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In business, compliance officers must satisfy two main objectives. First, they must uphold their company’s internal rules to maintain its safety and good standing with its clients and customers. Second, compliance officers must ensure the company adheres to the laws and industry-specific regulations set by external entities such as state or federal governments. The purpose

It is common for employers to offer employees access to learning programs to build skills, legal expertise, and industry knowledge. As a prospective student you should understand tuition reimbursement options and be willing to make a case for your employer funding your work in the online Master of Legal Studies (MLS) in Compliance and Risk

Risk has always been a part of business. Yet today, with globalization and an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, the stakes are higher than ever. As a result, the risk management job market is growing. Risk managers and compliance experts play a vital role in business success, both by helping to avoid threats and by identifying

Last updated: July 2025 – Includes current guidance for 2025 graduate school applicants. When applying to graduate school, many students find themselves stuck on the personal statement requirement. They wonder what they should write about, how to start, and how long the statement should be. Since the goal of any personal statement is to help

The COVID-19 crisis is impacting businesses and employees in profound ways. For students of risk management and compliance, business responses to this crisis create real-world examples of risk identification, evaluation, prioritization, and response. Also, they illustrate the challenges and importance of risk management in a changing world.   To keep businesses viable during this crisis, risk

Students in Seattle U’s Online Master of Legal Studies (MLS) in Compliance and Risk Management program have plenty of career options when they graduate. We love to prepare students for a hot job market. Also, according to SmartLawyer.com, some of the hottest jobs for new lawyers and other legal professionals,  are in “alternative legal careers.” Compliance, in particular,

We receive many questions about the MBA and MLS Degrees, so we thought we’d answer them here. To start, our Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees are often the go-to degrees for traditional career advancement. However, they aren’t always the best degree in today’s complex market. Also, the legal field is growing, with a need