Health Law Courses

JD and LL.M. candidates at the Washington College of Law have an extensive list of options when it comes to pursuing their interests in health law. The health law curriculum includes numerous courses focused on health care law, public health law, bioethics, and global health law. Moreover, many other courses overlap with health law and dedicate substantial class time to health issues. Click on the course titles below for more information about each course.

Health Care Courses

Health focused

Health Law (4 credits)

Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Contracts and Compliance (3 credits)

Privacy & Health Information Technology (2 credits)

Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions (2 credits)

Health Law: Legislative and Regulatory Process (2 credits)

Medical Liability & Public Health (2 credits)

Food and Drug Law (2 – 3 credits)

Drug Products Liability (3 credits)

Intellectual Property and Health Care (1 credit)

Comparative Health Systems (1 credit)

Pharmaceuticals and the Law (1 credit)

Health related

Pension & Employee Benefit Law (3 credits)

Patent Law (3 credits)

Advanced Intellectual Property: Technology Licensing Agreements (3 credits)

Public and Population Health Law Courses

Health focused

Public Health Law and Policy (2 credits)

Disability and the Law (2-3 credits)

Gender & Health Law & Policy (2 credits)

Health related

Law and Drug Policy (2 credits)

Elder Law (2 credits)

Environmental Law (3 credits)

Advanced Environmental Law (3 credits)

Reproductive Rights (3 credits)

Social Justice (2 credits)

Bioethics Courses

Bioethics (1 - 3 credits)

Genetics & the Law (1 credit)

Reproductive Technologies and the Law (1 credit)

Global Health Law Courses

Health focused

Global Health & Comparative Health Systems (2 credits)

Human Rights & Access to Medicines (3 credits)

International Health and Human Rights (1 credit)

Health related

International Trade Law I (3 credits)

International Trade Policy Issues: Theory & Practice (3 credits)

International Environmental Law (3 credits)