Online LLM in Health Law Curriculum
The Online LLM in Health Law degree is a 24-credit, part-time program designed to be completed in 2 calendar years by taking 4-6 credits each term. With special permission, students may complete the program at a slower or faster pace depending on their needs. Regardless, all students must complete 16 required credits, including a 3-credit master's thesis, and 8 elective credits in order to receive the LLM degree.
Students should take the Introduction to Health Law and Policy course during the first term in the program and should take the LLM Thesis Project in the final term of the program. Students are also required to come to Loyola's Chicago campus once at the end of the program for an Education Immersion Weekend. (Exceptions to this requirement will be made for foreign-based students.)
LLM students can choose to start the program in the Fall term (starting in late August) or Spring term (starting in early January). While most required courses are only offered during the Fall or Spring terms, LLM students may choose general health law electives during the Summer Terms.
LLM students must take these required courses, totaling 13 credits:
Introduction to Health Law and Policy [3 credits]
Administrative Law and Health Care Regulation [3 credits]
Health Care Business and Finance [2 credits]
Health Care Payment and Policy [2 credits]
LLM Thesis Project [3 credits]
LLM students must take 1 of these 2 these required courses, totaling 3 credits:
Corporate Transactions in Health Care [3 credits]
or
Life Sciences, Research, and the FDA [3 credits]
LLM students must take 8 elective credits from these groups:
LLM-Only ElectivesDrafting [1 credit]
Fraud and Abuse/Stark Intensive [2 credits]
Physician Regulation and Practice Management [2 credits]
Tax Exempt and Financing Intensive [1 credit]
General Health Law Electives
Health Care Compliance [2 credits]
Health Care Contracts [2 credits]
Quality and Informatics [2 credits]
Health Care Regulation and Policy [2 credits]
Health Care Risk Management [2 credits]
Law and Bioethics [2 credits]
Liability and Dispute Resolution in Health Care [2 credits]
Legal Issues in eHealth [2 credits]
Public Health and the Law [2 credits]
Educational Immersion Weekends
In order to reinforce online learning objectives and foster communication between students and faculty, all online LLM students are required to come to Loyola's Chicago campus at the end of their tenure in the program for an Education Immersion Weekend (EIW). During the EIW, held in May, August, and November of each year, students gather in person to workshop their thesis topics and present finished theses to faculty committees; attend campus events by national legal experts, participate in graduation celebrations, and generally socialize with students, faculty and alumni. Detailed information about EIWs can be found here.
