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Congratulations to the Mitchell Hamline health law faculty on their accomplishments. Date range: December 2015 – February 2016 Blanke, Doug PANEL 12/1/2015 AHA Obesity Prevention Grants Committee Public Health Law Center Director Doug Blanke participated in the annual meeting of the American Heart Association’s obesity prevention grants committee in Dallas, and facilitated discussion of potential …

Health law faculty accomplishments

The Mitchell Hamline Health Law Institute has climbed ahead one spot in the U.S. News and World Report 2017 Health Care Law program rankings, from 13th to 12th. HLI is the top-ranked health law program in Minnesota. U.S. News & World Report 2017 Health Care Law Program Rankings

Health Law Institute climbs to 12th in rankings

“From March 2nd through March 5th I attended the ABA Health Law Section’s 17th Annual Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law Conference (EMI) in San Diego, CA. Each year, the Health Law Section awards up to five scholarships to law students from across the country to attend EMI. The application required a letter of recommendation (thank you, …

Cowart, J.D. ’16, wins scholarship, attends ABA Health Law Section Conference

Marla Berkow, a May 2014 graduate of the online Health Care Compliance Certificate program, has been published in the March 2016 issue of Compliance Today. Her article is entitled, “Tending the compliance garden: Maintaining an ethical organizational culture.” Berkow is the Corporate Compliance Officer and Privacy Officer at the Gateway Foundation in Chicago.

Marla Berkow, Health Care Compliance Graduate ’14, published in Compliance Today

The Minnesota State Bar Association Health Law and Food, Drug, & Device Sections have each set their student writing competition deadlines for Friday, April 15, 2016. Each competition will award a $500 first place cash prize, $250 second place cash prize, and $100 third place cash prize. Student participants in the Health Law Section competition …

Health Law and Food, Drug, & Device Student Writing Competition Deadlines on April 15, 2016

Join the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Health Law Institute in summer 2016 completely online for two cutting edge courses. HIPAA Privacy June 1-29, 2016 Online 2 academic credits Faculty: Sheri Beck, Privacy Officer, Prime Therapeutics Barbara Colombo, Assistant Teaching Professor; Director, Health Care Compliance Program, Mitchell Hamline School of Law Medical Marijuana Law: State …

Summer 2016 Online Health Law Courses: HIPAA Privacy & Medical Marijuana

5th Annual Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition Featuring luncheon speaker, Daniel Levinson, JD, Inspector General, US Department of Health & Human Services Saturday, April 2, 2016, 8am-3pm, Baltimore, MD Registration, travel, lodging, and meal expenses covered (up to a $950 value) Hosted by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law The …

Apply now! Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition

Mitchell Hamline School of Law will be hosting its first moot court competition as a new law school in February. The William C. McGee Civil Rights Moot Court Competition in its 31st year will be held February 18, 19 & 20, 2016. The oral argument phase of this year’s competition will take place at Hamline’s …

Moot Court Judges Needed for Health Law Problem