THE C E N TE R F OR
HEALTH L AW S T U DI E S 20 1 8 — 20 1 9
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YOU R L IF E IN T H E L AW
BE G I N S
RUQAIIJAH YEARBY
Professor; Director, University Social Justice Institute
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A T O P-R AT E D H E A LT H L AW P R O G R A M 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. For more than 35 years nationally renowned faculty at SLU LAW have provided 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 health care law. Our health law graduates work across the country, where the Center’s reputation is highly regarded. For 14 of the last 15 years, the Center for Health Law Studies has earned the reputation as the nation’s premier health law program.
EARN A CONCENTRATION IN HEALTH LAW Students pursuing a J.D. may earn a Concentration in Health Law by completing a required course of study and specified co-curricular activities through the Center. The concentration allows students to explore and demonstrate a specialized interest in the study of health law. Requirements include: 10 credit hours of health law courses A publishable health law research paper Attendance and written analysis of five distinguished speaker presentations Practical health law experience
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The social justice mission was a large part of my decision to come to SLU LAW because the school’s emphasis on a commitment to the greater good was a message that really resonated with me. More than that, it is not simply a message that is delivered and then forgotten. Rather, every day, the faculty, staff and student body put this message into action in efforts to truly make a difference in the community.” BRANDON HALL (ANTICIPATED ’19)
Health Law Concentration Student
DUAL-DEGREE PROGRAMS In cooperation with the Saint Louis University Center for Health 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 lawrelated dual-degree programs. The dual-degree programs are designed to allow students to obtain two degrees in significantly less time than if obtained separately. Juris Doctor/Master of Science in Health Outcomes Research & Evaluation (J.D./M.S.) Juris Doctor/Master of Health Administration (J.D./M.H.A.) Juris Doctor/Master of Public Health in Health Management and Policy (J.D./M.P.H.) Juris Doctor/Doctor of Philosophy in Health Care Ethics (J.D./Ph.D.)
MASTER OF LAWS IN HEALTH LAW 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 required to complete 24 credits of law courses and a master’s thesis of publishable quality, and are strongly encouraged to complete scholarly writing, attend seminars and participate in directed research projects. CERTIFICATE IN GERONTOLOGY The certificate in gerontology is an interdisciplinary, market-based educational opportunity for graduate students and working professionals to broaden their skill set and knowledge. It is a 15 credit-hour program. In addition to coursework, students will attend SLU’s Geriatric Education Center Summer Institute, a week-long opportunity to attend in-depth workshops, learn about the current practice of geriatric care in the community setting and attend plenary presentations about current research in assessment and intervention strategies. Students also gain real-world experience through a discipline-specific practicum with older adults.
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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. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS COMPETITIONS Each year, health law students compete in 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. 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 participate in case development and appellate advocacy concerning substantial legal matters such as state health policy.
ST. LOUIS FIELD PLACEMENTS HAVE INCLUDED: Ascension BJC Health System Express Scripts Hospital Sisters Health System Mercy Health SSM Health Saint Louis University School of Medicine U.S. Attorneys’ Offices U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
FIELD PLACEMENTS Field placements provide opportunities for law students to learn in health law practice settings. Placement experiences are intended to enrich students’ legal education through skill development, increased understanding of substantive law, development of professional responsibility and identity, and institutional understanding.
SUMMER REFLECTIONS: WORKING AT ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL Third-year health law student Aida Herenda spent the summer in Memphis, Tennessee, working as a legal intern in the Office of Legal Services at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. WHAT WERE SOME OF YOUR JOB DUTIES? My job duties included legal research on health care regulations to ensure that hospital policies reflected changes in laws and regulations. I researched a variety of legal issues for different departments of the hospital, including some contract review and employment law matters. I was also given the opportunity to attend clinical briefings where each department gave updates about their latest events, as well as patient care meetings where legal issues about specific patients were discussed.
HOW DID THE EXPERIENCE HELP YOU GROW AS A FUTURE LAWYER? I was able to witness how lawyers and other professionals interact to achieve the same goals and outcomes, how in-house counsel and outside counsel interact and work together, and I also learned that every branch of an organization must interact with the legal department in some capacity. DID THIS EXPERIENCE IMPACT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR J.D.? This experience really confirmed my passion for health law, and I hope to continue my interaction with the health care industry as I enter the practice of law. Read more at law.slu.edu.
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HEALTH LAW SEMESTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
AGENCY PLACEMENTS HAVE INCLUDED: U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Quality & Safety U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of General Counsel, Public Health Division U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of General Counsel, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of General Counsel Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition, Health Care Division
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. They also begin building a network of contacts within the federal government. D.C. 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. Students earn 12 to 14 credits through experiential learning and coursework. 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.
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SLU has great relationships with different federal health agencies in D.C. and a lot of resources in D.C. once you’re there. SLU also sets you up with a mentor who’s an alum in D.C., so I’ve been able to get a lot of great career advice. Our faculty and our advisers are really great about getting you in touch with people who will help you further your interests or whatever you want to do in health law.” TESS HEJNA (’18)
SLU LAW intern in the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health and Human Services
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ACCESS TO YOUR FUTURE
SELECTED CITIES WITH HEALTH LAW ALUMNI
1,300+ ALUMNI NATIONWIDE
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. SELECTED HEALTH LAW STUDENT SUMMER EXPERIENCES, IN ADDITION TO PRIVATE LAW FIRMS
SEATTLE
BJC Health System, St. Louis
BANGOR
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta Centura Health, Denver The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
CARSON CITY SAN FRANCISCO
Disability Rights, Chicago Families U.S.A., Washington, D.C.
SALT LAKE CITY
LAS VEGAS
The Mayo Clinic National Health Law Project, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles
OMAHA
LOS ANGELES TUCSON
Presence Health, Chicago
MEMPHIS
RALEIGH CHARLOTTE
DALLAS
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
AUSTIN
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Washington, D.C.
NASHVILLE
ATLANTA
LAS CRUCES
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora
LOUISVILLE
ST. LOUIS TULSA
PHOENIX
National Rural Health Association, Washington, D.C.
PROVIDENCE NEW YORK CLEVELAND CHICAGO PITTSBURGH BALTIMORE INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON, D.C. CINCINNATI
DENVER KANSAS CITY COLORADO SPRINGS
The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, Baltimore LEO Pharma, Madison, N.J.
BOSTON
MINNEAPOLIS MILWAUKEE
ANCHORAGE ALASKA
HOUSTON
NEW ORLEANS
JACKSONVILLE ORLANDO MIAMI
U.S. Department of Justice SELECTED EMPLOYERS OF OUR HEALTH LAW ALUMNI Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Hospital Sisters Health System
Norton Rose Fulbright
Ascension
Express Scripts
Husch Blackwell LLP
Polsinelli
BJC Health System
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.
King & Spalding LLP
Quarles & Brady LLP
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman, P.C. Lewis Rice L.C.
Centene Corporation
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Ernst & Young
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, P.C.
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services National Disability Rights Network Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Justice
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard P.C. Washington University School of Medicine Sidley Austin LLP Texas Department of Insurance Thompson Coburn LLP The National Consumer Voice for U.S. Food and Drug Administration Quality Long Term Care
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DESPITE BEING SIX YEARS OUT OF LAW SCHOOL, ASHA NATARAJAN PUTS HER SLU LAW EDUCATION TO WORK EVERY DAY.
We had an entire class on the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute and learned why it makes health care business just so much more high risk. It was unbelievable to have that working knowledge going into practice. Nearly everything I do has potential fraud and abuse implications in some way.” ASHA NATARAJAN, J.D., M.P.H. (’12)
Associate, DLA Piper, New York
Photo by Bruce Gilbert
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ACCESS TO RENOWNED SCHOL ARS AND PRACTITIONERS
The Center for Health Law Studies’ strong national reputation gives students exposure to some of the best legal minds in the country.
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES
PRACTITIONER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM
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.
The Practitioner-in-Residence program allows the Center to host a visiting health law attorney 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.
The Distinguished Speaker Series has included:
Practitioners-In-Residence the Center has welcomed:
DANIEL E. DAWES, executive director of government affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine; health law and policy lecturer, Satcher Health Leadership Institute
VENCE L. BONHAM JR., senior advisor to the NHGRI director on genomics and health disparities, National Human Genome Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
LINDSAY F. WILEY, professor of law, American University Washington College of Law
RITU KAUR COOPER (LL.M. ’05), attorney, Hall Render Killian Health & Lyman PC, Washington D.C.
NICHOLAS BAGLEY, professor of law, University of Michigan Law School CELESTE DAVIS, regional manager, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Civil Rights, Region V DAYNA BOWEN MATTHEW, professor of law, University of Virgina School of Law PETER LEIBOLD, chief advocacy officer, Ascension ; former executive vice president and chief executive officer, American Health Lawyers Association MARICE ASHE, founder and CEO, ChangeLab Solutions
MARGARET DONNELLY (’88), former director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services MELINDA J. DUTTON, partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, New York JAMES G. SHEEHAN, chief of Charities Bureau, New York State Attorney General’s Office SUSAN STEFAN, former director of the Emergency Department Project at the Center for Public Representation
ARTI RAI, professor of law, Duke Law School, Duke Law Center for Innovation Policy RON POLLACK, founding executive director, Families USA
HEALTH LAW SCHOLARS The Center for Health Law Studies and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics host the Health Law Scholars Workshop each fall at SLU LAW. This collegial forum allows new health law and bioethics faculty from law schools around the country to present works-in-progress and receive advice from experienced health law and bioethics scholars.
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ANNUAL HEALTH LAW SYMPOSIUM
ROBERT GATTER
Director, Center for Health Law Studies; Professor
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 timely issues in health law and policy. RECENT SYMPOSIA HAVE INCLUDED: Public Health Law in the Era of Alternative Facts, Isolationism, and the One Percent (2018) Coping with Health Care Market Concentration (2017) Dying Fast & Slow: Improving Quality of Dying and Preventing Untimely Deaths (2016) The ADA at 25: Disability Rights and the Healthcare Workforce (2015) Health Care Reform, Transition and Transformation in Long-Term Care (2014) Regulating Dual-Use Research in Life Sciences (2013)
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ELIZABETH PENDO
Joseph J. Simeone Professor of Law
T RULY
LAW -IN SP IR I N G .
O U R FA C U LT Y L I T E R A L LY W R O T E T H E B O O K O N H E A LT H L AW.
FA C U LT Y + S TA F F ROBERT GATTER
Director, Center for Health Law Studies; Professor; Professor of Health Management and Policy, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice
HEALTH LAW COURSES & SEMINARS RUQAIIJAH YEARBY
Professor; Director, University Social Justice Institute
Antitrust Law Bioethics and the Law (PL)
AMY N. SANDERS
Associate Director, Center for Health Law Studies; Instructor
ELIZABETH PENDO
Joseph J. Simeone Professor of Law
Disability Law (PL) Employee Benefits Law FDA Law and Policy Fraud, Abuse and Health Care Regulation Health Care Compliance & Law
CHERYL COOPER
Program Coordinator
SIDNEY D. WATSON
Jane and Bruce Robert Professor
Health Care Financing and Business Planning Health Care Law Health Care Regulation Health Law Agency Practice (E)
KATHLEEN E. CASEY
Assistant Professor of Legal Research
JESSE A. GOLDNER
John D. Valentine Professor of Law Emeritus
Health Law Externship in DC Health Law Moot Court Competition Health Law, Policy and Advocacy I & II (E) HIPAA Privacy Law
ANA SANTOS RUTSCHMAN
Assistant Professor
THOMAS L. GREANEY
Chester A. Myers Professor of Law Emeritus
Information Privacy Law Insurance Law Public Health Law (PL) Transactional Health Care Practice
MALCOLM J. HARKINS III
Professor of Practice; Adjunct Professor
SANDRA H. JOHNSON
Professor Emerita
Health Law Transactional Competition Seminar: Access to Health Care Seminar: Food and Drug Law
A D J U N C T FA C U LT Y BOB CARLSON
Missouri Attorney General’s Office
PETER EGGERS
Associate, Polsinelli
DONN H. HERRING
Spencer Fane LLP
JAMES MCADAMS
Missouri Office of Administration
CHRISTINA Z. RANDOLPH
Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP
ANDREW J. VOSS
Shareholder, Polsinelli
SECONDARY APPOINTMENT
Seminar: Innovation, Law and Policy in Biomedical Technologies Seminar: Issues in Non-Profit Organizations
HAROLD BRASWELL
Assistant Professor, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, Saint Louis University
ELIZABETH CHIARELLO
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Saint Louis University
HEATHER BEDNAREK
Associate Professor, Economics, Chaifetz School of Business Saint Louis University
FRED ROTTNEK
Director, Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine; Medical Director, Physician Assistant Program, Saint Louis University Doisy College of Health Sciences
CONTACT INFO
SLU.EDU/LAW/HEALTH
(314) 977-8176 HEALTHLAW@SLU.EDU
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