LLM Law - Health, Law and Society

Our vibrant international community and diverse teaching methods enrich the LLM experience at the University of Bristol. You will engage with course materials and benefit from regular, in-depth interaction with tutors who are leaders in their fields, as well as with your peers, through a blend of lectures, seminars, bespoke skills workshops and structured independent learning.

Our wide range of optional units reflect the expertise of our globally renowned academics, allowing you to further specialise your degree. As part of this programme, you will take four units and a compulsory dissertation.

• You will take two core units that provide a foundation in the key themes of the programme, currently these include: Health Inequalities, Law and Society; and Law, Governance and Health. This will ground your understanding of how law interacts with health systems, policy and social justice.
• You will choose two optional units from a range of specialist and broader law subjects. Typically, these have included: Public and Global Health Law, and Health Law and the Body, as well as interdisciplinary law options covering topics such as Law, Gender and Sexuality; International Law and Human Rights; Digital Markets and Competition; Corporate Governance in a Global Context; and others.
• You can choose between an innovative group dissertation pathway or an individual dissertation research project, allowing you to develop key employability skills such as teamwork, or individual project planning and management. You’ll be supervised by an expert in the field and supported through a tailored programme of development activities to help you succeed in your chosen pathway.

Our assessments develop students’ critical understanding of health law and medical law alongside applied engagement with law, policy and reform. Grounded in academic rigour, social justice and professional ethics, the programme emphasises real-world relevance, encouraging students to examine how law can both create challenges and contribute to meaningful solutions.

Visit our programme catalogue for full details of the structure and unit content for our LLM in Health, Law and Society.

You will typically need an upper second-class honours degree (or equivalent qualification) in Law or a related discipline (such as History, Philosophy, Policy Studies, Politics, Sociology). Degrees in Health Care or Health Science subjects (such as Dentistry, Health Care Administration, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health) will be considered on a case-by-case basis. A personal statement and reference are required for Health Care or Health Science subjects.

The personal statement must address the following questions (200 words max per question):

• What are your motivations for studying on this programme?
• How has your previous study and/or work experience prepared you for this programme?
• What do you hope to achieve by completing study on this programme?

We will also consider your application if your subject is not listed above, if you have at least one of the following:

• evidence of significant academic or paid professional experience (at least 12 months) in fields including, but not limited to: Law, Policy, Healthcare, Health administration/government, Health advocacy (including reproductive rights, disability rights) or Legal/Policy research.
• a relevant postgraduate qualification.

If this is the case, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing details of your relevant work experience or qualifications.

If you are currently completing a degree, we understand that your final grade may be higher than the interim grades or module/unit grades you have achieved during your studies to date.

We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree.

We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement.

See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.