Law-Medicine Center

First-year students who were named Gerber Fellows (which includes a scholarship for each recipient) recently completed a broad range of healthcare-related projects as part of their fellowship experience. They undertook in-depth research and analysis of cutting-edge issues, culminating in project…

Professor Sharona Hoffman has been interviewed by numerous local, national, and international news outlets in recent weeks about vaccines, vaccines passports, mask mandates and more. The outlets include, among others, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel Weekly, Arirang TV (South Korea), VnExpress…

Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel presented a paper entitled “Vulnerable Populations and Vaccine Injury Compensation: The Need for Legal Reform” at a conference hosted by Harvard and Yale Law Schools. The event, which took place remotely on February 23, 2021, was entitled “The COVID-19 and…

There no argument that artificial intelligence (AI) holds great promise for improved health care outcomes—from analyzing tumor images, to helping doctors choose among different treatment options, combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. But a husband-wife research duo from Case Western Reserve University…

Visiting Professor Katharine Van Tassel and Professor Sharona Hoffman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, were published on Jan. 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine with co-author Carmel Shachar, executive director of Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center.  The article, “Covid-19…

Congratulations to Dr. Susan Hatters Friedman, an adjunct professor at the law school, who was selected for the Manfred S. Guttmacher award by the American Psychiatric Association/ American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law for her edited book, Family Murder: Pathologies of Love and Hate. Hatters…

Professor Jessie Hill, Judge Ben C. Green professor of law and associate dean for research and faculty development, co-authored an op-ed, “During the Pandemic, Some Rights are More Equal than Others: Caroline Mala Corbin and Jessie Hill.” Published in Cleveland.com on Dec. 6, 2020,  the article…

Professor Maxwell Mehlman, Co-Director of the Law-Medicine Center, published the fifth edition of his textbook, Genetics:  Ethics, Law and Policy. The book, co-authored with Professors Mark Rothstein and Sonia Sutter, is published by Thompson/West. It is the first and only law school textbook on…

Professor Sharona Hoffman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently published the article, “Artificial Intelligence and Discrimination in Health Care,” in the Yale Journal of Health Policy Law and Ethics. In the article, Hoffman argues that "algorithmic discrimination in medicine can…

Professor Sharona Hoffman, co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, was quoted in an article entitled “Is It OK to Reveal Your Anxiety or Depression to Your Boss?” in the Wall Street Journal on September 13, 2020.