The fundamental objective of a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Health Law is to offer advanced training in health law. Its goal is to prepare lawyers for advanced health law counseling, litigation, and transactional work by offering sequences of courses taught by excellent academics and experienced practitioners. Widener Law is renowned for the excellence of its corporate and finance offerings; the Health Law LL.M. draws on these strengths, adding a substantial regulatory and bioethical focus to the study of health law. Take a look at the health law
course descriptions.
Curriculum The Health Law LL.M. curriculum is designed to expose the graduate law student to the full range of legal, corporate, tax, bioethical, and regulatory issues encountered by a health lawyer. The student is expected to master the complex environment in which health care is delivered, the economic forces that shape such care, and the role of the lawyer in representing providers, insurers, patients, and consumers. The curriculum also creates a sensitivity to ethical and policy issues that are interwoven with the legal issues of health care delivery.
Required Courses: Health Law I
Health Law II
Health Care Finance
Health Law Advanced Research I
Health Law Advanced Research II
Twenty of the twenty-four credits needed for graduation must be in health law. The remaining four elective credits may be in an unrelated subject area such as family law. Through the electives, students can individualize their course of study.
Application Process: You will be considered for admission when the Graduate Programs Office receives all of the following:
- Completed application form
- Official law school transcript
- Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended
- Resume
- Personal statement
- Letter of recommendation
- $60.00 non-refundable application fee, payable to Widener University
- TOEFL score (if native language is not English)
- Non U.S. Citizens need to provide:
- Affidavit of support
- Original current bank statement showing sufficient resources to cover tuition and living expenses
Mail the above application materials to:
Widener University School of Law
Graduate Programs Office
4601 Concord Pike
P. O. Box 7474
Wilmington, DE 19803-0474
Deadlines: Application materials must be received by July 1st for the Fall semester and December 1st for the Spring semester
Contact Information
Director: Professor John G. Culhane
Phone: (302)-477-2107
Email: jgculhane@widener.edu Secretary: Karla Harris
Phone: (302)-477-2704
Email: kmharris@mail.widener.edu