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Revised April 2013
PLEASE KEEP FOR YOUR RECORDS
The CONCENTRATION IN HEALTH LAW recognizes J.D. students who complete a required course of study and co-curricular activities
in health law. This Concentration is available to full-time, accelerated, and part-time students obtaining the J.D., alone or as part of
a dual degree program. Students should complete the “Intent to Pursue” form as soon as they decide to pursue the Concentration,
even as early as the first year of law school. In no event will a student be permitted to apply for in the last semester of law school.
A student who wishes to earn the Concentration in Health Law must complete the following requirements:
(1) Ten credit hours of designated health law courses
Students must take and obtain a grade of C or better in a minimum of ten credit hours in designated health law courses. Please
note that a grade of C- is by definition indicative of unacceptable progress in a given subject and will not be accepted toward the
concentration requirements. Courses and seminars which may be used to satisfy this requirement are updated during each
registration period and designated as Health Law Courses on the published schedule. Below is a list of health law courses and
seminars that have been offered within the past two years:
Courses
ANTITRUST (with additional writing requirement)
BIOETHICS & THE LAW
BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW & POLICY
DISABILITY LAW
ELDER LAW
FDA LAW & POLICY
FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY & THE LAW
FRAUD, ABUSE & HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE FINANCE & BUSINESS PLANNING
HEALTH CARE LAW
HEALTH CARE QUALITY
HEALTH LAW AGENCY PRACTICE (Semester in D.C.)
PRODUCTS LIABILITY
PUBLIC HEALTH LAW
TRANSACTIONAL HEALTH CARE PRACTICE
Seminars
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE: HEALTH REFORM
ADVANCED TOPICS IN DRUG & DEVICE MALPRACTICE
COMPETITION & REGULATION IN HEALTH CARE
ERISA & EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
ISSUES IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
LAW & PSYCHIATRY
LAW & SCIENCE
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY LAW & BIOSECURITY
REGULATION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH
(2) Practical experience
Concentration students must gain supervised experience in a health law practice setting. Students are encouraged to satisfy this
requirement by enrolling in the School's Externship Program or Legal Clinics (generally completed during the 3rd year of full time
study or 4th year of part time or dual degree study). In special circumstances and with prior approval from the Assistant Director,
students may satisfy this requirement by establishing a non-credit externship in a practice setting which includes significant research
and drafting relating to health care law (ordinarily a government agency, a non-profit provider or advocacy organization) as part of
substantial part-time employment or summer employment experience. Students are required to make application for approval
before the non-credit externship begins and submit evidence of completion at the end of the employment experience. Non-credit
externships and part-time/summer employment require at least 115 hours of work on health law issues under the supervision of a
licensed attorney.
(3) Publishable paper
Students must submit a publishable health law paper to be reviewed and approved by the Director of the School's Center for Health
Law Studies. Papers completed for a health law seminar, directed research, or journal note/comment will fulfill this requirement.
(4) Colloquia attendance and five (5) critical summaries
The Colloquia series includes at least five Distinguished Speakers each academic year and the annual (Spring) Health Law
Symposium. To meet this requirement, a student must attend at least five speakers over the course of his or her law school career.
Evening students and students with documented class conflicts may view the recorded presentation to fulfill the attendance
requirement. Students are encouraged to begin fulfilling this requirement during their first year of law school.
The student must have completed at least three critical summaries by the end of the second to last semester of his or her law
school career. Critical summaries should consist of a 2-4 page evaluation of the information presented by the speaker and the
student’s evaluation of the presentation. Summaries are due within thirty days (30) of the presentation. In no event will summaries
be accepted after the semester in which the presentation occurred.