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AML General
Awareness for
Law Professionals

Course format: self-paced online

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    1 ACAMS Credit
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    Digital Certificate

    Equip Legal Professionals to Identify and Mitigate Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Risks

    Our online course, AML General Awareness for Law Professionals, builds foundational knowledge about AML and compliance practices, helping industry professionals understand the different types of financial crimes, their associated risks, and how to apply a risk-based approach for effective prevention and management. With increasing regulatory scrutiny on law firms, it is vital to prevent reputational and financial damage that could result from unknowingly facilitating financial crime.

     

    This AFC program for law professionals is an overview of AML practices that equips legal professionals to better identify and mitigate AML risks – ultimately protecting both law firms and their clients.

     

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    AML General Awareness for Law Professionals Course Content

    This foundation-level AFC training for legal professionals covers important themes including sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud, cybercrime, and tax evasion. 

    You’ll learn to

    • Explain what financial crime is and the different types
    • Describe the risks associated with financial crime
    • Explain how legal professionals apply a risk-based approach
    • Explain how to manage risk in the legal profession

     

    Key course topics

    • AML basics, including types of financial crime, comprising money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, bribery and corruption, cybercrime, and tax and sanctions evasion
    • Financial crime risks, including types of risk, categories of risk, and a risk-based approach
    • Risk management and controls
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    Pricing

    Prices are subject to local tax.

    ACAMS Members

    US$195.00

    Non-Members

    US$295.00

     

    Group Pricing

    Access preferential group pricing and enhance the AFC expertise of your entire team. Our business solutions are tailored to organizations of all sizes and budgets. Find out more about group pricing and how we can meet your training needs here.

    Intended audience

    The AML General Awareness Certificate course is designed to be AFC training for law professionals at all levels who work in the legal profession and who need to learn the basic principles of anti-financial crime.

    This online AML training for law professionals course is appropriate for, but not limited to, professionals in the following roles:

    • Lawyers
    • Partners
    • Paralegals and legal assistants
    • Legal associates and directors
    • Regulatory and compliance teams in a law firm
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    AML for law professionals course structure

    • Online and self-paced
    • Approximately 75 minutes of coursework
    • Complete within four weeks
    • 10-question final assessment
    • Results available immediately