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 Centerβs 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 subjectsβfrom 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.
Sharona Hoffman Publishes Article ΒιΆΉΣ³» Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
October 05, 2023
Sharona Hoffman and her co-author, Andy Podgurski (Case ΒιΆΉΣ³» School of Engineering), have published an article entitled βThe Patientβs Voice: Legal Implications of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.β The Article, which appears in the Yale Journal of Health, Policy, Law and Ethics, discusses the benefits and ri
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 on July 15 of each year. This year, CWRUβs Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine was ranked third best among 56 ranked health law journals.
Jonathan Adler Co-authors Cover Story ΒιΆΉΣ³» Vaping
July 03, 2023Jonathan Adler and his co-author, Jacob James Rich, recently published an article entitled βUneducating Americans on Vaping.β The article was the cover story of the Cato Instituteβs summer 2023 issue of Regulation Magazine.
Max Mehlman Publishes Article ΒιΆΉΣ³» Nonconventional Genetic Experimentation
June 15, 2023Max Mehlman and co-authors recently published an article in the Journal of Law and Biosciences entitled β.β In 2019, Mehlman received a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH to exa