Health Law
Unit outlines will be available through Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
Not all units of study listed are offered in a given year. Please refer to the latest Sydney Law School lecture timetable.
Students are advised that given the current pandemic context, it may be necessary, at very short notice, to change unit of study details, including mode of delivery and assessment. Students should check unit of study details provided in the unit outline at the start of each unit of study and continue to check for any changes throughout the semester.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Health Law |
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| Exemption from core units of study should not be assumed to be automatic. Formal approval must be obtained from the University of Sydney Law School prior to enrolment. | |||
Master of Health Law |
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| For the award of the Master of Health Law, students must complete 48 credit points, comprising: | |||
| (i) for students without a law background, 24 credit points of core units of study and 24 credit points of elective units of study; or | |||
| (ii) for students with a law background, 18 credit points of core units of study and 30 credit points of elective units of study. | |||
Graduate Diploma in Health Law |
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| For the award of the Graduate Diploma in Health Law, students must complete 24 credit points; comprising: | |||
| (i) for students without a law background, 18 credit points of core units of study and 6 credit points of elective units of study; or | |||
| (ii) for students with a law background, 12 credit points of core units of study and 12 credit points of elective units of study. | |||
Core |
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Master of Health Law and Graduate Diploma in Health Law |
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| Students without a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must undertake LAWS6252 prior or concurrent to enrolling in other law units. | |||
| LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System |
6 | N LAWS6881 Students must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in this unit prior to commencing other law units of study. Law graduates from a non-common law jurisdiction are strongly recommended to undertake this unit. This unit is not available to students who have acquired a law degree from Australia or another common law jurisdiction. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April Intensive September Semester 1a Semester 2a |
Master of Health Law |
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| Master of Health Law students are required to complete three of the four core units of study listed below. | |||
| Where a core unit of study is not available, students may apply for special permission to replace a core unit of study with an elective unit of study. | |||
| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1a |
| LAWS6052 Govt Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6054 Health Care and Professional Liability |
6 |
Core unit for GradDipHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6058 Information Rights in Health Care This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | N LAWS3452 or LAWS5152 Core unit for GradDipHL students MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 Students who have previously completed LAWS5152 LAWS3452 or equivalent Medical Law unit in their undergraduate degree are not permitted to enrol in this unit. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
Graduate Diploma in Health Law |
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| Graduate Diploma in Health Law students are required to complete both the core units of study listed below. | |||
| Where a core unit of study is not available, students may apply for special permission to replace a core unit of study with an elective unit of study. | |||
| LAWS6054 Health Care and Professional Liability |
6 |
Core unit for GradDipHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6058 Information Rights in Health Care This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | N LAWS3452 or LAWS5152 Core unit for GradDipHL students MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 Students who have previously completed LAWS5152 LAWS3452 or equivalent Medical Law unit in their undergraduate degree are not permitted to enrol in this unit. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
Electives |
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| LAWS6052 Govt Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6096 Work Health and Safety: Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 (MLLR students) Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2a |
| LAWS6130 Dispute Resolution in Australia |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit has a restricted class size. Priority will be given to students who are currently completing a Sydney Law School master's degree or graduate diploma. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6307 Class Action Litigation in Australia |
6 | N LAWS6230 or LAWS6869 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6330 Fundamentals of Regulation |
6 |
Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1a |
| LAWS6848 Law, Business and Healthy Lifestyles This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 |
For 2020 only, this unit will be a substitute for the MHL core units, LAWS6058 Information Rights in Health Care or LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6889 Death Law |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1b |
| LAWS6970 Forensic Psychology |
6 | N PSYC1001 or PSYC3020 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1 |
Master of Health Law |
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| The following units are only available to students undertaking the Master of Health Law | |||
| LAWS6147 Independent Research Project |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications close on 30 November (Semester 1) and 30 May (Semester 2). Applications should only be lodged after the completion of at least 24 credit points. Late applications may be accepted from those with incomplete results. For further information, please visit the Law Student Portal https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/postgraduate-coursework-research-projects or E: law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS6182 Independent Research Project A |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications close on 30 November (Semester 1) and 30 May (Semester 2). Applications should only be lodged after the completion of at least 24 credit points. Late applications may be accepted from those with incomplete results. Students must complete both LAWS6182 and LAWS6183 within one or over two semesters. For further information, please visit the Law Student Portal https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/postgraduate-coursework-research-projects or E: law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS6183 Independent Research Project B |
6 | A LAWS6182 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications close on 30 November (Semester 1) and 30 May (Semester 2). Applications should only be lodged after the completion of at least 24 credit points. Late applications may be accepted from those with incomplete results. Students must complete both LAWS6182 and LAWS6183 within one or over two semesters. For further information, please visit the Law Student Portal https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/postgraduate-coursework-research-projects or E: law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |