Academic Programs in Health Law and Policy

The Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program offers programs for JD and LLM candidates and for practicing lawyers, including graduate certificates, Master of Public Health degrees, and individual coursework. Students concentrate their work in one of several focus areas:

Health Policy: Concentration for students interested in careers in government, such as Congressional committee staff, agency staff, or positions in the General Counsel divisions of federal or state agencies. Students seeking jobs in law firms that engage in extensive Washington, D.C.-based representation would also benefit from this concentration.

Environmental and Occupational Health: Concentration for students who intend to be active in any or all of the broad areas of environmental litigation, regulatory policy, product liability, or labor law—including occupational health and safety, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and workers' compensation—and the application of scientific evidence to tort litigation, adjudication, or regulatory policy.

Epidemiology/Biostatistics: Track for students interested in public health regulation, food and drug law, biotechnology law, and other areas of law closely associated with the sciences and data analysis.

Global Health: Track for students interested in specializing in international law with an emphasis on health care, health services development, international health markets, or human rights.

Health Services Management: Concentration for students wishing to pursue positions that entail the representation or regulation of health care providers, health care institutions, and health care corporations.

Other: Public health degrees and graduate certificates may also may be obtained in health promotion-disease prevention and maternal and child health.