Our LLM in Wealth Management gives you the knowledge and skills you need to advise wealthy clients and help manage their assets. Whether you’re a financial advisor, business analyst, family office counsel, chief financial officer, managing director of wealth legal management, director of financial planning, or something in between, you’ll develop the expertise that you need to navigate a range of wealth management complexities and regulatory issues.
Time to Complete: Est. 1-2 years (24 Credit hours)
Modality: Online
Three Starts Per Year: Fall, Spring, Summer
Tuition: $33,825
“I have been a licensed attorney for twenty years. The public demands more of attorneys with financial competency. Texas A&M University provides the educational opportunity to meet this challenge. I was able to apply and incorporate the principles from the program into my practice prior to graduation. The program has complemented my practice in civil practice, estate planning, probate, and family law.”
- William Biggs, Attorney
World-Renowned Faculty
Many of the faculty who teach in the Wealth Management program are full-time faculty at the law school and business school — giving you access to nationally recognized experts. The adjunct faculty who teach our specialized courses are industry leaders eager to share a lifetime of learning with a practical focus.
We interweave law and finance throughout the curriculum to give you the expertise that you’ll need to advise clients on complex wealth management issues. We’ve customized the coursework to fit the needs of lawyers who want to develop significant expertise in wealth management.
The Strength of the Aggie Network
Obtaining a degree from Texas A&M University — a Tier 1 research institution and one of the largest universities in the U.S. — will give you a marketable credential recognized around the world. The Aggie network spans the globe, with nearly 600,000 former students in over 160 countries.
Who can benefit from an LLM in Wealth Management?
The field of wealth management typically involves the coordination of multiple experts in fields that range from accounting to law. This collaboration, along with their highly specialized credentials, allows wealth managers to oversee and advise on all aspects of estate and tax administration and other complex financial investment and regulatory matters. In order to manage the finances of high-net-worth individuals, extensive wealth management education is critical. To excel in this profession, most wealth managers complete a graduate-level program. Earning an LLM from Texas A&M gives you the advanced skills and knowledge to handle the complex issues that go hand-in-hand with advising high-net-worth individuals and affluent families concerning their wealth, investments, and family affairs.
Our LLM degree candidates have a variety of backgrounds, including:
Business advisory lawyers
Directors of business development with a law degree
Directors of financial planning
Estate Attorneys
Family office counsel
Financial and tax legal advisors
Financial planners who are lawyers
Individual and institutional wealth management counsel
Investment and regulatory counsel
Private bankers and private client attorneys
Tax attorneys for high net wealth clients
“As a financial planner, I feel I owe it to my current and future client’s to be at the top of my career field. This program has been a perfect fit. I have been able to learn at a high level from some of the best minds in the industry.”
- Chad Kennedy, Financial Planner
Wealth Management LLM Curriculum
The career-relevant, online LLM with an emphasis on wealth management is built for lawyers and combines up-to-date legal knowledge with real-world skills to prepare you for new opportunities in the wealth management industry. Build the expertise you need to guide your high-net-worth clients through a range of wealth management complexities.
The Master of Laws in Wealth Management is a 24-credit-hour program. Candidates can enroll in as few as two courses per semester to complete the degree in two years, or they can enroll full-time to complete the degree in one year. Candidates also have the flexibility as to how many courses to enroll in each semester, subject to university rules.
All LLM students on the wealth management track take these foundational courses.
Course Title
Credits
Ethical Decision Making
1 credit
Introduction to the U.S. Legal System
2 credits (waived for certain U.S. JD holders)
To complete your LLM in Wealth Management degree, you'll take specialized courses focused on wealth management.
Course Title
Credits
Advanced Wealth Management
3 credits
Estate, Insurance, and Annuity
3 credits
Fiduciary and Risk Management
3 credits
Financial and Portfolio Management
3 credits
Financial Innovations
3 credits
Income Tax for Financial Planners
3 credits
Introduction to Wealth Management
3 credits
Nonprofit and Fiduciary Administration
3 credits
Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits
3 credits
Securities Regulation
3 credits
Taxation of Business Entities
3 credits
Additionally, you may take a combination of the following courses to supplement your wealth management education.
Course Title
Credits
Contract Law and Strategies
3 credits
Foundations of Business Law
2 credits
Legal Analysis and Writing for Clients
2 credits
Principles of Regulatory Law
2 credits
Approved electives outside wealth management
Supported, Online Learning
We offer the convenience and flexibility of asynchronous online learning without sacrificing the caliber of education that you expect from a top-tier law school. Using Canvas, online learners experience an intuitive, user-friendly design, and our highly engaged faculty use tools that promote instructor-to-student and student-to-student interaction — all from the comfort of your own home or study environment. And because we know that many of our students are working professionals, we have support staff available on nights and weekends.
We’re excited to receive your application! It’s easy to apply — there is no entrance exam, and we offer application fee waivers. We encourage you to start the path to earning your LLM in Wealth Management today.
A: Going far beyond mere financial advising, the field of wealth management typically involves the coordination of multiple experts in fields that range from accounting to law. This collaboration, along with their highly specialized credentials, allows wealth managers to comprehensively oversee all aspects of estate tax administration and other complex financial matters. Although not all wealth managers work with extremely wealthy clients, they generally gear their services toward high-net-worth individuals.
A: There is no single path to becoming a wealth manager, but extensive wealth management education is an absolute must. Almost all wealth managers hold at least an undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or another relevant field. To truly excel in the profession, most aspiring wealth managers also complete a wealth management program at the graduate level.
A: At Texas A&M School of Law, we believe that the best online wealth management program is the one that works for you. For this reason, we offer LLM and MLS programs that both lawyers and nonlawyers alike can complete on their own schedule.
A: In short, your earning potential as a wealth manager is excellent. Because the account minimums demanded by most wealth managers are quite high, their advisor fees and profit percentages are extraordinarily attractive. Wealth managers also enjoy an exciting work environment that presents new challenges daily.
A: “Financial advisor” is an extremely broad term that refers to all financial professionals. The term “wealth manager,” by contrast, applies only to financial advisors with the advanced skills and resources to handle the complex functions that go hand in hand with managing large sums of money for extremely wealthy families and individuals. In addition to their specific expertise in high-net-worth management, wealth managers tend to require higher investment minimums than those of a general financial advisor.
A: Because it is conducted entirely online, the LLM program at Texas A&M Law gives busy professionals access to a high-quality education on their own schedules. Furthermore, Texas A&M Law instructors are industry leaders ready to share a lifetime of learning with a practical focus. Not only is there access to industry leading instructors, the Aggie Network, which is more than 500,000 strong worldwide, provides a rich tradition of looking out for one another and career support.
