About the M.J. Program
Loyola University Chicago School of Law created the Master of Jurisprudence in Health Law degree in 1986 to provide health care professionals with the opportunity to gain a sophisticated knowledge of the laws and regulations that govern the health care industry without having to attend law school and sit for the bar examination. Since then, more than 300 health care professionals have received the M.J. degree and have gone on to challenging and interesting careers in the health care field and beyond.
Now, through our affiliation with Concord Law School, a pioneer in online legal education which offered its first online law degree in 1998, this unique degree offering in now available to any health care professional in the world who wants to study health law.
The Field of Health Law
Health law is a unique practice area in that it is focused on an industry, not a body of law. Health law is real estate law and labor law. It is corporate law and taxation, and criminal law and legislation. Health law encompasses just about everything taught in law school, but focuses on those aspects that revolve around the trillion dollar health care industry.
Our M.J. classes are taught by law professors, practicing health lawyers, and health care professionals who have first-hand experience with the issues that affect care-givers, administrators, and patients everyday. Subjects like informed consent, Medicare reimbursement, right-to-die questions, and access to health care.
