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Requirements

The Health Law Concentration capitalizes on the significant teaching and curriculum strengths within BU Law and other Boston University schools. It also provides students interested in the Health Law field with an opportunity to focus in a more systematic way on that area of law.

Once students have decided to pursue a concentration, they should complete an online Intent to Concentrate Form form (also available in the Registrar’s Office). In the final semester, students will receive a Concentration Completion Form from the Registrar’s Office to show the course work and written work that satisfies the concentration requirements.

Program Requirements

A student may be certified as having completed a concentration in Health Law by meeting the following requirements:

1. Satisfactory completion of the following BU Law courses:
   Health Law
   Corporations
   Administrative Law

2. Satisfactory completion of an additional four (4) courses in BU Law or the Boston University Schools of Public Health or School of Management - Health Management Program. Current course offerings that will satisfy this requirement are listed below.

3. Satisfactory completion of a substantial written work on a health-related topic. This requirement can be satisfied with the same written work that satisfies the existing Upperclass Writing Requirement. If the paper was done in a course, seminar, or for another purpose and the supervising professor is an adjunct (part-time) faculty member, then the faculty concentration advisor must review the paper and confirm that it satisfies the concentration paper requirement.

Students receiving a 3.5 average in the courses that satisfy requirements (1) and (2) above will be certified as earning honors in the concentration. Please note: In accordance with BU Law policies, only BU Law courses will be included when calculating the law school grade point average and when determining whether a student has attained a 3.5 average. All Law courses and seminars taken that could be applied toward the concentration will be included in determining honors unless, by the end of the applicable add/drop period, a student designates, in writing, that he/she does not want a course/seminar that is taken that semester counted towards the concentration. The "opt-out" provision does not apply to courses/seminars that are needed to satisfy the minimum requirements for the concentration.

To ensure maximum flexibility for students in their future career decisions, the transcripts of students who elect the Health Law Concentration will not reflect the Concentration. However, the School of Law Registrar's Office will record completion of the Concentration and honors in the Concentration and will make available official documentation of completion of the Concentration and honors.

Current course offerings that satisfy requirement of completion of four additional courses:

Courses at BU Law

Antitrust Issues in Health Care (S) *
Biotechnology Law & Ethics (S)
Forensic Mental Health Issues for Lawyers
Globalization and Health (S) *
Health Care Transactions (S)
Health Insurance, Managed Care and the Law (S)
Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights (S) *
Independent Study (with Faculty)
Insurance Law
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law (S)
Legal Rights of Individuals with Disabilities (S) *
Legislative Drafting Clinic/Health & Environmental Law (C)
Medical Research and the Law (S)
Non-Profit Organizations (S) *
Representing Life Sciences Companies (S)
War on Drugs - 25 Years of U.S. Drug Policy (S)

* Not offered 2008-2009

Courses at the School of Public Health

Human Rights and Health (LW 740) TBA
Ethical Issues in Medicine and Public Health (LW 725) fall
Ethical Dimensions of Public Health Policy (LW 825) spring
Genetics, Law and Public Health (LW 800) fall
Legal Strategies to Reduce Health Risks (LW 850) spring
Mental Health Law and Ethics (LW 854) spring

To see if a particular School of Public Health or School of Management, Health Care Management graduate course satisfies this requirement, please contact Professor Frances Miller.