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