About Our Center
The challenges that will face the medical and health law professions in the coming decades are enormous. And the Law-Medicine Center is uniquely poised to prepare its students to address these challenges. The center is the oldest health law program in the country. The field of health law effectively began with the creation of the center in 1953. Our Law-Medicine Center’s offerings include a wealth of courses, experiential learning opportunities, several graduate programs, outstanding faculty, extracurricular activities, experiential learning opportunities, job placement assistance and more.
Our health law curriculum offers a wide range of courses, seminars, and clinical practice opportunities to students interested in the full array of health law subjects—from corporate law firm practice to bioethics, from medical malpractice advocacy to government regulation of health care providers. Students do not have to wait until their second or third year to begin work in the health law curriculum. Each year we offer an elective course in health law to first year students.
Dr. Amy Acton Delivers Schroeder Lecture
October 18, 2023Dr. Amy Acton, former Director of the Ohio Department of Health, delivered the 2023 served as the Law-Medicine Center’s 2023 Schroeder Scholar in Residence. Her lecture was entitled “The Leader We Wish We All Had Is YOU: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Dr.
Jessie Hill Argues Abortion Ban Case Before Ohio Supreme Court
October 05, 2023On Sept. 27, Jessie Hill argued a case entitled Preterm-Cleveland v. David Yost before the Ohio Supreme Court. Hill represents abortion providers challenging the law, together with the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and the law firm Wilmer Hale.
Sharona Hoffman Publishes Article about Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
October 05, 2023Sharona Hoffman and her co-author, Andy Podgurski (Case Western Reserve University School of Engineering), have published an article entitled “The Patient’s Voice: Legal Implications of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.” The Article, which appears in the Yale Journal of Health, Policy, Law and Ethics, discusses the benefits and r
Health Matrix ranked 3rd Best Health Law Journal in the World
July 18, 2023Washington & Lee School of Law issues an international ranking of all law journals on July 15 of each year. This year, CWRU’s Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine was ranked third best among 56 ranked health law journals.
Jonathan Adler Co-authors Cover Story about Vaping
July 03, 2023Jonathan Adler and his co-author, Jacob James Rich, recently published an article entitled “Uneducating Americans on Vaping.” The article was the cover story of the Cato Institute’s summer 2023 issue of Regulation Magazine.