{"id":4546,"date":"2015-08-14T16:45:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T20:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?page_id=4546"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:55:17","slug":"health-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/about\/offices\/registrar\/curricular-requirements\/concentration-requirements-faculty\/health-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Law Concentration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/current-students\/jd-student-resources\/forms\/concentration-program-participation\/\">Submit an Intent to Concentrate Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"giving-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/academics\/learning-outcomes\/#Health Law\"><button><strong>View Health Law Concentration Learning Outcomes<\/strong><\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<em><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/law\/files\/2025\/03\/HL-Concentration-Chart-2027.pdf\"><em>Requirements for students in the class of 2027 and after<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A student may be certified as having completed a concentration in Health Law by meeting the following requirements:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Health Law - Corporate<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>19 Credits Required<\/strong><em><br \/>\nRequired Courses:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Administrative Law (JD 801)<br \/>\nHealth Care Fraud &amp; Abuse (JD 726)<br \/>\nHealth Care Transactions (JD 998)<br \/>\nHealth Care Finance (JD 867) OR Health Care Decisions (JD 727) OR Public Health Law (JD 926)<\/p>\n<p><em>Remaining credits from the following recommended classes:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Antitrust (JD 838) OR Antitrust in Health Care (JD 891)<br \/>\nCorporations (JD 816)<br \/>\nHealth Law Research (JD 717)<br \/>\nFood, Drug &amp; Cosmetic Law (JD 802)<br \/>\nHealth Care Decisions Bioethics (JD 727)<br \/>\nHealth Law Survey Colloquium (JD 746)<br \/>\nHospital Law (JD 913)<br \/>\nInformation Privacy Law (JD 956)<br \/>\nInsurance Law (JD 850)<br \/>\nPublic Health Law (JD 926) <em>If not taken for the required courses<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Externships:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Corporate Counsel Externship (JD 896)<br \/>\nHealth Law Externship (JD 954)<br \/>\nHealth Law Legislative Clinic (JD 986) <em>Section A3 only<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tax Courses:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Exempt Organizations (TX 926)<br \/>\nIntroduction to Federal Income Tax (JD 889)<br \/>\nTaxation of Corporations &amp; Shareholders (JD 887)<\/p>\n<p><em>Recommended non-law course:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Health Law Sector Consulting (QST HM840)<\/p>\n<p><em>Other Law Courses to consider, but can not be used to satisfy this track:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alternative Business Entities (JD 860)<br \/>\nCompetition in Health Care (JD 867)<br \/>\nContract Drafting (JD 788)<br \/>\nHealth Care Corporate Compliance (JD 745)<br \/>\nMergers &amp; Acquisitions (JD 988)<br \/>\nTransactional Law Research (JD 718)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Compliance courses:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Compliance &amp; Risk Management in Global Commerce (JD 918)<br \/>\nCompliance Policy Clinic (JD 823)<br \/>\nIntro to Risk Management &amp; Compliance (JD 778)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Employment Law courses:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Civil Litigation Clinic: ERC (JD 861) Section B1<br \/>\nEmployment Discrimination Law (JD 853)<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Health Law \u2013 Life Sciences<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>19 Credits Required<\/strong><em><br \/>\nRequired Courses:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Administrative Law (JD 801)<br \/>\nFood &amp; Drug Law (JD 802)<br \/>\nHealth Care Finance (JD 867) OR Health Care Decisions (JD 727) OR Public Health Law (JD 926)<\/p>\n<p><em>Remaining credits from the following recommended classes:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Health Care Decisions &amp; Bioethics (JD 727)<br \/>\nHealth Care Fraud &amp; Abuse (JD 726)<br \/>\nHealth Care Transactions (JD 998)<br \/>\nHealth Law Survey Colloquium (JD 746)<br \/>\nLaw &amp; Regulation of Cannabis (JD 969)<br \/>\nHealth Law Research (JD 717)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Externships:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Corporate Counsel Externship (JD 896)<br \/>\nHealth Law Externship (JD 954)<br \/>\nHealth Law Legislative Clinic (JD 986) <em>Section A3 only<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>IP Courses:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Intellectual Property (JD 857)<br \/>\nIP Law Workshop (JD 776)<br \/>\nPatent Law (JD 870)<br \/>\nPatent Litigation (JD 964)<\/p>\n<p><em>Recommended non-law course:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bench to Bedside: Biomedical Innovation (QST HM 801)<\/p>\n<p><em>Other Law Courses to consider, but can not be used to satisfy this track:<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Compliance courses:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Compliance &amp; Risk Management in Global Commerce (JD 918)<br \/>\nCompliance Policy Clinic (JD 823)<br \/>\nIntro to Risk Management &amp; Compliance (JD 778)<\/p>\n<p>Contract Drafting (JD 788)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Health Care Corporate Compliance (JD 745)<br \/>\nInformation Privacy Law (JD 956)<br \/>\nTransaction Simulation: Follow-on Venture Capital Financing (JD 844)<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Health Law - Litigation<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>19 Credits Required<\/strong><em><br \/>\nRequired Courses:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Administrative Law (JD 801)<br \/>\nHealth Care Fraud &amp; Abuse (JD 726)<br \/>\nHealth Care Finance (JD 867) OR Health Care Decisions (JD 727) OR Public Health Law (JD 926)<\/p>\n<p><em>Remaining credits from the following recommended classes:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Antitrust (JD 891) OR Antitrust in Health Care (JD 838)<br \/>\nCivil Rights Litigation (JD 877)<br \/>\nHealth Care Corporate Compliance (JD 745)<br \/>\nHealth Care Decisions Bioethics (JD 727)<br \/>\nHealth Law Research (JD 717)<br \/>\nHealth Law Survey Colloquium (JD 746)<br \/>\nHospital Law (JD 913)<br \/>\nPublic Health Law (JD 926) <em>If not taken for the required courses<br \/>\n<\/em>Whistleblower Law &amp; Practice (JD 919)<br \/>\nWhite Collar Crime (JD 854) OR White Collar Investigations (JD 828)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Compliance courses:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Compliance &amp; Risk Management in Global Commerce (JD 918)<br \/>\nCompliance Policy Clinic (JD 823)<br \/>\nIntro to Risk Management &amp; Compliance (JD 778)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Externships:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Corporate Counsel Externship (JD 896)<br \/>\nHealth Law Externship (JD 954)<br \/>\nHealth Law Legislative Clinic (JD 986) <em>Section A3 only<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Other Law Courses to consider, but can not be used to satisfy this track:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Advanced Evidence &amp; Advocacy (JD 922)<br \/>\nAggregate Litigation (JD 977)<br \/>\nCivil Rights Litigation Clinic (JD 861)<br \/>\nEffective &amp; Ethical Depositions (JD 958)<br \/>\nEmployment Discrimination (JD 853)<br \/>\nFederal Courts (JD 836)<br \/>\nLitigation &amp; Dispute Resolution Concentration offerings<br \/>\nNegotiation (JD 921)<\/p>\n<p><strong>IP Courses:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Intellectual Property (JD 857)<br \/>\nIP Law Workshop (JD 776)<br \/>\nPatent Trial Advocacy (JD 933)<br \/>\nPatent Prosecution (JD 939)<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Health Law \u2013 Public Health &amp; Human Rights<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>19 Credits Required<\/strong><em><br \/>\nRequired Courses:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Administrative Law (JD 801)<br \/>\nPublic Health Law (JD 926)<\/p>\n<p><em>Remaining credits from the following recommended classes:<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Critical Race Theory Colloquium (JD 731)<br \/>\nDisability Law (JD 749)<br \/>\nEnvironmental Justice &amp; Civil Rights (JD 722)<br \/>\nHealth Care Decisions Bioethics (JD 727)<br \/>\nHealth Care Finance (JD 867)<br \/>\nHealth Law Research (JD 717)<br \/>\nHealth Law Survey Colloquium (JD 746)<br \/>\nHousing Law (JD 935) OR Affordable Housing Law (JD 961)<br \/>\nImmigrants\u2019 Rights &amp; Human Trafficking Clinic (JD 975)<br \/>\nInternational Human Rights (JD 991)<br \/>\nInternational Human Rights Clinic (JD 859)<br \/>\nLaw &amp; Regulation of Cannabis (JD 969)<br \/>\nMass Inequality &amp; Social Trauma (JD 970)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clinics\/Externships:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Civil Litigation Clinic: A2J or IRL (JD 861) <em>Sections A1 or C1 only<\/em><br \/>\nCorporate Counsel Externship (JD 896)<br \/>\nHealth Justice Practicum (JD 893)<br \/>\nHealth Law Externship (JD 954)<br \/>\nHealth Law Legislative Clinic (JD 986) <em>Section A3 only<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Recommended non-law course:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Health Law, Bioethics &amp; Human Rights (SPH LW 840)<br \/>\nMental Health Law (SPH LW 854)<br \/>\nHealth Insurance &amp; the Affordable Care Act (SPH LW 830)<br \/>\nHealth &amp; Human Rights (SPH LW 740)<\/p>\n<p><em>Other Law Courses to consider, but can not be used to satisfy this track:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Election Law &amp; Voting Rights Reform (JD 825)<br \/>\nFeminist Jurisprudence (JD 990) OR Gender Equality &amp; Law (JD 914)<br \/>\nCompassionate Release Practicum (JD 685)<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Health Law \u2013 Reproductive Justice and Rights<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>19 Credits Required<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><o:p><\/o:p><strong>Required Courses:<\/strong><br \/>\nPublic Health Law (JD 926)<br \/>\nReproductive Rights Seminar (JD 775)<br \/>\nGender Equality Law or JD 990 Feminist Jurisprudence (JD 914) (S) (offered alternating years)<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Choose remaining credits\u00a0 from the following doctrinal courses and clinics:<\/strong><i><br \/>\n<\/i>Environmental Justice &amp; Civil Rights (JD 722)<br \/>\nHealth Care Decisions and Bioethics (JD 727)<br \/>\nCritical Race Theory Colloquium (JD 731) (S)<br \/>\nDisability Law (JD 749) (S)<br \/>\nGender, Violence, &amp; the Law (JD 798) (S)<br \/>\nFamily Law (JD 811) (3 credits) or Family Law (JD 814) (4 credits)<br \/>\nHealth Care Finance (JD 867)<br \/>\nYouth and the Law (JD 895) (S)<br \/>\nThe Courts and the LGBT+ Movement (JD 911) (S)<br \/>\nGender Equality Law (JD 914)<br \/>\nQueerness &amp; the Law (JD 917)<br \/>\nGender, Law and Policy Colloquium (JD 966)<br \/>\nInternational Human Rights (JD 991) (S)<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Experiential courses:<\/strong><em> (a maximum of 6 credits for any <\/em><strong><i>one<\/i><\/strong><em> clinical or experiential course may count toward the required credits)<\/em><i><br \/>\n<\/i>Compliance Policy Clinic (JD 823)<br \/>\nHealth Justice Practicum (JD 893)<br \/>\nHealth Law Externship (JD 954)<br \/>\nImmigrants\u2019 Rights &amp; Human Trafficking Clinic (JD 975)<br \/>\nCriminal Trial Practice\/Criminal Law Clinic (JD 982, 898, 899)<br \/>\nSemester in Practice: Fieldwork (JD 739) (placement subject to approval)<br \/>\nSemester in Practice: Seminar (JD 740)<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h4><b>Recommended Non-Law Courses<\/b><em><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/about\/offices\/registrar\/curricular-requirements\/transfer-of-credit-policies\/\">information on non-Law credit<\/a>)<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong>School of Public Health Courses<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Directly relevant:<\/strong><i><br \/>\n<\/i>Reproductive Health Advocacy: From Rights to Justice ( SPH MC 785) (2 credit, also a 4 credit version &#8211; MC815)<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><em> (4 credits, except where noted)<\/em><i><br \/>\n<\/i>Reproductive Epidemiology (SPH EP 759)<br \/>\nGender, Sexuality, Power, and Inequity in Global Health (SPH GH 735)<br \/>\nHealth and Human Rights (SPH LW 740)<br \/>\nBeyond Reproductive Health; International Women\u2019s Health (SPH GH 753) (2cr)<br \/>\nSexual and Reproductive Health in Disaster Settings SPH GH 766)<br \/>\nGlobal AIDS Epidemic: Social &amp; Economic Determinants, Impact, &amp; Responses (SPH GH 795)<br \/>\nSafer Sex in the City: From Science to Policy (SPH MC 705)<br \/>\nWomen and Health Policy: Gender, Evidence, and Politics (SPH MC 840)<br \/>\nHealth of LGBT Populations (SPH SB 807)<br \/>\nHealth Law, Bioethics &amp; Human Rights (SPH LW 840) (seminar)<br \/>\nMental Health Law, Policy and Ethics (SPH LW 854)<br \/>\nOther options in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/sph\/programs\/mph\/maternal-and-child-health\/\">Maternal and Child Health<\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also of interest:<\/strong><i><br \/>\n<\/i><strong>BU School of Social Work<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b>Reproductive Justice and Social Work (SSW HB 790)<br \/>\nReproductive Justice Learning Community<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Law Courses to consider, but cannot be used to satisfy this track:<\/strong><i><br \/>\n<\/i>Taxation and Racial Capitalism (JD 692)<br \/>\nDigital Civil Liberties (JD 779)<br \/>\nCrimmigration (JD 837) (S)<br \/>\nFirst Amendment (JD 839)<br \/>\nAffordable Housing Law (JD 935) (S)<br \/>\nHospital Law (JD 913)<br \/>\nHousing Law (JD 961) (S)<br \/>\nJuvenile Delinquency (JD 824) (S)<br \/>\nRestorative Justice: Principles and Practices (JD 827)<br \/>\nPracticum: Community Lawyering [new offering for spring 2024]<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Health Law \u2013 Customized Concentration<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong>19 Credits Required<\/strong><em><br \/>\nRequired Courses:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Administrative Law (JD 801)<br \/>\nHealth Care Finance (JD 867) OR Public Health Law (JD 926)<\/p>\n<p>AND<\/p>\n<p>Approval of the concentration advisor for the remaining credits.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each track also requires the 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.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students receiving a 3.5 average in the courses above will be certified as earning honors in the concentration. <strong>Please note:<\/strong> In accordance with BU Law policies, only <strong>BU Law<\/strong> 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 &#8220;opt-out&#8221; provision does not apply to courses\/seminars that are needed to satisfy the minimum requirements for the concentration.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/laura-stephens\/\">Laura Stephens<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/christopher-robertson\/\"><\/a> is the faculty advisor for the Health Law concentration and is available to answer students\u2019 questions about the substantive aspects of the concentration. Administrative questions should be directed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/geraldine-m-muir\/\">Associate Dean Gerry Muir<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Faculty<\/h2>\n<p>BU Law&#8217;s award-winning faculty includes numerous scholars and teachers with expertise in health law. From food and drug law, bioethics and family law to public health law, our faculty offers students a wide breadth of specialized skills in this dynamic field.<\/p>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-91914 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty profile_type-professors expertise-health-law expertise-humanitarian-law expertise-property-law expertise-reproductive-rights-and-justice\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/aziza-ahmed\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2022\/10\/Aziza-Ahmed-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Aziza Ahmed\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Aziza Ahmed<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor of Law<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-51817 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty profile_type-professors expertise-accommodations-in-externships expertise-externship-pedagogy expertise-paid-externships\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/kathleen-devlin-joyce\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2018\/09\/K.-Devlin-Joyce-H-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kathleen Devlin Joyce\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Kate Devlin Joyce<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Director of the Externship Program<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-11002 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-law-libraries profile_type-librarian profile_type-part-time-faculty profile_type-staff expertise-health-law\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/jenna-fegreus\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2016\/10\/Fegreus.Jenna16-250.jpg\" alt=\"Jenna Fegreus\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Jenna Fegreus<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Senior Legal Information Librarian<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-111335 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty profile_type-professors expertise-civil-procedure expertise-health-law expertise-intellectual-property-information expertise-patent-law\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/janet-freilich\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2024\/07\/Janet-Freilich-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Freilich\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Janet Freilich<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor of Law<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-104049 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-clinical-experiential-education profile_type-faculty profile_type-adjunct profile_type-part-time-faculty expertise-health-law\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/cristina-freitas\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/09\/C-Freitas-headshot-Lowell-Bar-20-3-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"C Freitas\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Cristina Freitas<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Lecturer<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-104053 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-clinical-experiential-education profile_type-faculty profile_type-adjunct profile_type-part-time-faculty expertise-health-law\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/debbie-freitas\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2023\/09\/D-Freitas-Headshot-2023-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"D Freitas\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Debbie Freitas<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Lecturer<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-48582 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty profile_type-professors expertise-constitutional-law expertise-health-law expertise-reproductive-rights-and-justice\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/nicole-huberfeld\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2018\/02\/Nicole-Huberfeld.png\" alt=\"Nicole Huberfeld\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Nicole Huberfeld<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law, BU School of Law and BU School of Public Health<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-119119 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty profile_type-adjunct profile_type-part-time-faculty expertise-health-law expertise-human-rights expertise-privacy expertise-racial-justice-and-the-law expertise-reproductive-justice expertise-reproductive-rights-and-justice\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/sapna-khatri\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Sapna-Khatri-300x300.png\" alt=\"Sapna Khatri\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Sapna Khatri<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Executive Director, Program on Reproductive Justice<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-119147 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-professors expertise-corporate-finance expertise-corporate expertise-health-law\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/elizabeth-king\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2025\/07\/Elizabeth-King-300x300.png\" alt=\"Elizabeth King\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Elizabeth King<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor of Law<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-117049 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty profile_type-professors expertise-economics-law expertise-health-law expertise-healthcare-fraud-and-abuse\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/jetson-leder-luis\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2025\/04\/Jetson-Leder-Luis-300x300.png\" alt=\"Jetson Leder-Luis\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Jetson Leder-Luis<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-73632 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-adjunct profile_type-part-time-faculty expertise-antitrust-law expertise-health-law expertise-risk-management-and-compliance\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/dionne-lomax\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2021\/03\/Dionne-Lomax-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Dionne Lomax<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Lecturer in Law<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-10608 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty profile_type-professors expertise-health-law expertise-insurance-law\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/wendy-k-mariner\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2010\/09\/wendy-k-mariner-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Wendy K. Mariner\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Wendy Mariner<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor of Law<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-10540 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty profile_type-professors expertise-civil-rights expertise-family-law expertise-gender-matters expertise-health-law expertise-law-literature expertise-property-law expertise-religion expertise-reproductive-justice\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/linda-c-mcclain\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2015\/07\/Linda-McClain-headshot-BU-Law-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Linda C. McClain\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Linda McClain<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Robert Kent Professor of Law<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-94511 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty expertise-health-law\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/liz-mccuskey\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2026\/01\/Elizabeth-McCuskey-Headshot-300x300.png\" alt=\"Elizabeth McCuskey\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Elizabeth McCuskey<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor of Health Law, Policy, &#038; Management<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-10465 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-jd-program profile_type-adjunct profile_type-part-time-faculty profile_type-emeritus expertise-health-law\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/frances-h-miller\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2015\/11\/f-miller.jpg\" alt=\"Frances H. 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Fletcher Professor of Law<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-70542 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty profile_type-professors expertise-civil-litigation expertise-constitutional-law expertise-diversity-inclusion expertise-evidence-law expertise-health-law expertise-law-technology expertise-legal-ethics expertise-torts\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/christopher-robertson\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Robertson_Christopher-22-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Robertson\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Christopher Robertson<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor of Law, BU School of Law<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-93632 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty expertise-health-law\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/laura-stephens\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2022\/07\/laura-stephens-600x600-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Laura Stephens\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Laura Stephens<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Director and Lecturer of Health Law<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-73637 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty profile_type-professors expertise-civil-rights expertise-constitutional-law expertise-gender-matters expertise-health-law expertise-law-social-sciences expertise-mental-health-law-2 expertise-privacy expertise-racial-justice-and-the-law expertise-reproductive-justice expertise-supreme-court\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/michael-ulrich\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2020\/10\/Michael-Ulrich-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Michael-Ulrich\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Michael Ulrich<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor of Law<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title has-image post-10889 profile type-profile status-publish hentry profile_type-faculty profile_type-full-time-faculty profile_type-professors expertise-economics-law expertise-health-law expertise-torts\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/kathryn-zeiler\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/law\/files\/2022\/11\/Zeiler_Kathryn-22-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kathryn Zeiler\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Kathryn Zeiler<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor of Law<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Health Law Concentration capitalizes on the significant teaching and curriculum strengths within BU Law and other Boston University schools. 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