Bradford University School of Management and Law

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BA (Hons) in Business Studies and Law

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Ed Mowlam, LLB (Hons) Law 2010,
Current PhD student

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LLM Healthcare Law

Overview

Bradford University Law School is highly experienced in the teaching of law within the health and social care sectors, having run courses in law for medical and care professionals. We bring this experience into focus through our specialist programmes designed to provide sector-specific insight and expertise within.

+Course details

The programme has three stages:

Stage 1

 Postgraduate certificate in Healthcare Law

Sept-June Year 1

Stage 2

 Postgraduate diploma in Healthcare Law

Sept-June Year 2

 Stage 3

 LLM Healthcare Law

July-Sept Year 2

The final stage of the programme is a self contained research project on an agreed area of personal interest. On completion of this project you would qualify for the award of LLM in Healthcare Law.

The course is flexible in that you can decide at the end of the first year whether you wish to exit with a Postgraduate Diploma after two years or continue on into your third year by completing your dissertation and achieving an LLM.

+Module details

Compulsory modules

  • Introduction to Law
  • Medical Negligence
  • Law and the Expert Witness

 Elective modules

  • Global Health Law
  • Decision making in the Public Sector
  • Employment Law
  • Medicine and the Law
  • Intellectual Property and IT
  • Globalisation and the Law
  • EU Health Law
  • EU Social Law
  • Human Rights
  • Intellectual Property in Health care

You would also have the opportunity to undertake modules in research methodology and ethics in preparation for the final research project.

Key Details

Study mode

Part-time

Duration

3 years

Start date

September 2012

Location

Bradford, UK

Fee

£4,900

Scholarships

NO

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