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.
Professor Jessie Hill Successfully Challenges Ohio Abortion Ban
October 19, 2022On Oct. 7th Professor Jessie Hill and her team won a temporary but important victory in their battle to end Ohio’s ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins granted a preliminary injunction against Ohio’s abortion ban.
Professor Max Mehlman to Lead Work on $ 1.6 Million NIH Grant
September 28, 2022Max Mehlman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, is co-principal investigator on a project recently awarded a four-year $1.6 million grant by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dean Jessica Berg, an expert on informed consent, is a co-investigator.
CWRU Health Law Clinic Students Fight in Court for Clients’ Disability Benefits
September 19, 2022The CWRU Health Law Clinic hit the ground running with the first of seven Social Security Appeal Hearings it has scheduled for this semester.
Professor Hoffman Publishes on the Implications of Cognitive Decline for Medical Licensing Boards and for the Workplace
August 18, 2022Professor Sharona Hoffman recently published an article entitled “Physicians and Cognitive Decline: A Challenge for State Medical Boards” in the Journal of Medical Regulation.
3L Health Law Clinic Students Give Presentation on SSI to Community Health Providers
April 21, 2022In April, third-year Health Law Clinic students Ester Khaykin and Naomi Tellez gave a presentation on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Children to the pediatric medical providers of the Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP) Community Health Centers.