As the regulatory state has expanded, compliance and risk management has become a major new field of expertise with its own methods of critical thinking, risk assessment, and managerial sociology, allowing lawyers and business executives to protect stakeholders by anticipating and reducing enterprise risks. The Case Western Reserve University School of Law Master of Compliance and Risk Management is a concentrated course of study that will give working professionals the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the regulatory environment competently, effectively, and ethically. Students will acquire essential legal skills such as how to read and interpret statutes, regulations, and case law, how to identify, assess, and address legal risks and opportunities, and how to design and implement compliance and risk management programs.

The Master of Compliance and Risk Management (M-CRM) should attract working professionals interested in jobs in the field of regulatory compliance and risk management. It will allow us to build an infrastructure of foundational courses for specialty certificates or Master’s level executive degrees in a series of highly regulated areas, such as healthcare, financial compliance and regulation, information privacy and data security, environmental health, eldercare, and/or clinical research regulation.

Students earning an M-CRM degree must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours, including foundational courses in Legislation & Regulation for Non-Lawyers; Legal Aspects of Risk Assessment; Governance, Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management; and Compliance & Risk Management Skills: Planning, Auditing, Investigating, and Reporting.

Specializations

Masters of Compliance & Risk Management students have the option for study of advanced topics in specialty areas. 

If a student choses to earn a specialty concentration, this will require completion of specific required courses and specialization electives, in addition to the general requirements for the degree.

Healthcare Specialization

Business Finance Specialization

a

Must complete at least two healthcare electives as approved by the Program Director.

b

Must complete at least two business finance electives as approved by the Program Director.