Joan Densberger

Joan Cole Densberger

Lecturer


BS, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
MA, Boston University School of Public Health
JD, Boston College Law School
LLM, Suffolk University Law School


Biography

Attorney Densberger previously served as a Program Analyst for the United States Department of Labor in the area of health care fraud and abuse. She is a recipient of the United States Department of Labor Secretary’s Honor Award for 2014. She has held prior positions as corporate legal counsel to a large hospital system in Massachusetts and to a major managed care system in Minnesota and has also served as a Case Law Editor for LexisNexis. She currently holds an appointment as Lecturer in the LLM Degree program/Graduate Tax Program at Boston University School of Law and an appointment as Adjunct Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management at Boston University School of Public Health where she has been twice awarded the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching award. Attorney Densberger also holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor at Suffolk University Law School where she teaches a course on ERISA and qualified retirement plans and at the University of Nevada Boyd School of Law as an instructor in Public Health Policy. She is licensed to practice law in the states of Massachusetts, New York, and Minnesota and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Activities & Engagements

No upcoming activities or engagements.

Courses

LAW TX 905

ERISA and the IRC: Regulation of Retirement Plans

2 credits


FALL 2026: LAW TX 905 OL, Aug 31st to Dec 3rd 2026
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
Thu 6:30 pm 8:30 pm 2 Joan Cole Densberger
SPH PH 719

Health Systems, Law, and Policy

4 credits


FALL 2026: SPH PH 719 A1, Sep 2nd to Dec 15th 2026
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
Tue 10:00 am 12:50 pm 4 McCuskey EVN EB43
FALL 2026: SPH PH 719 B1, Sep 2nd to Dec 15th 2026
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
Thu 10:00 am 12:50 pm 4 Motta EVN EB43
FALL 2026: SPH PH 719 C1, Sep 2nd to Dec 15th 2026
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
Wed 2:00 pm 4:50 pm 4 Callaghan INS 112
FALL 2026: SPH PH 719 E1, Sep 2nd to Dec 15th 2026
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
Mon 6:00 pm 8:50 pm 4 Ulrich EVN EB43
FALL 2026: SPH PH 719 OL, Sep 2nd to Dec 15th 2026
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
Mon 7:00 pm 9:15 pm 4 Joan Cole Densberger
SPRG 2027: SPH PH 719 A1, Jan 19th to May 5th 2027
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
Wed 2:00 pm 4:50 pm 4 McCuskey EVN EB43
SPRG 2027: SPH PH 719 OL, Jan 19th to May 5th 2027
Days Start End Credits Instructors Bldg Room
Thu 7:00 pm 9:15 pm 4 Joan Cole Densberger