Health Law LL.M. Curriculum
Our program is built on the foundation of the Center’s curriculum and programs and our longstanding multidisciplinary collaborations. The LL.M. degree will require the completion of
forty quarter hours of course credit. Full-time students can typically complete the course of study within one nine-month academic year.
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Required core courses:
- At least one of the following:
- In addition to the above required courses, participation in one of the Program’s seminar courses with a major research and writing project is also required:
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- By enrolling in a 1-2 credit independent study (LAW 600) to extend a paper
written in a previously completed health law-related course. Examples of courses
are Global Health Law, International Research Ethics, Law & Policy, Disability
Law, and Beginning of Life.
- The remaining 28 additional credits will be drawn from a list of approved elective courses in which
at least 20 of these credits must be law school courses or cross-listed courses with the law school. Using their elective course capacity, LL.M. students will have the capacity to focus their studies on the following tracks:
Students seeking to focus their LL.M. curriculum in one of these areas will be required to take
a minimum of 15 credits in their chosen focus.
U.S. Health Law and Policy Track
Global Health and Justice Track
Genomics and Biotechnology Law Track