In the upper years of the JD program, students may specialize in Health Law and Policy and the specialization will be recognized on their academic transcript. To specialize in Health Law and Policy, a student must take (or if enrolled in the JD/MHA program) and three additional elective classes.
These classes may be selected from the health law curriculum:
As well, any combination of or may be taken for a combined total of two credits and are counted as one elective for purposes of the specialization. Not having an elective counted towards another specialization.
One other major paper class (two, in exceptional circumstances) may also serve as an elective toward the specialization. The paper outline must be approved in writing by the Director of the Health Law Institute before the paper is written, and the final paper is subject to review for sufficient health law content.
If a student is participating in an exchange program, s/he can request that one course from that exchange be credited towards the specialization. The course, if approved, can serve as one of the electives in the specialization; it cannot replace a required course in the specialization. The course cannot duplicate a course that the student has taken at the Schulich School of Law. If the course is approved, the student will not be subsequently permitted to receive credit for a course at Schulich which, in the opinion of the Director, has undue overlap with the course taken on exchange. The burden is on the student to demonstrate that the substance and quality of the course fits within the parameters of the specialization, for example, by providing the course description, syllabus, etc. The student must have the course approved by the Director of the specialization prior to taking the course. The Director of the specialization has the final authority to approve the request.
All classes counted towards satisfaction of the Health Law and Policy Specialization requirements must be completed with no grade below C, and a weighted average in those courses of at least B (i.e., 70).
Where the Health Law Placement is included as one of the four credits, a minimum grade of Pass is required but will not be factored into the calculated average.
Students interested in registering for the Health Law and Policy Specialization program must fill out the form below and send to dhji@dal.ca as early as possible and ideally at the start of second year.
NOTE: Except where noted above regarding exchange studies, for the purposes of any Schulich School of Law certificate program, only those courses pursued at the Schulich School of Law during the student's JD studies which lead to successful completion of a 国民彩票 JD degree will be recognized.
Subject to exceptional circumstances and approval of the associate dean (academic) and the relevant certificate directors, students may graduate with a maximum of two certificates.
Credits from a maximum of two individual courses may be counted toward two different certificates.
For example: Credits earned in LAWS 2127/2128 Mental Disability Law: Criminal may count toward both the Health Law Certificate and the Criminal Justice Certificate.
