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.
3L Health Matrix Editor Discovers Talent for Litigation
September 26, 2021Bailey Kadian never intended to follow so closely in her father鈥檚 footsteps. Yet she and her father, Mark Kadian (LAW 鈥91), both chose 星空传媒 School of Law after receiving undergraduate degrees in English from the University of Michigan.
Law-Medicine Center Co-Director Maxwell Mehlman Releases New Edition of Law and Genetics Textbook
September 20, 2021Professor Maxwell Mehlman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law and a Distinguished University Professor, published the fifth edition of his acclaimed textbook, Genetics: Ethics, Law and Policy (Thompson/West, 2020).
Visiting Professor Van Tassel Speaks about Telehealth on "Legal Talk Today"
July 08, 2021Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel was featured as a guest on the podcast "Legal Talk Today." She spoke about a new Arizona Law that significantly expands access to telehealth services in Arizona.
Health Law Students Extern at U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Federal Public Defender
May 14, 2021Third-year law students Naomi Gahyun Kim and Rachel Lamparelli had outstanding experiences in their capstone externships. At the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) Public Health Law Program, Kim focused on state vaccination laws and researched the constitutional and civil rights implications of potential vaccine mandates.
Gerber Fellows Complete Ambitious Projects for Fellowship Experiences
April 26, 2021First-year students who were named Gerber Fellows (which includes a scholarship for each recipient) recently completed a broad range of healthcare-related projects as part of their fellowship experience.