Courses - Masters Degree
Master of Health and Medical Law 507
- Director of Studies: Professor Loane Skene
Objectives and Skills
The graduate programs in health and medical law focus on:
- Relevant aspects of health and medical law
- The theoretical framework surrounding health and medical law, and contemporary ethical and theoretical issues
- The law concerning the relationship between doctor and patient as well as that relating to particular procedures
- The provision of concise legal advice to plaintiffs and defendants in medical litigation
- An ethical evaluation of health and medical law and the development and interpretation of theoretical legal arguments
- Advanced communication in health and medical law, orally and in writing
- Conducting effective legal research in the area of health and medical law.
Requirements
Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete Fundamentals of the Common Law, as well as seven subjects from the prescribed list.
Students with a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete at least seven subjects from the prescribed list and may choose an eighth subject from those available in the Melbourne Law Masters (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law).
