Overview And Certificates

Learn to navigate legal complexities with confidence as you explore core legal principles including compliance, contracts, and risk management. Whether you’re a business professional working alongside legal teams or are seeking to deepen your understanding of laws and regulations within specialized industries, these certificate programs offer practical tools and strategies that apply widely across sectors. Prepare to engage with legal challenges using language and methodologies that apply in today’s fast moving business landscape.

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Legal Research
Courses
  • Creating a Legal Research Strategy
  • Selecting Legal Research Sources
  • Applying Strategic Legal Research
Designed For
  • Paralegals and legal assistants
  • Law clerks
  • Legal secretaries and administrative assistants
  • Pre-law students
  • Managers, executives, and professionals who work with counsel
  • Compliance and risk management professionals
  • Professionals working in highly regulated industries
  • Auditors
  • Founders and entrepreneurs
  • Librarians and aspiring law librarians
  • Legal publishers and editors
  • Journalists
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2 months with 7 to 8 hours of study per week
Cost
$2,500
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Business Law
Courses
  • Embracing the Basics of Business Law
  • Structuring Business Agreements for Success
  • Exploring Specialty Areas of Business Law
  • Working with Legal Professionals
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE
Designed For
  • Business leaders looking to better understand legal issues
  • Founders and entrepreneurs
  • Anyone looking to work effectively with legal professionals
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,750
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Securities Law
Courses
  • Defining Security
  • Securities Registration and Reporting
  • Registration Requirement Exemptions
  • Key Securities Law Liabilities and Principal Underwriting Documents
Designed For
  • Finance professionals
  • Investors and investment professionals
  • Lawyers
  • Business leaders
  • Compliance and risk management professionals
  • Procurement professionals
  • Fundraising professionals
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2 months with 4-6 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,750
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Immigration Law
Courses
  • Hiring Foreign Nationals
  • Immigration Law in Practice
  • Employment Law in Practice
  • Anti-discrimination Principles
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE
  • Employee Privacy in the Workplace
  • Wage and Benefit Regulations
  • Employee Duties and Promises
  • Leading Across Cultures
  • Cross-Cultural Communication
Designed For
  • HR professionals
  • Recruiters and talent management professionals
  • Managers and executives
  • Compliance and risk management professionals
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
3-4 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,750
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Legal Essentials
Courses
  • Thinking Like a Lawyer
  • Sources of Law
  • Litigation
  • Limits of Legal Obligations
Designed For
  • Business leaders looking to better understand legal issues
  • Founders and entrepreneurs
  • Anyone looking to work effectively with legal professionals
  • Professionals in highly regulated industries
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,900
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Employment Law
Courses
  • Employment Law and Policy Issues
  • Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Treatment Issues
  • Benefits, Compensation, Safety, and Other Legal Issues
  • Employment Laws Around the Globe
  • HR Policies in International Contexts
  • HR Symposium  
    LIVE
Designed For
  • HR managers and executives in any industry
  • HR professionals seeking to develop an area of specialization
  • HR leaders expanding into the global market
  • Legal professionals
  • Global HR leaders
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
3 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,900
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Business Contracts
Courses
  • Creating Effective Contracts
  • Interpreting Contracts
  • Managing Risk in Contracts
  • Enforcing Contract Terms
Designed For
  • Business professionals in any sector
  • Leaders and executives who engage with legal professionals
  • Compliance officers
  • Procurement professionals
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2 months with 3 to 5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,750
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Legal Writing and Communication
Courses
  • Maximizing Your Value in the Attorney-Client Relationship
  • Evaluating the Impact of Legal Documents
  • Composing Documents That Help Lawyers
  • Writing and Persuading Like a Lawyer
Designed For
  • Business leaders
  • Paralegals
  • Law clerks
  • Current and aspiring law students
  • Law enforcement professionals
  • Attorneys and judges
  • Law firm consultants
  • Public and nonprofit professionals
  • Compliance and risk management professionals
  • Anyone looking to work effectively with legal professionals
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$2,750
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Corporate Governance
Courses
  • Roles and Structures in Corporate Governance
  • Fiduciary Duties of Directors and Officers
  • Criminal Liability in an Organizational Setting
  • Facilitating Internal and Grand Jury Investigations
Designed For
  • Executives
  • Board members
  • Founders and entrepreneurs
  • Accountants
  • Auditors
  • Investment bankers
  • Professionals working with boards of directors
  • Professionals working in highly regulated industries
  • Professionals working with lawyers
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,900
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Intellectual Property Law Essentials
Courses
  • Trade Secrets and Patents
  • Trademarks and Copyrights
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE
  • Employee Duties and Promises
  • Leading for Creativity and Innovation
  • Creating Advantage Through Entrepreneurial Thinking
  • Company Structure and Due Diligence
Designed For
  • Entrepreneurs
  • People whose roles involve new product or service development
  • Business development and marketing professionals
  • R&D, engineering, and technology managers
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2 months with 3-9 hours of study per week
Cost
$2,999
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Business Ethics
Courses
  • Foundations of Ethical Reasoning
  • Ethics in Business and Technology
  • Psychology in Business Ethics
  • Addressing Dysfunctional Ethical Cultures
Designed For
  • Business managers and leaders
  • Founders and entrepreneurs
  • Anyone looking to work effectively with legal professionals
  • Professionals, particularly those working in highly regulated industries
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,900
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AI Law and Policy
Courses
  • Exploring the Legal Principles of AI
  • Promoting Effective and Inclusive AI
  • Managing Legal and Ethical Risks in AI
  • Competing and Thriving in a Global AI Landscape
  • Shaping Internal AI Policies
  • Building Organizational Resilience for AI
  • AI Symposium  
    LIVE
Designed For
  • Leaders and business professionals
  • Policymakers, government officials, and NGO professionals
  • Compliance officers and risk managers
  • Lawyers and paralegals
  • Professionals working in startups
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Anyone responsible for AI-related decision making
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
3 months with 3 to 5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,750
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Regulatory and Antitrust Law
Courses
  • Assessing the Regulatory Environment
  • Influencing and Challenging Regulation
  • Antitrust and Horizontal Restraints on Trade
  • Monopolies and Mergers
Designed For
  • Managers and executives
  • Legal and paralegal professionals
  • Compliance and risk management professionals
  • Professionals in heavily regulated industries
  • Auditors
  • Business owners
  • Contract administrators
  • Leaders and executives who engage with legal professionals
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2 months with 3-6 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,900
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International Business Law
Courses
  • Managing Legal Risks in Foreign Direct Investment
  • Compliance With the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
  • Moving Goods Across Borders: How to Work With Tariffs
  • Protecting Trade Secrets in International Transactions
Designed For
  • Business leaders doing international business
  • Public and nonprofit professionals
  • Business developers
  • Finance and accounting professionals
  • Human resource or talent management professionals
  • Compliance or risk-management professionals
  • Anyone looking to work effectively with legal professionals
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,750
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Employment Law for Leaders
Courses
  • Employment Law in Practice
  • Employee Privacy in the Workplace
  • Anti-discrimination Principles
  • Wage and Benefit Regulations
  • Employee Duties and Promises
Designed For
  • Business professionals
  • Professionals in heavily regulated industries
  • Compliance professionals
  • Risk management professionals
  • Business owners
  • Contract administrators
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2.5 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,900
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Employee Relations and Investigations
Courses
  • Conducting Effective Employee Relations Conversations
  • Internal Investigation Fundamentals
  • Conducting Internal Investigation Interviews
  • Investigating Internal Complaint Issues
  • Concluding an Internal Investigation
  • HR Symposium  
    LIVE
Designed For
  • HR professionals
  • Employee relations managers
  • Generalists seeking to move into a specialized role
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
3 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,900
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Compliance Systems
Courses
  • Rule Systems as Designed Systems
  • Rule Design
  • Rule System Training
  • Policing of Rule Systems
  • Investigation of Rule System Violations
  • Responding to Violations and Improving the Rule System
Designed For
  • HR professionals
  • Compliance officers
  • Finance and accounting professionals
  • Health and safety managers
  • Process control professionals
  • Operations professionals
  • Lawyers and legal professionals
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
3 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,900
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Entertainment Law and Business
Courses
  • Fundamentals of Entertainment Law
  • Intellectual Property: Copyright, Trademark, and Publicity Rights
  • Entertainment Law Contracts: Property Rights and Assignments
  • Entertainment Law Contracts: Credit, Ownership, and Budgeting
  • Entertainment Law Contracts: Payment Structures
  • AI, the Law, and Its Effect on the Entertainment Industry
Designed For
  • TV, film, and theater professionals
  • Agents and managers
  • Entertainment executives
  • Producers
  • Creative professionals and artists
  • Writers
  • Directors
  • Musicians and recording artists
  • Journalists
  • Media professionals
  • Podcasters
  • Content creators
  • Influencers
  • Lawyers looking to get into entertainment law
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
3 months with 3 to 5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,750
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Labor Relations
Courses
  • Collective Bargaining Foundations
  • Preparing for Labor Negotiations
  • Principles of Costing
  • Handling Grievances
  • Arbitration
  • HR Symposium  
    LIVE
Designed For
  • Union staff, stewards and officials
  • HR and Operations Managers
  • International professionals working with unionized US-based organizations
  • Attorneys and general counsel
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
3 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,900
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Policy Advocacy
Courses
  • Community Organizing
  • Legislative Advocacy
  • Administrative Advocacy
  • Media Advocacy and Storytelling
  • Electoral Advocacy and Campaigns
Designed For
  • Nonprofit leaders and professionals
  • Government agency leaders and professionals
  • Professionals working in NGOs, U.S. advocacy, community, and civic organizations
  • Public office candidates
  • Students in law, social work, and social sciences
  • Union representatives
  • Private sector professionals working in human services, healthcare, and environmental-related roles
  • Academics and researchers
  • Elected local government officials
  • Individuals interested in policy advocacy
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2.5 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$2,999
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Hospitality Labor and Employment Law
Courses
  • Discrimination Law in the Hospitality Industry
  • Specific Discrimination Laws in Hospitality
  • Wage and Hour Law in Hospitality
  • Labor Law in Hospitality
  • Hospitality Symposium  
    LIVE
  • HR Symposium  
    LIVE
Designed For
  • HR professionals working in the hospitality industry
  • HR consultants
  • Hospitality managers and executives
  • Hotel owners and asset managers
  • Small business owners and franchise owners
  • Overseas companies looking to do business with the U.S. market
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
2 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,750
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Cannabis Law and Policy
Courses
  • Understanding Federal Cannabis Regulation
  • New York State Cannabis Regulation
  • Labor and Business Considerations in the Cannabis Industry
  • Cannabis Taxation
  • Legal Medical Cannabis Use
  • The Future of Cannabis and Legislation
Designed For
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Cannabis-industry business leaders
  • Cannabis growers, producers and hobbyists
  • Farmers
  • Investors
  • Cannabis industry marketers
  • Lawyers
  • Healthcare professionals
  • Current students in law, public policy, or agriculture
Format
All Online
Time Commitment
3 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Cost
$3,750
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