Focus Areas

All students, whether pursuing a graduate certificate, a joint JD/MPH or LLM/MPH degree, or an MPH degree, may pursue studies in any one of the following areas:

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

Public Health Management: 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 in maternal and child health.

Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program
2021 K Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006
202 530-2369 joelt@gwu.edu