Monday, March 19, 12:00 PM, WCC 1019 Professor Michael Stein is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability. An internationally acclaimed expert on disability law and policy, Stein participated in the drafting of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, works with disabled persons organizations around […]
Join us for a talk with Trevor Hoppe, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany, SUNY, on his book, Punishing Disease: HIV and the criminalization of sickness. The book examines how and why U.S. policymakers and public health systems have adopted coercive and punitive responses to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. It also looks […]
The Sixth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium will feature leading experts discussing major developments during 2017 and what to watch out for in 2018. The discussion at this day-long event will cover hot topics in such areas as health policy under the new administration, regulatory issues in clinical research, law at the end-of-life, patient rights and […]
*RSVP required Please join the Harvard Health Law Society (HHLS) for a coffee chat with Professor Greenwald, clinical professor of law at Harvard Law School and faculty director of the Law School’s Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation. Professor Greenwald teaches seminars in public health law and policy and has been engaged in state […]
Monday, October 30 | 4:00PM-6:30PM Light hors d'oeuvre and reception to follow program Milstein West, in Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA 02138 Join The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School, The Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, and Community Servings as we take an in-depth look at new […]
Tuesday, October 03, 2017 | 12-1PM | WCC 1010 Join Larry Levitt for a talk about the future of the Affordable Care Act and health care in America. Larry Levitt is Senior Vice President for Special Initiatives at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Senior Advisor to the President of the Foundation. Prior to joining the […]
Friday, September 8, 2017 | 12:00pm-1:30pm | WCC 5048 Healthcare 101 This pre-clinic session will provide an overview of the American health care system and the fundamentals of how public and private insurance works. Through this session, students will establish a baseline working understanding of the core tenants of health care in America and critical programs […]
The inaugural Food is Medicine Symposium for the state of Indiana will be held on April 25, 2017. Featured will be strategies that have been successful around the country as well as in Indianapolis to improve health outcomes and lower healthcare costs using the Food is Medicine approach. Food is an effective component of preventive health care […]
People’s Law School 2017: Know Your Rights This year’s People’s Law School event will be held on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School. The event will feature a series of 1-hour “Know Your Rights” workshops on a variety of legal topics and will be free and open […]
Harvard Law School, Milstein East Repealing and replacing the ACA has been one of the top priorities of the Trump Administration and the current Congress. In response to the conservative assault on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid, several prominent health care, social, and economic justice groups formed the Protect our Care coalition to give […]