SpecialisationPostgraduate

HLTHLWCM05 Health law and community

Faculty of Law

Health law and community (HLTHLWCM05) is a specialisation worth 30 credit points, listing 16 units, taught at Monash Law Chambers. It is offered in 5 courses, including Graduate Certificate of Laws and Graduate Diploma of Laws.

Credit points
30
Units
16
Campus
Monash Law Chambers
Offered in
5 courses

This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2026 entry.

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Overview

This Health Law & Community specialisation equips you to develop a thorough theoretical and practical grounding in health and community law and to expand your expertise by pursuing new areas of study or explore existing knowledge at a deeper level. You can choose from a range of units covering a range of subject areas, including health and medical law, family law and family dispute resolution and other areas of law with a specific focus on vulnerable members of the community, including women and children. This specialisation should be of interest to lawyers practising in the fields of health and family law and also to health professionals, health administrators, government officers, health advocates and others seeking a deeper understanding of legal and regulatory issues arising within the health and community sector.

Availability
Health law and community is listed in L6004 Master of Laws and L6013 Master of Legal Studies as a postgraduate specialisation.

Structure

Research-integrated electives12 credit points
Specialisation electives18 credit points

Courses that offer it

Notes

Please note that some of the electives listed are only offered every second year, subject to resourcing.

Common questions

What units are in Health law and community?

It lists 16 units, including LAW5082, LAW5083, LAW5084, LAW5303, LAW5334, LAW5407, LAW5409 and LAW5424. The structure above shows which are required and which you choose.

Specialisation details

Type
Specialisation
Study level
Postgraduate
Credit points
30
Faculty
Faculty of Law
Handbook years
20252026