About Our Center
The challenges that will face the medical and health law professions in the coming decades are enormous. And the Law-Medicine Center is uniquely poised to prepare its students to address these challenges. The center is the oldest health law program in the country. The field of health law effectively began with the creation of the center in 1953. Our Law-Medicine Center鈥檚 offerings include a wealth of courses, experiential learning opportunities, several graduate programs, outstanding faculty, extracurricular activities, experiential learning opportunities, job placement assistance and more.
Our health law curriculum offers a wide range of courses, seminars, and clinical practice opportunities to students interested in the full array of health law subjects鈥攆rom corporate law firm practice to bioethics, from medical malpractice advocacy to government regulation of health care providers. Students do not have to wait until their second or third year to begin work in the health law curriculum. Each year we offer an elective course in health law to first year students.
Professor Sharona Hoffman publishes in JAMA and New England Journal of Medicine
November 28, 2022Professor Sharona Hoffman recently published two articles in leading medical journals. Both address privacy issues.
Professor Jessie Hill Successfully Challenges Ohio Abortion Ban
October 19, 2022On Oct. 7th Professor Jessie Hill and her team won a temporary but important victory in their battle to end Ohio鈥檚 ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins granted a preliminary injunction against Ohio鈥檚 abortion ban.
Professor Max Mehlman to Lead Work on $ 1.6 Million NIH Grant
September 28, 2022Max Mehlman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, is co-principal investigator on a project recently awarded a four-year $1.6 million grant by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dean Jessica Berg, an expert on informed consent, is a co-investigator.
星空传媒 Health Law Clinic Students Fight in Court for Clients鈥 Disability Benefits
September 19, 2022The 星空传媒 Health Law Clinic hit the ground running with the first of seven Social Security Appeal Hearings it has scheduled for this semester.
Professor Hoffman Publishes on the Implications of Cognitive Decline for Medical Licensing Boards and for the Workplace
August 18, 2022Professor Sharona Hoffman recently published an article entitled 鈥溾 in the Journal of Medical Regulation.