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Health Law Concentration

Core Courses (all required) Recommended Time to Take
Administrative Law (3 cr.) 2F (Day), 2F, 2S or 3F (Evening)
Closely Held Business Organizations (3 cr.)
or Publicly Traded Corporations (2 cr.)		 2F (Day), 2F, 2S or 3F (Evening)
Financing and Regulation of Health Care (3 cr.) 2S (Day), 2S, 3F or 3S (Evening)
 
Advanced Courses (4 required)
AIDS: Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues (2 cr.)  
Antitrust and the Health Care Industry (2 cr.) 3rd year or beyond (Day, Evening)
Bioethics and Law (2-3 cr.) 2nd year or beyond (Day, Evening)
Business and Legal Aspects of Health Care Organizations (2 cr.) 2nd year or beyond (Day, Evening)
Disability Clinic, Hospital Legal Department Internship (2 cr.) 2nd year or beyond (Day, Evening)
Food and Drug Law (2 cr.) 2nd year or beyond (Day, Evening)
Insurance Law (2 cr.) 2nd year or beyond (Day, Evening)
Issues in Death & Dying (2 cr.)  
Law and Public Health (2 cr.) 2nd year or beyond (Day, Evening)
Law of Medical Malpractice (2 cr.) 2nd year or beyond (Day, Evening)
New Genetics: Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues (2 cr.)  
Psychiatry and the Law (2 cr.) 2nd year or beyond (Day, Evening)
Research on Human and Non-Human Subjects (2 cr.)  
Social Regulation of the Body and Its Processes (2 cr.)  
Topics in Health Law (1, 2, or 3 cr.) 2nd year or beyond (Day, Evening)
 
Clinical Opportunities (May count as one “Advanced Course”)
Disability Clinic
Advanced Clinical Experience
Designated “Health Law Internship” (2 cr.)
State Health Agency Internship in the Program in Law and State Government Internship Course (3 cr.) 		All courses: Second year and beyond (Day); Third year and beyond (Evening)
 
Research and Writing (Required)
Students must complete a major research paper on a health law topic. Students can complete the Research Paper Requirement in two ways: (1) Advanced Research in Health Law (1 or 2 cr.) or (2) Completion of a note for the Indiana Health Law Review.  The major research paper required in a joint degree program also can satisfy the Research Paper Requirement for the Health Law Concentration. Students should make plans to complete their Research Paper Requirement in Health Law in 2F (Day), 2S (Evening) in consultation with a member of the health law faculty or the Director of the Health Law Concentration.

HONORS IN HEALTH LAW

For “Honors in Health Law,” students must complete the concentration with at least a 3.3 cumulative GPA in all of the courses in the concentration and must attain at least a grade of B- in each course counted toward the concentration. A student who enrolls in more than the required number of courses need not include the extra courses in the minimum GPA calculation. The student must make a grade of A- or above on the senior writing paper in health law. A student must obtain a GPA of 3.0 at graduation. 

DECLARATION OF CONCENTRATION

Students who have decided to pursue the concentration must complete an Intent to Concentrate Form.  Students will be encouraged to declare their intent between the end of the first year and the beginning of the second year (day students) or during the second year (evening students).  In the semester in which they complete the concentration, students must file a Concentration Completion Form to show the course work and written work that satisfies the concentration requirements.

RECOGNITION OF THE CONCENTRATION

For students who complete the concentration, documentation of their concentration will be included on their official law school transcript.

 

Last update: 11/3/2006