Structure of the LLM Program
On-Campus LLM in Health Law Curriculum
The On-Campus LLM in Health Law degree is a 24-credit program that can be completed full-time in one academic year or part-time in two academic years. With special permission, students can complete the program at an accelerated pace or a slower pace. All full-time students must complete 13 required credits, including a 3-credit master's thesis, an externship for 1-3 credits, and additional elective courses for the remaining 8-10 credits. Part-time students must complete 9 required credits, including a 3-credit master's thesis, and additional elective courses for the remaining 15 credits. Part-time students may participate in the externship program as an elective.
All on-campus LLM students must take Health Care Business and Finance during their first term and should take the LLM Paper course in their final term. Externship placement for all students is done through the Beazley Institute's Externship Program.
Full-time Students: 1 Year - suggested credits: 12-15 fall semester, 9-12 spring semester
Part-time Students: 2 Years - suggested credits: 6 per semester
Required Courses (credit hours)
All students must complete the following courses:
Health Care Business and Finance (3) (fall)
Administrative Law and Health Care Regulation (3) (spring)
LLM Paper (3) (spring or during final semester)
Additionally, full-time students must complete the following courses:
LLM Seminar (1) (fall)
Health Law Externship (1-3) (either semester)
Health Care Payment & Policy (3) (fall)
Core Courses (credit hours)
Students must complete at least one of the following:
Corporate Transactions in Health Care (3) (spring)
Life Sciences, Research, and the FDA (2) (fall)
Elective Courses (credit hours)
Students may take their remaining credits from any of the following:
Access to Health Care (2-3) (spring)
Antitrust in the Health Care Field (1) (spring or summer)
Bioethics (2-3) (spring)
Comparative Perspectives on Patent Law, Policy & Health Care (2-3) (spring)
Government Health Policy (2) (fall)
Health Care Informatics (1) (spring)
Health Care Labor Law & Employment (1) (fall)
Health Care Litigation & Medical Malpractice (2) (spring)
Health Care Reform Law (1) (spring)
Health Policy Practicum (1-3) (spring)
HIPAA & Privacy Law (1) (spring)
International Health Law (2-3) (fall)
Law and Public Health (2-3) (spring)
Law and Science (2) (fall)
Mental Health Law (2) (spring)
Physician Regulation (1) (fall)
Physician Self-Referral Law (1) (fall)
Risk Management, Patient Safety & Quality (2) (fall)
Topics in Health Care Compliance (2) (varies)
Please check the registration packet and/or LOCUS for a complete listing of health law courses each semester.
Accelerated LLM Option
Loyola also offers an accelerated option for those students who want to pursue the LLM degree. Any JD candidate who completes health law courses while enrolled as a regular, visiting, or transfer student at Loyola can apply up to six health law course credits towards a Loyola LLM degree provided they completed the courses with a grade of "B" or better. (Visiting or transfer students will still graduate with a degree from their home law school provided they have completed at least two years there.)
This means that students only need to take 18 additional credits after graduating with the JD in order to receive the LLM degree. Taking 15 credits in the fall semester, and the 3-credit LLM thesis course in spring semester, students need only be in residence at Loyola for one additional semester before pursuing an exciting career in health law.
Curriculum Advising and Course Scheduling
LLM students should consult the School of Law's Registration Packet for an accurate list of each semester's course offerings.
For curriculum and schedue advising please contact Megan Bess, Beazley Institute Assistant Director, at mbess@luc.edu or 312-915-7177.
Rights Reserved
The Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy reserves the right to amend the degree requirements and to add to or delete from the list of courses that satisfy the degree requirement at any time.
