Graduate Diploma in Health Law

Graduate Diploma

A flexible, specialist postgraduate qualification in health law, this degree provides wide-ranging interdisciplinary coverage of contemporary legal and social issues in health care.

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Diploma

Duration

1 year part-time

Study Mode

In person

About this course

About this course

A flexible, specialist postgraduate qualification in health law, this degree provides wide-ranging interdisciplinary coverage of contemporary legal and social issues in health care. It provides a unique opportunity for dialogue between these professions on current legal and ethical issues in...

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Who is it for?

If you are not ready to commit to undertaking the Master of Health Law, the Graduate Diploma in Health Law is a good place to start. This course is designed lawyers or non-lawyers who wish to upgrade their qualifications or advance their career in legal or healthcare professions.

Study locations

Camperdown/Darlington

Career pathways

Career paths

Health law concerns the legal issues arising from the provision of health care services, the impact of new technologies on health care, the regulation of the health professions, and public health.

Postgraduate study in health law is suitable for legal professionals such as;

barristers
judges
magistrates
solicitors

as well as non-legal professionals such as;

doctors
dentists
health administrators
health advocates
nurses
pharmacists
psychiatrists
psychologists

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Law & Paralegal Studies courses at University of Sydney (USYD).

85%

Overall satisfaction

81.2%

Skill scale

63.9%

Teaching scale

89.2%

Employed full-time

$90k

Average salary

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