Master of Laws in Health Law
Established in 1986, DePaul's Master of Laws in Health Law was the first academic program of its type in the country. Consistently ranked among the nation's top programs since its inception, this program, along with DePaul's Health Law Institute, addresses the growing demand for lawyers with specialized credentials in this field. Guided by outstanding full-time faculty and leading attorneys, the health law curriculum evolves as health care law and technology change. Students also gain valuable practice experience while earning course credit through externships or by writing or editing for the prestigious DePaul Journal of Health Care Law.
Required Courses
- Master's Thesis or Research Seminar
Elective Courses, Seminars and Practicum
- Adolescent Health & the Law Seminar
- Antitrust
- Antitrust Issues in Health Care
- Disability Law
- Employment Law Issues for Health Care Providers
- Epidemics, Law & Social Policy
- Field Placement Program
- Food & Drug Law
- Fraud & Abuse
- Health Care Contracts
- Health Care Law & Regulation
- Health Care Privacy Law (HIPAA & State Law)
- Health Care Reform
- Health Care Reimbursement Programs
- Health Policy & the Law
- Issues in Health Law Applications
- Labor Law
- Law & Medical Practice
- Legal & Public Policy Aspects of Medical Ethics
- Legal Drafting: Health Law
- Managed Care
- Mediation in the Health Care Setting
- Medical Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice Workshop
- Mental Health Issues in Criminal Law
- Mental Health Law
- Public Health & the Law
- Race, Law & Medicine
- Sexuality, Sexual Orientation & the Law
- Tax Exempt Organizations
- Women's Health & the Law Seminar
- Workshop on Medical Clinical Practice/Medical Ethics
Health Law Faculty
- Donald H.J. Hermann
- Katheryn M. Dutenhaver
- Steven Greenberger
- Michael Jacobs
- Terrence Kiely
- Mark C. Weber
Adjunct health law professors are practitioners at firms, companies, and organizations including:
- Cochran & Montgomery
- Commerce Clearing House, Inc.
- Cook County Public Defender's Office
- Diane Cernivivo & Associates
- Duane Morris
- Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
- Hinshaw & Culbertson
- Isaac Ray Center, Inc.
- Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
- Seyfarth Shaw
- Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals
- Ungaretti & Harris
- Weaver & Amin
