LLM Medical Law, Ethics and Practice (Distance Learning)
24 monthsProgramme duration
19,000 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Law and Legal Studies
Degree
LLM
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Designed for healthcare professionals working directly with patients or involved in clinical governance, research, or risk management, this course equips you to navigate complex legal and ethical challenges in modern medicine — all while continuing your career.
Delivered entirely via Distance Learning, the programme allows you to study flexibly around your schedule, helping you stay in work, enhance your expertise, and maintain a healthier work-life balance.
Key features
Delivered entirely via Distance Learning, the programme allows you to study flexibly around your schedule, helping you stay in work, enhance your expertise, and maintain a healthier work-life balance.
Key features
- Learn while you work: Ideal for busy professionals — fit your studies around clinical or governance responsibilities without career disruption.
- Real-world focus: Tackle pressing legal and ethical issues including euthanasia, mental health, abortion, patient safety, negligence, and Coroner’s law.
- Taught by experts: Learn from experienced legal professionals — including barristers, solicitors, and international legal scholars.
- Practical, applied learning: Engage with real scenarios through guided, independent and problem-based learning — sharpen your analysis, evaluation, and decision-making skills.
- Flexible block teaching: Study one subject at a time for deeper focus, less stress, and better retention — supporting a more manageable balance of work, study, and life.
- Access to legal resources: Even remotely, benefit from dedicated legal support, including digital access to case law, journal articles, and virtual learning environments.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Law and Legal Studies
Degree
LLM
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Designed for healthcare professionals working directly with patients or involved in clinical governance, research, or risk management, this course equips you to navigate complex legal and ethical challenges in modern medicine — all while continuing your career.
Delivered entirely via Distance Learning, the programme allows you to study flexibly around your schedule, helping you stay in work, enhance your expertise, and maintain a healthier work-life balance.
Key features
Delivered entirely via Distance Learning, the programme allows you to study flexibly around your schedule, helping you stay in work, enhance your expertise, and maintain a healthier work-life balance.
Key features
- Learn while you work: Ideal for busy professionals — fit your studies around clinical or governance responsibilities without career disruption.
- Real-world focus: Tackle pressing legal and ethical issues including euthanasia, mental health, abortion, patient safety, negligence, and Coroner’s law.
- Taught by experts: Learn from experienced legal professionals — including barristers, solicitors, and international legal scholars.
- Practical, applied learning: Engage with real scenarios through guided, independent and problem-based learning — sharpen your analysis, evaluation, and decision-making skills.
- Flexible block teaching: Study one subject at a time for deeper focus, less stress, and better retention — supporting a more manageable balance of work, study, and life.
- Access to legal resources: Even remotely, benefit from dedicated legal support, including digital access to case law, journal articles, and virtual learning environments.
Admission Requirements
2.7+
6.5+
2 Years
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
11,000 GBP
International
19,000 GBP
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