Concentrations
Full details about these academic concentrations can be found in the Course Guide.
Concentration in Advocacy Skills
Students may pursue a Concentration in Advocacy Skills by satisfying the curricular requirements outlined in this section. The concentration would follow one of two tracks: the Civil Practice Track or the Criminal Practice Track. The curriculum for the concentration consists of three required core classes shared by both tracks, a variety of advanced courses common to both tracks, and advanced elective courses specific to each track. A student would complete a minimum of 24 hours to achieve the Advocacy Skills Concentration.
Students must receive a “satisfactory” completion of any clinical course requirement in the concentration. They also must complete the concentration with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA in all of the graded courses in the concentration and must attain a grade of B- in each course counted toward the concentration. A student who receives a grade below B- in one of the elective courses cannot count that elective toward the concentration requirements, but may enroll in an additional course from the list of elective courses within the concentration to satisfy the requirement.
Students wishing to pursue the concentration must register their intent with the Recorder. For students who complete the Concentration in Advocacy Skills, documentation of the concentration will be included on their official law school transcript.
» Track Breakout (extracted from the Course Guide)
Concentration in Health Care Law
Students may graduate with a Concentration in Health Care Law by satisfying the following curricular requirements and completing a substantial research and writing component (which is satisfied through the course in Advanced Research in Health Law). Students must complete the concentration with at least a 3.0 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. Upon a showing of good cause, a student who earns a C+ in either Administrative Law or Closely Held Business Organizations, but not both, may petition the Student Affairs Committee for a waiver of the B- requirement for that single course. A student who receives a grade below B- in one of the elective courses cannot count that elective toward the concentration requirements but may enroll in an additional course from the list of elective courses within the concentration to satisfy the requirements.
Required Core Courses:
Administrative Law
Closely Held Business Organizations
Financing and Regulation of Health Care
Bioethics and Law
Advanced Research and Writing Requirement (1 of 2 required):
Advanced Research in Health Law
Indiana Health Law Review
Advanced Courses (4 of 15 required):
AIDS: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues
Antitrust and the Health Care Industry
Business and Legal Aspects of Health Care Organizations
Food and Drug Law
Insurance Law
International and Comparative Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Law
Issues in Death and Dying
Law of Medical Malpractice
Law and Public Health
New Genetics: Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues
Psychiatry and the Law
Research on Human and Non-Human Subjects
Social Regulation of the Body and Its Processes
Topics in Health Law
Seminar in Health Policy, Law and Bioethics
More info is available at the Center for Law & Health Site
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