2020-2021 Law School Catalog

Health and Biomedical Law

Courses

Recommended Courses

LAW-2038Antitrust

3

LAW-2057Biomedical Law & Public Policy

3

LAW-2243Health Law

3

Other Relevant Courses

LAW-2020Administrative Law

3

LAW-2265Advanced Legal Writing

3

LAW-2200Basic Federal Income Taxation

4

LAW-2136Business Entity Fundamentals

4

LAW-2557Children & Disability Law

3

LAW-2153Employment Discrimination Law

3

LAW-2216Intellectual Property Survey

3

LAW-2288Mediation

3

LAW-2286Medical Malpractice

2

LAW-9112Mental Health and Disability Law in a Comparative Context

1

LAW-2843Mental Health Law

3

LAW-2283Negotiation

2

LAW-2807Negotiation & Mediation

4

LAW-2298Patent Law

3

LAW-2349Pharma Law

3

LAW-2500Trusts & Estates

4

Non-Course Related Opportunities

Externships

Externships in any of the practice settings described previously would help build a student's skills and experience in the field that would be attractive to employers.

Moot Court Team

Particularly for students interested in litigation oriented practice areas in the health law field, participation on the National Health Law Moot Court Team would be valuable experience. The National Health Law Moot Court Competition is based at Southern Illinois University Law School, which hosts a national competition every year in Carbondale, Illinois. The team or teams are selected during the prior spring semester of each academic year, the problem becomes available in August, and briefs are due in early October. The oral advocacy competition takes place in early November.

Journal of Health and Biomedical Law

Participation as a staff writer or editor of this student-edited journal would add valuable research, writing, and administrative experience to a student's portfolio.

Clinics

Students enrolled in the Health Law Clinic will represent chronically ill and disabled individuals and their family members in a range of litigation and administrative matters such as adult guardianship cases in Probate and Family Court, appeals of disability benefit denials before the Social security administration, and other health benefit and policy issues.