MSL Concentration in Health Law and Policy

Program Director: J. Marquisha; Faculty Co-Directors: S. Suter; B. Richman 


MSL candidates in Health Law and Policy (HLP) must complete at least 24 credit hours of instruction, including:

  • Introduction to U.S. Law and Legal Writing for MSL Students (6950)
  • Health Law and Policy (6410)
  • Administration Law (6400)  

An additional 15 credit hours of electives, where at least 9 must come from among the list of Health Law and Policy Electives and the remaining 6 may come from the list of Additional Electives.   

Health Law and Policy Electives:

  • Constitutional I (6214) or II (6390)
  • Elder Law (6353)
  • Selected Topics in Advanced Antitrust Law (Antitrust in the Healthcare Sector) (6405)
  • Public Health Law and Ethics (6407)
  • Food and Drug Law (6408)
  • Selected Topics in Health Care Law (6409)*
  • Health Law and Policy Seminar (6411)**
  • Genetics and the Law (6616)
  • Law and Medicine (6617)
  • Disability Rights Law (6635)

*May include Social Science, Environment, and Litigation or Vaccines and Preventive Services Law  

**May include Fraud and Abuse, Managed Care Law and Policy, Health Justice, Reproductive Justice, Traumatic Brain Injury

Additional Electives***

  • Employee Benefits Plans (6272)
  • Corporations (6250)
  • Federal Income Taxation (6300)
  • Trust and Estates (6342)
  • Family Law (6348)
  • Antitrust Law (6402)
  • Information Privacy Law (6486)

***Other courses may be covered under this list on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the Health Law and Policy Program Coordinator