Health Law Concentration

Health Law Concentration

Health care law is a dynamic and growing field. Touro Law Center is at the forefront of this growth, with faculty researching and writing in a variety of health care areas including reproduction, aging and compliance. Our health law faculty offer a concentration in the field that allow students to focus their legal studies on this burgeoning field.

Students who choose to undertake the Health Law Concentration will complete foundational courses (Health Law I & II) and then choose from a variety of elective courses in the field of health care law. Outside the classroom, students will complete their experiential requirement, pro bono requirement and advanced writing requirement in health care law.

This concentration offers Touro Law students the opportunity to be at the forefront of the thriving field of health care law. Completing the concentration will help students to be marketable for a variety of positions from healthcare compliance and regulation to in-house counsel.

To earn a certificate of concentration, students must satisfy the following requirements:

Required Concentration Courses (6 credits)

Public Health I (3)
Public Health II (3)

Elective Courses (10 credits)

Aging & Longevity (Elder) Law (3)
Public Health Law* (2)
Law and Biomedical Ethics* (2)
Food, Drug, Cosmetic Law & Regulation* (3)
Disability Law (3)
Law & Medicine: Medical Malpractice (2)
Aging: Health Law & Policy (3)
Law & Reproduction* (2)
Workers Compensation Law (1)
Special Education Law (2)
Employee Benefits/Pension Law (ERISA)* (2)
Insurance Law (3)
Legal & Ethical Issues in Medical Malpractice (1)
Pharmaceutical Law * (2)
Independent Research Project* (1-2)

Experiential Courses (6 credits)

Interviewing, Negotiating & Counseling (3)
Pretrial Litigation (3)
Public Benefits & Planning for the Disabled (4) (2 experiential credits)
Externship (4) in health care-related placement (e.g. Attorney General’s office – health care division; Town/County Attorneys’ offices – health care division; health care fraud division of DA or Corp. Counsel’s office; firms handling medical malpractice or workers compensation cases; Senior Citizens Project
Selected clinics (3-6) Education Justice Clinic; Veterans Clinic

Pro Bono Requirement (50 hours)

Must be completed by engaging in health law-related services (through clinic, externship, guardianship court, nursing home, assisted living facility, hospital/health care facility, etc.)

Faculty Advisor: Professor Rebecca Feinberg