2015 -16
THE CENTER FOR
HEALTH LAW STUDIES
YOUR LIFE IN THE LAW BEGINS
HERE.
A TOP-RATED HEALTH LAW PROGRAM > Established in 1982, the Center for Health Law Studies was one of the first law school programs to focus on the intersection of the health care system and the legal system. Under direction from nationally renowned faculty, the Center has celebrated 30 remarkable years of national and international leadership in health law scholarship and education. Students who earn a Concentration in Health Law have access to top-tier faculty; leading scholars, practitioners and employers; and one-on-one support and guidance from staff who work together to give our students a competitive edge as they pursue careers in the legal and health care fields. Our health law graduates work across the country, where the Center’s reputation is highly regarded. For 11 of the last 12 consecutive years, the Center for Health Law Studies has earned the reputation as the nation’s premier health law program. EARN A CONCENTRATION Students pursuing a J.D. may also earn a Concentration in Health Law by completing a required course of study and specified cocurricular activities through the Center for Health
n O N TH E COV E R : R O BE R T G ATTE R CO - D I R E C TO R , C E N TE R FO R H E A LTH LAW ST U D I E S ; PR O FE SS O R
Law Studies. The concentration is intended to allow students to explore and demonstrate a specialized interest in the study of health law. Requirements include: n 10 n A
credit hours of health law courses
publishable health law research paper
n Attendance
and written analysis of five distinguished speaker presentations
n Practical
health law experience
DUAL-DEGREE PROGRAMS In cooperation with the Saint Louis University Center for Outcomes Research, the College for Public Health & Social Justice and the Center for Health Care Ethics, the Center for Health Law Studies offers four health law related dualdegree programs. The dual-degree programs are designed to allow students to obtain two degrees in significantly less time (four to five years depending upon the degree) than if the degrees were obtained separately. Students must complete two semesters at SLU LAW before beginning a dual degree.
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n O P P OS I TE PAG E : J E SSE A . G O L D N E R J O H N D. VA LE N TI N E PR O FE SS O R O F LAW; PR O FE SS O R O F LAW I N PSYC H I AT RY A N D PE D I AT R I C S , S C H O O L O F MEDICINE
IN COOPERATION WITH THE CENTER FOR OUTCOMES RESEARCH n Juris
Doctor/Master of Science in Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation (J.D./M.S.) As health care and policy are increasingly driven by analyses of outcomes data, the Center for Outcomes Research prepares students to inform and lead decision-making with empirical research. Students in this dual-degree program will earn a J.D. and a Master of Science in Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation Sciences. This program will develop health care lawyers who are able to account for health outcomes data in preparation for litigation, in assessing a client’s compliance with various regulations and in counseling clients related to liability risk management and institutional policy.
MASTER OF LAWS IN HEALTH LAW >
IN COOPERATION WITH THE COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH & SOCIAL JUSTICE n Juris
Doctor/Master of Health Administration (J.D./M.H.A.) n Juris
Doctor/Master of Public Health in Health Management and Policy (J.D./M.P.H. - Health Management and Policy)
Dual-degree programs with the College of Public Health & Social Justice allow highly motivated students the opportunity to combine the field of health law with health administration, health policy or public health. The College of Public Health & Social Justice is home to a top-ranked program in health administration.
The Master of Laws (LL.M.) is an advanced degree designed to serve two types of lawyers – those seeking an in-depth introduction to the practice of health law and those who are currently practicing and wish to increase their exposure to new developments in health law. This highly selective program allows each student individual attention and close faculty supervision. Students are encouraged to complete scholarly writing, attend seminars
IN COOPERATION WITH THE CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE ETHICS n Juris
Doctor/Doctor of Philosophy in Health Care Ethics (J.D./Ph.D.)
The Center for Health Care Ethics offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of bioethics. Faculty members hold terminal degrees in law, medicine, philosophy, psychology, health care ethics, public health and research methodology. Health care ethics has become its own field, but it requires multidisciplinary expertise. While pursuing the J.D., law students also have the opportunity to pursue a Ph.D. and gain expertise in the field of bioethics.
and participate in directed research projects. Requirements for the Health Law LL.M. include: n 24
credit hours of law courses
n Master’s n Up n Up
thesis of publishable quality
to 6 credit hours of directed research
to 6 credit hours outside the law school
n SI D N E Y D. WATSO N JA N E A N D B R U C E R O B E RT PR O FE S S O R O F LAW
I chose to pursue the J.D./M.P.H. - Health Policy at SLU LAW because of the Health Law program’s exceptional reputation. The experience surpassed my expectations as I benefited from an extensive variety of health law courses, expert faculty and unique extracurricular opportunities. My time at SLU LAW prepared me to navigate the world of law, politics and business within the health care industry.”
ASH A N ATA RA JA N ( ’ 1 2 ) ASS O C I ATE , FOL EY & LA R DN E R L LP, N E W YO R K
ACCESS TO HIGH PROFILE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE > Through their affiliation with the Center for Health Law Studies, SLU LAW students obtain diverse hands-on experience in the area of health law. SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF HEALTH LAW & POLICY The Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy is published bi-annually by the Center for Health Law Studies and a student editorial board. Law students participate in the Journal as issue, lead and staff editors. One issue each year is devoted to the publication of the proceedings of the Center for Health Law Studies’ annual symposium. The second issue is devoted to coverage of emerging issues within health law and policy. LEGAL CLINICS Second and third-year students, supervised by practicing attorneys, work in the SLU LAW Legal Clinics. Health law students have the opportunity to advocate for the elderly and disabled and represent children with disabilities and their families. Students may also participate in case development and appellate advocacy concerning substantial legal matters such as state health policy.
EXTERNSHIPS Externship positions allow students to gain first-hand experience and may lead to full-time employment. Students are regularly placed in the following organizations within the St. Louis community: n BJC
Health System
n Hospital n Mercy n SSM
Sisters Health System
Health
Health Care
n Saint
Louis University School of Medicine
n U.S.
Attorneys’ Offices, Fraud Division
n U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS COMPETITIONS Each year, the Center sponsors and coaches health law students as they compete in regional and national professional skills competitions. Our students participate in the National Health Law Moot Court Competition, the National Transactional Health Law Competition and in the Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition. SLU LAW teams have consistently
experiential and course work. Students work nearly full time during the spring semester at an assigned externship placement for up to 12 credits. Students also enroll in Health Law Agency Practice, a complementary two-credit course addressing both professional responsibility issues that arise in agency practice and advanced topics in administrative law.
ranked among the top teams in these competitions, including Best Memorandum for our 2014 Transactional Team. HEALTH LAW SEMESTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Complex and fast-paced, the health care industry is highly regulated, with substantial regulation occurring at the federal level. During the Health Law Semester in Washington, D.C., law students clerk in a health-related federal agency for an entire semester. Students gain significant practical experience working with complex health care regulations. Additionally, they begin building a network of contacts within the federal government and in D.C., in particular. Students in the program are eligible to earn 12 to 14 credits through a combination of
Offered annually during the spring semester, this program is available to students enrolled in the Health Law Concentration program, a health law dual-degree program or the health law LL.M. program. Additionally, each student must have successfully completed Administrative Law, Health Care Law and Professional Responsibility prior to his or her semester in D.C.
Agency placements have included: n U.S.
Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Quality & Safety
n U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General
n U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of General Counsel, Public Health Division
n U.S.
Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
n U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of General Counsel
n Federal
Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition, Health Care Division
ACCESS TO RENOWNED SCHOLARS AND PRACTITIONERS Due in large part to the Center’s strong national reputation, students are exposed to some of the best legal minds in the country. DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES Throughout each academic year, the Center hosts several leading scholars and practitioners who shape health law and policy. Students have the opportunity to attend keynote lectures and then meet with the speakers to discuss timely health law and policy issues during small group sessions. PRACTITIONER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM The Practitioner-in-Residence program allows the Center to host a visiting health law attorney
ANNUAL HEALTH LAW SYMPOSIUM >
for several weeks each year. Students benefit from access to the practitioner through guest lectures, round table discussions, office hours and special events featuring the practitioner. HEALTH LAW SCHOLARS WORKSHOP The Center for Health Law Studies and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics host the annual Health Law Scholars Workshop each fall at SLU LAW. This collegial forum allows faculty new to health law and bioethics scholarship to present works-in-progress and receive advice from experienced health law and bioethics scholars.
Each spring, the Center hosts a symposium featuring leading experts and scholars in a relevant field. Proceedings of the symposium are published in the Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy. Symposium topics focus on groundbreaking issues in health law and policy. Recent symposia have included: n The
ADA at 25: Disability Rights and the Healthcare Workforce (2015)
THE DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES HAS INCLUDED: n Alex
Azar, former general counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
n Dr.
Carolyn M. Clancy, former assistant deputy under secretary for health, Veterans Health Administration
n Health
Care Reform, Transition and Transformation in Long Term Care (2014)
n Regulating
Dual-Use Research in Life Sciences (2013)
n Drugs
& Money (2012)
n Implementing
Health Reform: Fairness, Accountability & Competition (2011)
n Pandemic
Preparedness (2010)
n Nathan
Cortez, associate dean of research and professor of law, SMU Dedman School of Law
n Celeste
Davis, regional manager, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Civil Rights, Region V
n Judy
Feder, professor of public policy, Georgetown Public Policy Institute; institute fellow at the Urban Institute
n Abbe
R. Gluck, professor of law, Yale Law School
n Mark
Hayes, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP; former health policy director and chief health counsel, Senate Committee on Finance
n Peter
Leibold, chief advocacy officer, Ascension Health; former excutive vice president and chief executive officer, American Health Lawyers Association
n Michelle
M. Mello, professor of law and public health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health
n Ron
Pollack, executive director, Families U.S.A.
PRACTITIONERS-IN-RESIDENCE THE CENTER HAS WELCOMED: n Clifford
E. Barnes, partner, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.; Washington, D.C.
n John
T. Boese (’72), of counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
n Vence
L. Bonham Jr., senior advisor to the NHGRI director on genomics and health disparities, National Human Genome Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
n Ritu
Kaur Cooper (LL.M. ’05), associate, Arent Fox LLP, Washington, D.C.
n Margaret
Donnelly (’88), former director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
n Melinda
J. Dutton, partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; New York
n Jonathan
n Markus
D. Moreno, professor of medical ethics, University of Pennsylvania; senior fellow at the Center for American Progress
n Frank
Pasquale, professor of law, University of Maryland School of Law
n Arti
Rai, professor of law, Duke Law School, Duke Institute for Genome Science and Policy
Cicka (’09), partner, Stinson Leonard Street LLP
n James
G. Sheehan, chief of Charities Bureau, New York State Attorney General’s Office.
n Susan
Stefan, former director of the Emergency Department Project at the Center for Public Representation
RO N P O L L ACK
EX E C U T I V E D I R E C TO R , FA M I LI E S U. S . A .
ACCESS TO YOUR FUTURE
n University n U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Washington, D.C.
n U.S.
Students partner with the health law faculty and the Office of Career Services to develop and market skills attractive to employers seeking graduates with an advanced understanding of health law. These employers include: n Regional
and National Law Firms with Health Law Specialization
n Health
Care Systems and Associations
n Medical,
Pharmaceutical, Device and Biotech Corporations
n Professional
Health Care Provider
Associations n Federal
and State Health Law Related Agencies such as Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Justice
SELECTED HEALTH LAW STUDENT SUMMER EXPERIENCES, IN ADDITION TO PRIVATE LAW FIRMS n American
Bar Association Commission on Disability Rights, Chicago
of Colorado Hospital, Aurora
n BJC
Health Systems, St. Louis
n Blue
Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago n Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
n The
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
n Families
U.S.A., Washington, D.C.
n The
Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, Baltimore
n The
Mayo Clinic
n National
Health Law Project, Chapel Hill, N.C.
n National
Rural Health Association, Washington, D.C.
n Philadelphia n Podesta
Group, Washington, D.C.
n Presence n Texas
Children’s Advocacy Project
Health, Chicago
Children’s Hospital, Houston
Department of Justice
SELECTED EMPLOYERS OF OUR HEALTH LAW ALUMNI n Armstrong n Ascension n BJC
Teasdale LLP Health
Health Systems
n Bass,
Berry & Sims PLC
n Bryan
Cave LLP
n Centene n Ernst
Corporation
& Young
n Epstein
Becker & Green, P.C.
n Express
Scripts, Inc.
n Foley
& Lardner LLP
n Greensfelder, n Hall
Hemker & Gale, P.C.
Render Killian Heath & Lyman, P.C.
n Hinshaw n Hogan
& Culbertson LLP
Lovells
n Hooper,
Lundy & Bookman, P.C.
n Hospital
Sisters Health System
n Husch n King
SELECTED CITIES WITH HEALTH LAW ALUMNI
Blackwell LLP
& Spalding LLP
n Lewis,
SEATTLE
Rice & Fingersh L.C. BANGOR
n Missouri
Department of Health and Senior Services
n National
Disability Rights Network
n National
Health Law Program
n Omni
Health
SAN FRANCISCO DENVER
FRESNO
& Brady LLP
n Sidley
Phoenix & Von Gontard P.C.
Austin LLP
n Southern
NEW YORK CLEVELAND PITTSBURGH BALTIMORE INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON, D.C. CINCINNATI
CHICAGO
COLUMBUS
SPRINGFIELD KANSAS CITY JEFFERSON CITY
LOUISVILLE
ST. LOUIS
SANTA FE
SAN DIEGO
NASHVILLE
TULSA
Coburn LLP
ATLANTA TUCSON
AUSTIN
JACKSONVILLE HOUSTON
NEW ORLEANS
Department of Health and Human Services
n U.S.
ORLANDO
Food and Drug Administration
n U.S.
CHARLESTON
DALLAS
ST. PETERSBURG
n U.S.
RALEIGH CHARLOTTE
MEMPHIS
PHOENIX
Illinois Healthcare
n Thompson
RICHMOND
LAS VEGAS LOS ANGELES
n Sandberg
DES MOINES OMAHA LINCOLN
BOSTON PROVIDENCE
GRAND RAPIDS
MILWAUKEE SALT LAKE CITY
n Polsinelli n Quarles
ROCHESTER
MINNEAPOLIS
Department of Justice
n Washington
University School of Medicine
MIAMI
1,20 0 + Center for Health Law Studies Alumni
BY THE NUMBERS HEALTH LAW FACULTY
ANNUAL HEALTH LAW SYMPOSIA
STUDENTS CURRENTLY PURSUING A HEALTH LAW RELATED DUAL DEGREE OR LL.M. IN HEALTH LAW STUDENTS PURSUING A CONCENTRATION IN HEALTH LAW STUDIES
COLLECTIVE YEARS OF HEALTH LAW TEACHING EXPERIENCE
E LI Z A B E T H P E N D O J OS E P H J. SIM E O N E P R O F E SSO R O F L AW
PUBLICATIONS BY HEALTH LAW FACULTY
COURSES + SEMINARS > The following courses and seminars were offered in 2014-15 or are scheduled to be offered in 2015-16. COURSES
COURSES
SEMINARS
Antitrust
Information Privacy Law
Access to Health Care
Bioethics and the Law
Insurance Law
Child Protection, Child Health and the Law
Competition Based Advocacy (including National Health Law Moot Court, National Health Law Transactional Competition and the Health Law Regulatory and Compliance Competition)
Legal Issues in Long Term Care
Competition & Regulation in Health Care
Public Health Law
Elder Law
Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy
Health Care Provider Payment and Delivery: Medicare, Integrated Delivery Systems and Commercial Insurance
FDA Law & Policy Fraud, Abuse & Health Care Regulation Health Care Compliance and the Law Health Care Finance and Business Planning Health Care Law Health Care Quality Health Law Agency Practice Health Law, Policy & Advocacy I & II Health Law Semester in D.C. HIPAA Privacy Law
Public Health Law Lab
Transactional Health Care Practice
Issues in Nonprofit Organizations Public Health Emergency Regulation of Human Subjects Research
FACULTY + STAFF > R O B E R T G ATTER
CO - DIR ECTOR, CENTER FO R HE ALTH LAW STUDIES; P R O F E SSOR B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.A., Medical College of Wisconsin; J.D., University of Pennsylvania
T H O M AS (TIM ) L. G R EA NEY
CO - DIR ECTOR, CENTER FOR HE A LTH LAW STUDIES; C HE STE R A. MYERS PROFESSOR O F L AW; PROFESSOR OF HE A LTH ADMINISTRATION, CO LLE GE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH B.A., Wesleyan University; J.D., Harvard Law School
A M Y N . SA ND ER S
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CENTER FO R HE ALTH LAW STUDIES; IN STR UCTOR B.A., Loyola University Chicago; J.D., Saint Louis University School of Law
BARBARA J. GILC HRIST P ROF E SS OR E ME RITA B.A., Wichita State University; J.D., Washington University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University
J E SSE A. GOLDN E R
J OH N D. VAL E NT I NE P ROF E SS OR OF L AW; P ROF E SS OR OF L AW IN P SYC H IAT RY AND P E DIAT RIC S , S C H OOL OF ME DI C I NE A.B., M.A., Columbia University; J.D., Harvard Law School
MALCOLM J. HARKIN S III
P ROF E SS OR OF P RAC T I C E A.B., St. Joseph’s University; J.D., Saint Louis University School of Law
K E L LY K. D INEEN
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR; ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, A LB E RT GNAEGI CENTER FOR HE A LTH CARE ETHICS B.S.N., Saint Louis University; J.D., Saint Louis University School of Law; Ph.D. (c), Saint Louis University
SAN DRA H. J OHN SON P ROF E SS OR E ME RITA A.B., Saint Louis University; J.D., New York University; LL.M., Yale Law School
E LIZ ABE T H P E NDO
J OS E P H J. S I M E O N E P ROF E SS O R O F LAW B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
SIDN E Y D. WATSO N
JANE A N D B R U C E R O B E RT P ROF E SS O R O F LAW B.A., University of Southwestern Louisiana; J.D., Harvard Law School
C HE RYL CO O P E R
P ROGR A M CO O R D I N ATO R
ADJUNCT FACULTY SECONDARY APPOINTMENTS > > MARG A R E T D O N N E LY
ELIZA B ETH CHIARE LLO, P H.D.
RANDY S . GE R B E R
JAS ON S . TURN E R, P H.D., MAE
DISTINGUISHED HEALTH LAW SCHOLAR; FAM I LY CO URT CO MMISSIONER, 2 1 ST J UD IC IA L C IR C UIT
S HA R E H O LDE R , P O L SIN E LLI
DO NN H . H E R R I N G
ASSISTANT PR OF E SS OR OF S OC I OLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY; S E CONDARY APPOINTMENT, S C H OOL OF L AW
ASSISTANT PR OF E SS OR OF H E ALT H MANAGEMENT AND P OL I CY; S E CONDARY APPOINTMENT, S C H OOL OF L AW
PARTNER, LATHROP & CAGE, LLP
W I LLI A M P. H O F F M A N ASSOCIATE, POLSINELLI
JOHN M. HUFF
DIRECTOR, MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
DAVI D J. M ASSA
AT TOR N E Y AT LAW
KAT HER I N E N AS H
S HA R E H O LDE R , TUE TH, KEENEY, CO O P E R, MO HA N & JAC KSTADT, P.C.
CHRISTINA Z. RANDOLPH (’00)
PA RT N E R , THO M P SO N COBURN LLP
ASLME HEALTH LAW PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS
DISTINGUISHED HEALTH LAW SPEAKERS
TH E CE NT E R F O R HEALT H L AW ST UDI E S FACULT Y AND STAF F
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