond issues, syndicated lending, securities law and derivatives transactions.
This Diploma will be a valuable qualification for financial services lawyers and professionals who wish to enhance and update their knowledge of legal principle and market practice and for financial services industry participants for whom a knowledge of legal practice is a necessary component of their professional expertise.
Fees
€6,150
Diploma Fees benefit from subsidisation provided by the Law Society FINUAS Network (subject to eligibility).
Who should apply?
A legal qualification is not essential. Applications will be considered from:
• Practising barristers or solicitors, or barristers or solicitors actively engaged in legally connected employment;
• Graduates holding an approved university degree or law-based interdisciplinary university degree; and
• Persons with other academic and/or professional qualifications and/or such experience as would satisfy the UCD School of Law that they are able to participate on this course.
Course Assessment
Course Assignment: 5,000-word presentation to be submitted in January 2013.
Take-Home Examination: To be submitted in April 2013.
Venue
Lectures will normally take place in the National College of Ireland facilities in the Dublin International Financial Services Centre.
Diploma Academic Directors
A. Vivion Gill (vivion.gill@ucd.ie)
G. Brian Hutchinson (brian.hutchinson@ucd.ie)
UCD School of Law
