Law - LLM (Health and Care)

Course details

This course is unique in Ireland and provides the only specialist masters level focus on the areas of Health law and Care/Social Care law. It builds on the Law Faculty’s wide ranging expertise in these areas and provides students with high level engagement with a wide range of legal, ethical and policy questions in respect of health and social care. 

This innovative degree is grounded in a detailed conceptual analysis of the core legal and ethical principles at stake in health and care law, including conceptions of autonomy and vulnerability. The availability of core ethics modules enhances the experience and allows students to develop a broader understanding of the legal issues at stake. In addition, through its commitment to clinical education, the degree aims to ensure that students are exposed to the challenges of these aspects of the law in practice.  This is achieved through a core Health and Care in Practice module where students will be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to engage with health and care law in its practical operation. As part of this module, students benefit from guest seminars with experts in medical/social practice; representatives of civil society, and Government, as well as legal practitioners and international experts in this field. 

Course Details

Students complete 90 credits over 12 months full-time or 24 months part-time.  Students take 35 credits of compulsory modules and choose 55 credits of optional modules, allowing student to maximise their choices within this specialism.  Students also complete a research dissertation in their chosen aspect of health or care law under expert inpidualised supervision and receive targeted training in the skills required for research in all aspects of health and care law.

Detailed Entry Requirements

Candidates must be approved by the Faculty of Law and must normally:

• (a) hold a Law Degree with at least Second Class Honours Grade 1
• (b) have such other relevant third level educational qualifications and/or professional experience as, in the opinion of the Faculty of Law, qualifies the candidate to undertake the LLM (Health and Care Law) Degree.*

Course Practicalities

LLM classes are in seminar format. This participative and interactive format of teaching is suitable for postgraduate level. Students receive advance reading lists and/or materials for each seminar. 

Assessment

Students are examined by continuous assessment throughout the year and the dissertation must be submitted in September.