A. Core Courses
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Students must take the following two required courses, totaling five (5) credits. |
Health Law - Professor Landers OR |
3 credits |
Health Law - Professor Rodwin AND |
3 credits |
Biomedical Law and Public Policy |
2 credits |
B. Elective Courses
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Health and Biomedical Law Concentration students must take courses totaling fifteen (15) elective credits, in addition to the two (2) required courses totaling five (5) credits. |
Elective credits for the Health and Biomedical Law Concentration are divided into two Tiers, with Tier 1 containing courses where health or biomedical law is a central theme and Tier 2 containing courses where health or biomedical law is less predominant. |
In choosing their electives, concentrators must take at least three (3) courses from Tier 1. A student's remaining elective courses may be taken from courses listed in either Tier 1 or Tier 2. No more than nine (9) credits of course work from courses in Tier 2 may count toward the concentration electives. Limitations on the number of courses permissible from course categories in Tiers 1 and 2 are noted below. |
Tier 1 - Health Electives Minimum of three (3) courses. No maximum.
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Advanced Health Law
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3 credits
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Affordable Care Act |
2 credits |
Assisted Reproductive Technology Law |
2 credits |
Children and Disability Law |
3 credits |
Comparative Health and Privacy Law
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2 credits
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Corporate Issues in Health Care * |
2 credits |
Data Analytics - Performance Metrics
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2 credits
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Directed Study in Health Law |
2 credits |
Food Law: Regulatory Compliance in the Food Industry |
2 credits |
Health and Biomedical Law Thesis |
2 credits |
Health Care Fraud and Abuse * |
2 credits |
Health Care and the Legislative Process * |
2 credits |
Health Law Advocacy * |
2 credits |
Health Law Clinic |
4 credits |
Internships Relating to Health Law |
up to 4 credits |
Journal of Health & Biomedical Law |
2 credits |
Medical Malpractice |
2 credits |
Medicare and Medicaid Law and Policy |
2 credits |
Mental Health Issues in Civil and Criminal Law |
3 credits |
National Health Law Moot Court Team |
2 credits |
Pharmacutical Law and Policy |
3 credits |
Privacy Law * |
2 credits |
Public Health Law * |
2 credits |
* Offered every other year. |
Tier 2 - Other Electives No more than nine (9) credits from Tier 2 may count as Concentration electives.
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General Electives
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Administrative Law |
3 credits |
Antitrust |
3 credits |
Corporations - Professor Pizzano |
4 credits |
Corporations - Professor Polito |
4 credits |
ERISA and Retirement Plans |
2 credits |
Insurance Law |
2 credits |
Alternative Dispute Resolution Electives (only one (1) of the following courses may count toward the Concentration)
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Alternative Dispute Resolution - Professor Golann |
3 credits |
Alternative Dispute Resolution - Professor Smith |
3 credits |
Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar |
2 credits |
Arbitration of Domestic and International Disputes * |
3 credits |
Labor and Employment Arbitration |
3 credits |
Mediation |
3 credits |
Mediation Advocacy Seminar |
3 credits |
Mediation Seminar |
3 credits |
Negotiation for Lawyers |
3 credits |
Negotiation Seminar |
2 credits |
Labor Law Electives (only one (1) of the following courses may count toward the Concentration)
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Employment Discrimination Law - Professor Greenbaum |
3 credits |
Employment Discrimination Law - Professor Yamada |
3 credits |
Employment Law |
3 credits |
Employment Law Practice |
2 credits |
Intellectual Property and Licensing |
2 credits |
Labor Law |
3 credits |
Labor and Employment Arbitration |
3 credits |
Workers' Compensation |
2 credits |
Intellectual Property Electives (only two (2) bf the following courses may count toward the Concentration)
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Biotech Patent Law * |
2 credits |
Biotechnology and Life Science
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3 credits
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Intellectual Property Survey |
3 credits |
Patent Licensing |
2 credits |
Patent Law |
3 credits |
Patent Litigation Practice |
2 credits |
Patent ProsecutionI: Drafting |
2 credits |
Estates and Wills Electives (only one (1) of the following courses may count toward the Concentration)
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Advanced Estates, Powers and Trusts (Not offered 2015-2016.) |
3 credits |
Trusts and Estates |
4 credits |