Health Law Courses and Degree Offerings
Health Law
JD Concentration
Students interested in health law receive solid training in legal areas relevant to the practice of health law, including administrative law, corporations, taxation, and evidence.
Master of Studies
in Health Law
A Master of Studies in Law (MSL), a degree designed for non-lawyers interested in law, can now be received with a concentration in Health Care.
Joint Degree Programs
GW Law offers health law and policy-related joint degree programs for both JD and LLM students in partnership with GW’s Milken Institute School of Public Health.
JD Concentration in Health Law
JD candidates may earn Recognition of a JD Concentration in Health Law by successfully completing a minimum of 12 credits from the list of courses below, which must Health Law & Policy (6410); at least one of three foundational classes, Law and Medicine (6617), Administrative Law (6400), or Insurance (6298); and at least two, but not more than four, credits of experiential learning, noted with an asterisk (*).
Students must also produce a paper on a topic related to health law that meets the standards for the Law School’s upper-level writing requirement. If the paper is produced in conjunction with one of the courses below, students may use the same paper to fulfill the writing requirement for both the recognition of concentration and the JD With advance approval of the Health Law Concentration Coordinator, a student also may use a piece written for a Journal, independent legal writing, or course that is not included in the list below to meet the Health Law writing requirement. Students may use the same paper to fulfill the writing requirement for both the recognition of concentration and the JD.
In addition to the courses listed below, credits earned through study abroad programs also may qualify, with approval of the Health Law Concentration Coordinator.
Submit a Health Law Concentration Form
Core Courses
- Insurance (6298)
- Administrative Law (6400)
- Health Law and Policy (6410)
- Law and Medicine (6617)
Additional Courses
- Employee Benefit Plans (6272)
- Domestic Violence Law (6350)
- Elder Law (6353)
- Selected Topics in Advanced Antitrust Law (Antitrust in the Healthcare Sector) (6405)
- Food and Drug Law (6408)
- Selected Topics in Health Care Law (6409)**
- Health Care Law Seminar (6411)**
- Environmental and Toxic Torts (6449)
- Environmental Law Seminar (Urban Environmental Justice and Public Health) (6466)
- Law and Psychiatry (6614)
- Genetics and the Law (6616)
- Vaccine Injury Litigation Clinic (6626)*
- Health Law Rights Clinic (6631)*
- Disability Rights Law (6635)
- Client Interviewing and Counseling (6650)*
- Legal Drafting (False Claims Act/Healthcare Fraud) (6652)*
- Field Placement (6668)*
- Domestic Violence Project (6674)*
- Health Equity Policy and Advocacy (6712)*
**Multiple sections for these course numbers may be offered during a given academic year; please consult the course schedule for specific course names.