Diplomas and Professional Certification

The Society offers professional certification, evidenced by Diplomas, in its disciplines through a partnership with a US educational institutional accredited by the American Bar Association and the regional accrediting body appointed by the US Department of Education.

The Diploma’s may be obtained through completing online, structured, interactive courses that are led by full time academic faculty and non full-time academics that are subject to review by full time faculty. Courses last sixteen weeks, requiring five to ten hours of study and classroom interaction per week, have assignments and a final examination. Each course is offered once per year and each course’s student body is structured to interact and study together by the faculty member through the online classroom and through group assignments.

The following Diploma’s are offered by the Royal Society of Fellows:

Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Studies

• Anti-Money Laundering I
• Anti-Money Laundering II or regional anti-money laundering course
• Research and Writing

Advanced Professional Certification Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Studies

Pre-Requisite: Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Studies

• Anti-Money Laundering II or regional anti-money laundering course
• Offshore Financial Centers

Diploma in International Taxation Studies

• Principles of International Taxation
• Tax Treaties
• Legal Research and Writing

Advanced Professional Certification Diploma in International Taxation Studies

Pre-Requisite: Diploma in International Taxation Studies

• Offshore Financial Centers
• Anti-Avoidance
• International Tax Planning and Structuring

Diploma in Trusts, Companies, and Estate Planning

• Law and Taxation of Trusts and Similar Entities
• Law and Taxation of Companies
• Legal Research and Writing

Advanced Professional Certification Diploma in Trusts and Estate Planning

Pre-Requisite: Diploma in International Taxation Studies

• International Estate Planning
• Offshore Financial Centers

One academic credit equivalent is fourteen hours of interactive classroom study offered by a national government accredited academic institution as determined by the Academic Council, residential or online, led by a instructor that is a full time tenured/tenure track professor or a non-full time professor that is contracted by and subject to the academic rules of an accredited educational institution. The Academic Council resolves issues of an institution’s academic accreditation through reference to the Ministry of Education of the national government in combination with reference to national accrediting bodies.