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.
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.
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.
Max Mehlman Publishes Article about Nonconventional Genetic Experimentation
June 15, 2023Max Mehlman and co-authors recently published an article in the Journal of Law and Biosciences entitled “Governing Nonconventional Genetic Experimentation.” In 2019, Mehlman received a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH to exa
Sharona Hoffman Wins Distinguished Research Award
June 01, 2023At the recent annual celebration of faculty, Sharona Hoffman was awarded the 2023 Case Western Reserve University School of Law Distinguished Research Award.