ABOUT THE HEALTH LAW INSTITUTEHealth care represents a significant part of the Minnesota and national economy. With the aging of the nation’s population, increasing state and federal regulation, public debates over bioethics and over funding of care, and continuing technological innovation, the importance of the health law field cannot be overstated. Students interested in health law will find a range of courses and learning opportunities at the Hamline University School of Law Health Law Institute. Our core curriculum probes topics such as state and federal regulation of medical relationships, the financing and organization of health care, comprehensive federal statutes, control of public health research, governmental response to infectious diseases and to natural disasters, medical dispute resolution, and use of humans as research subjects. Our law students participate in practicum placements for credit at private, governmental, and nonprofit health care institutions. Teams of students compete annually in the national health law moot court appellate competition. Our clinic in small business and nonprofit law facilitates student representation of clients form the health law community. Hamline's Health Law Institute enhances these learning opportunities with an expanded curriculum, the addition of educational programming for the larger health care community, development of academic research efforts and assistance with legislative agendas, nurturing of scholars in the field, and partnering with experts in intellectual property law, biotechnology development, and alternative dispute resolution in common educational ventures. The Health Law Institute is based on the model that has led to Hamline's Dispute Resolution Institute consistently being ranked among the top five in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
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