Graduate Programs in Health Law and Compliance | Albany Law School
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Our program is designed to equip those employed, or seeking employment, in the health care field, with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in the dynamic world of health care. Students pursuing the Health Law concentration take courses that permit them to understand the basic laws that impact the health care industry and the complex laws and regulations that govern the operation of the health care industry.

Master’s Degree (up to 50% can be completed online)

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Complete in a little over a year

LL.M. Degree (up to 50% can be completed online)

  • JD or LL.B. required
  • Complete in one year

Certificate Program (100% online)

  • Bachelor’s Degree required
  • Complete in as little as 3 months

Curriculum

Master’s Degree and LL.M. Degree (up to 50% can be completed online):

  • Compliance Skills:  Auditing, Investigating, Reporting (Online)
  • Health Law
  • Healthcare Compliance (Online)
  • HIPPA Compliance (Online)
  • Public Health Policy:  Law, Finance, and Ethics
  • Introduction to Law and Legal Methods (Master’s degree) (Online)
  • Thesis (Online)
  • Remaining courses below

Certificate Program (100% online):

  • Compliance Skills:  Auditing, Investigating, Reporting
  • Healthcare Compliance
  • HIPPA Compliance

For course descriptions, contact graduateadmissions@albanylaw.edu

  • Applied Health Policy
  • Bioethics Seminar
  • Elder Law
  • Genetics and the Law
  • Guardianship Practice
  • Human Reproduction:  Legal and Moral Issues
  • Legal Issues in Medicine
  • Malpractice in Health Care
  • Mental Disability Law
  • Public Health Law
  • Repeal, Replace, Repent
  • Torts
  • Field Placement Clinic
  • Health Law Clinic

Accreditation

Office of Admissions

518-390-0261
graduateadmissions@albanylaw.edu

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