印第安纳大学与普渡大学印第安纳波里斯联合分校

The first is a J.D. degree from the IU McKinney School of Law, complete with the theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and hands-on experience that all of our graduates receive. The second is a graduate degree from one of our seven partner schools.

The second degree imparts an extensive knowledge base and a skill set that gives you a substantial edge over your competition and prepares you well for a career in a specialized field.

This program can help you to understand and shape the role of the law in promoting public health. It can also help you to pursue a career in regulating the financing and delivery of health care services. Professional opportunities include government health or environmental agencies, private firms, and universities. [view brochure]

As a candidate in this program, you will study law courses your first year, mostly public health courses your second year, and primarily law courses in your third and fourth years, including internships in health or environmental law.

You will also be required to complete a research paper on a topic that addresses both law and health. This paper satisfies both the Advanced Research and Writing Requirement in the School of Law and the concentration project in the Department of Public Health.

Requirements: 82 credit hours of law courses; 37 credit hours of public health courses; research paper.

The joint Juris Doctor and Master of Public Health in Health Policy and Management (JD-MPH) program between the Robert H. McKinney School of Law and the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health provides students with an interdisciplinary curriculum in law and health policy and management. Students are trained to address the legalities, issues and problems affecting personal and public health.

Competencies

Graduates will be able to:

• Discuss the policy process for improving the health status of populations.
• Apply principles of strategic planning and organizational development to public health agencies.
• Demonstrate communication and leadership skills required for building community and organizational capacity.
• Apply the principles of budgeting, management and performance evaluation in organizational and community initiatives.
• Understand the overarching policy arguments that influence the provision of health care, its financing, and the regulation of health care actors.
• Build upon an existing base of legal knowledge (e.g., contract law, torts, and administrative law) & skills (writing and analysis) to succeed in a health law career.
• Comprehend the complex relationships among health care stakeholders and the legal, ethical, and political constraints that apply to those relationships.
• Understand the complex interaction of federal and state (statutory, regulatory and case-based) laws that defines health law.
• Appreciate that health law is a rapidly changing area of law and requires considerable effort to remain current and advise shifting sets of stakeholders.

Careers

Graduates can apply for positions as a:

• Health Care Compliance Attorney
• Assistant Chief Counsel for Litigation
• Board of Health, Commissioner
• County, City, or State Health Official
• Private Practice Attorney