Master of Laws (Health Law)

Overview

• Designed for legal practitioners who want to specialise in health law and gain an indepth knowledge in the health sphere
• Based on current and emerging issues in health law, you will gain a critical insight into health law issues
• You will have access to 24-hour on-campus computer and technology facilities and the Clayton Utz Law Library.
• Some of the elective units are offered online so you can study when it's convenient for you
• You may progess to the Doctor of Juridical Science (subject to normal entry requirements)
• Don't have a law degree, but want to study health law? The Graduate Certificate in Applied Law (Health) is for you

QUT course code	LW51
Attendance	Part-time
Course duration	1 year full-time 2 years part-time
Start month	2013 February, July
Delivery	On campus Gardens Point
Faculty	Faculty of Law
Course contact	Student Business Services (SBS) Admissions: Email: askqut@qut.edu.au Telephone: +61 7 3138 2000

Details

Gain specialised knowledge to advance your career in heath law . Choose from units including clinical negligence, health care law and death, decision and the law. Depending on the units you choose, you may be taught by lecturers who literally wrote the book on health law in Australia.  Professor Ben White,  Dr Fiona McDonald, and Professor Lindy Willmott jointly wrote Australia's first book on national health law, Health Law in Australia, published in 2010. You will have access to three of Australia's leading experts on health law and be inspired by their dedication and passion. Visit our Health Law Research Centre for more about current projects and initiatives.

Units

Course structure

The course comprises 96 credit points (eight units) of coursework units. This can be achieved in one of two ways. Students may nominate a major and choose units to the value of at least 72 credit points from that particular major. The remaining 24 credit points can be chosen from any unit not included in the nominated major. Alternatively, students may complete the degree with a cross specialisation by choosing all 96 credit points from any of the majors.

Majors include:

• Commercial Law
• Health Law
• Intellectual Property and Technology Law

LWN162 Australian Common Law System is a compulsory unit for all international students in their first semester of study.

Not all units are available in any one year. Generally, postgraduate units are offered on a two-year rotational basis, and are offered subject to staff availability and minimum enrolments being met. Units may be offered in internal, external or block mode of teaching. Units offered externally are not available for off-shore study - students must be living in Australia.

Entry requirements

Prospective students must have:
(i) completed the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Laws or equivalent (as approved by Director, Graduate Programs) with a minimum GPA of 4 or equivalent;
OR
(ii) hold a professional qualification in law and have at least three years of professional legal experience after first admission to practice and also satisfy the Director, Graduate Programs, that they have the requisite ability to complete the Master of Laws by Coursework degree.

Course fees

Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.

FEE-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees

You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan.

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Scholarships and financial support

You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.

These scholarships are available for this course:

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You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments