Health Law considers the regulation of health care, medical research, and the food and pharmaceutical industries, as well as legal issues relating to public health. Read more about our Health Law offerings.

Aziza Ahmed

Aziza Ahmed’s scholarship examines the intersection of law, politics, and science in the fields of constitutional law, criminal law, health law, and family law. Before joining Boston University School of Law, Ahmed was professor of law at University of California, Irvine School of Law. She also taught at Northeastern University School of Law. She has […]

Jenna Fegreus

Jenna Fegreus is a reference librarian at Boston University School of Law, where she also teaches legal research classes. Prior to joining the Boston University staff, Jenna had experience working and interning at the Social Law Library, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Land Court, the Office of the Reporter of Decisions, and in former […]

Janet Freilich

Professor Janet Freilich writes and teaches in the areas of patent law, intellectual property, information law, and civil procedure. She has published or has articles forthcoming in peer reviewed journals including Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, JAMA, and the Review of Statistics and Economics and law reviews including the University of Pennsylvania Law […]

Cristina Freitas

Cristina F. Freitas joins Boston University School of Law’s faculty as a part-time Lecturer in the Health Justice Practicum. She is a partner at Freitas & Freitas, LLP in Lowell, Massachusetts. She has been in practice for over 13 years, having served as both a staff attorney at CPCS and in private practice. Her practice […]

Debbie Freitas

Debbie F. Freitas joins Boston University School of Law’s faculty as a part-time Lecturer in the Health Justice Practicum. She is a partner at Freitas & Freitas, LLP in Lowell, Massachusetts. She has been in practice for over 13 years, having served as both a staff attorney at CPCS and in private practice. Her practice […]

Nicole Huberfeld

Nicole Huberfeld is Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law, with a joint appointment at BU Law School and BU School of Public Health. She serves as Chair of the BU Health Law Program and is a founding Co-Director of the BU Program on Reproductive Justice. Her research focuses on the intersection of health law […]

Sapna Khatri

Sapna Khatri is a reproductive justice attorney with an expertise in policy advocacy for reproductive health access and enhanced privacy protections. She serves the Executive Director of the BU Program on Reproductive Justice. Before joining BU Law, Sapna was the inaugural Director of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Reproductive Justice Unit. Her work included expanding and […]

Elizabeth King

Elizabeth King is a scholar of corporate governance, corporate finance, and nonprofit law. Her research explores the impact of markets and regulation on nonprofit organizations. She is particularly interested in the role of nonprofit hospitals and the rise of for-profit corporations in the healthcare sector. Her work has appeared in publications such as the Yale […]

Jetson Leder-Luis

Jetson Leder-Luis, PhD is an assistant professor at Boston University and a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER. He also is a professor by courtesy at Boston University School of Law and at the Department of Economics. His research addresses fraud, misreporting and overbilling in public programs, especially in the Medicare program, as well as […]