
Law Concentration Health Law
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From medical malpractice and compliance issues to food and drug regulations, health law is a diverse and rapidly growing field.
As health care continues to evolve and become more complex, the need for lawyers who have the expertise to navigate the intricacies of the system will only increase. This concentration offers a comprehensive foundation in the areas in which health law intersects with business, public policy and a variety of federal regulations concerning the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries.
You’ll examine key topics such as bioethics, public health law, health care fraud and disability law, and you’ll explore methods of dispute resolution used specifically in health care. We also give you the flexibility to chart your own path through the program and select courses that most interest you and that provide the skills to assist the type of clientele you plan to represent.
Because the School of Law shares a campus with our medical, nursing and health sciences schools, you’ll also have opportunities for interprofessional collaboration and access to a wide range of research materials related to the health care industry. Starting in your second year, you can participate in our diverse clinic and externship courses and be part of our medical-legal partnership or our health law externship, where you’ll be placed with the Department of Public Health, a hospital or pharmaceutical legal department, or a law firm practicing health law. And you can write for Quinnipiac’s Health Law Journal, join the Health Law Society and attend our speaker series that invites prominent figures from the health law field to campus.
(effective for students entering their second year in Fall 2018 or later):
To be eligible for the Health Law Concentration Certificate, a student must complete 21 credits as described below.
In addition to the above requirements, to receive the Certificate for this Concentration, a student must earn 18 health law specialty credits, divided as follows:
At least 12 credits must be earned from the Core Health Law courses. (Not all of these courses are offered every year.)
Code | Title | Credits |
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LAWS 320 | Public Health Law | 3 |
LAWS 350 | Health Care Antitrust | 3-4 |
LAWS 352 | Health Care Business Transactions | 3 |
LAWS 409 | Drug and Device Law | 2-3 |
LAWS 539 | Intro. to Dispute Res. in Healthcare | 2-3 |
LAWS 545 | Healthcare and Hospital Administration | 2 |
LAWS 549 | Bioethics | 3 |
LAWS 601 | Managed Health Care | 2 |
LAWS 625 | Health Information Privacy and Security | 2-3 |
LAWS 633 | Intellectual Property in Health Care | 2 |
The balance of the credits (to 21), if any, may be earned from the Core Health Law courses above or from the following Non-Core Health Law courses. (Not all of these courses are offered every year.)
Code | Title | Credits |
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LAWS 292 | Independent Research Project W | 2 |
LAWS 293 | Independent Research Project W | 3 |
LAWS 331 | Intellectual Property | 3-4 |
LAWS 340 | Corporate Compliance in Health Care Industry 1 | 3 |
LAWS 344 | Law, Science and Technology | 3 |
LAWS 349 | Antitrust | 3 |
LAWS 363 | International Comparative Health Law | 2 |
LAWS 370 | Family Law | 3 |
LAWS 373 | Products Liability | 3 |
LAWS 379 | Environmental Law | 3 |
LAWS 384 | Juvenile Law | 3 |
LAWS 388 | Elder Law | 2-3 |
LAWS 414 | Food Law | 2-3 |
LAWS 450 | Nonprofit Organizations | 2 |
LAWS 457 | Health Care Compliance Law 1 | 3 |
LAWS 544 | Advanced Health Law, SW | 2 |
LAWS 587 | Disability Law | 2 |
LAWS 588 & LAWS 589 | Health Law Journal I and Health Law Journal II | 3 |
LAWS 564 | Poverty Law | 2 |
LAWS 604 | Medical Malpractice | 2 |
LAWS 676 | Anatomy for Lawyers | 2 |
1 | Online course. |
Students should consider what group(s) of clients they plan to represent in their practice of health law. The following recommendations are intended to assist the students in determining which courses are best suited toward different types of clients. These are only recommendations. Students are free to choose any courses they wish, as long as they take the required concentration courses and achieve the required 21 credits, as described above.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Providers (e.g., hospitals, physician groups, nursing homes) | ||
LAWS 549 | Bioethics | 3 |
LAWS 350 | Health Care Antitrust | 3-4 |
LAWS 625 | Health Information Privacy and Security | 2-3 |
LAWS 539 | Intro. to Dispute Res. in Healthcare | 2-3 |
LAWS 320 | Public Health Law | 3 |
LAWS 545 | Healthcare and Hospital Administration | 2 |
LAWS 676 | Anatomy for Lawyers | 2 |
LAWS 604 | Medical Malpractice | 2 |
LAWS 601 | Managed Health Care | 2 |
LAWS 352 | Health Care Business Transactions | 3 |
LAWS 450 | Nonprofit Organizations | 2 |
LAWS 457 | Health Care Compliance Law | 3 |
LAWS 340 | Corporate Compliance in Health Care Industry | 3 |
Code | Title | Credits |
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Business & Governmental Entities (e.g., insurance carriers, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, biotechnology research/manufacturing entities, regulatory agencies) | ||
LAWS 331 | Intellectual Property | 3-4 |
LAWS 340 | Corporate Compliance in Health Care Industry | 3 |
LAWS 344 | Law, Science and Technology | 3 |
LAWS 350 | Health Care Antitrust | 3-4 |
LAWS 352 | Health Care Business Transactions | 3 |
LAWS 373 | Products Liability | 3 |
LAWS 409 | Drug and Device Law | 2-3 |
LAWS 414 | Food Law | 2-3 |
LAWS 457 | Health Care Compliance Law | 3 |
LAWS 539 | Intro. to Dispute Res. in Healthcare | 2-3 |
LAWS 601 | Managed Health Care | 2 |
LAWS 625 | Health Information Privacy and Security | 2-3 |
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Private Parties (e.g., patients, LLCs, individual practitioners) | ||
LAWS 350 | Health Care Antitrust | 3-4 |
LAWS 370 | Family Law | 3 |
LAWS 373 | Products Liability | 3 |
LAWS 384 | Juvenile Law | 3 |
LAWS 388 | Elder Law | 2-3 |
LAWS 409 | Drug and Device Law | 2-3 |
LAWS 414 | Food Law | 2-3 |
LAWS 549 | Bioethics | 3 |
LAWS 587 | Disability Law | 2 |
LAWS 604 | Medical Malpractice | 2 |
LAWS 676 | Anatomy for Lawyers | 2 |
Students must earn at least 3 credits (not including IRC) in Clinic (i.e., Civil Justice Clinic, Tax Clinic, Prosecution Appellate Clinic, Defense Appellate Clinic) and/or in a health law externship.
a. Determination of the “health law” status of any given externship will be made by the concentration director and the director of field placement programs.
b. The clinic/externship requirement will be waived only in rare circumstances, and only if the student has substantial health law-related work experience or substantial experience in the health care field. This determination will be made by the concentration director. A student seeking a waiver from the clinic/externship requirement must apply for the waiver no later than the beginning of the second semester of his/her second year.
c. If the clinical requirement is waived, the student must earn the 3 credits by taking additional courses in the concentration. Any credits earned in such courses will apply to the GPA honors requirement.
The substantial paper written to fulfill the Advanced Writing Requirement must be on an approved health law topic. The topic must be approved, in advance, by the concentration director unless the paper is written in connection with one of the listed “core” courses or for the Quinnipiac Health Law Journal. A paper written for another journal may qualify, if the topic is approved, in advance, by the concentration director.
Students who achieve a GPA of 3.2 or better in the coursework used for the concentration will receive the certificate for the concentration with honors. Grades from all health law courses will be included in the GPA calculation.
The concentration director and the associate dean for academic affairs may waive any requirements for the concentration (other than the GPA requirement), if they both agree to do so.
Our admissions team in the School of Law is here to answer any questions you may have and help you navigate the application process.