“ The work students do in the Clinic is so much more
than a class project. So far, we have presented our research
and recommendations to high level decision makers
and have seen results.”
—Julia Wolfson, MPP; PhD candidate 2016
Through the Clinic, students will learn from legislators, regulators, litigators, and public health experts
THE JOHNS HOPKINS
BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PU BL IC HEALTH
Clinic for
Public Health
Law & Policy
Real Issues.
Real Remedies.
Real Impact.
to propose and implement feasible legal and policy
solutions.
The faculty of the Clinic for Public Health Law &
Policy is led by Stephen Teret, JD, MPH, who shares
teaching and mentoring duties with Joanne Rosen,
JD, MA; James Miller, JD, MPH; and Anna Davis,
JD, MPH. To learn more about the Clinic, contact
Anna Davis at [email protected].
Clinic for Public Health Law and Policy
624 N. Broadway, 5th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21205-1996
410-955-7625
www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/
center-for-law-and-the-publics-health
“ The Clinic was undoubtedly
a highlight of my Hopkins experience.
It is an accurate representation of the
openness, helpfulness, and resourcefulness of faculty which sets Hopkins
apart from other schools of public
health. With the guidance and
insight of experts, the clinic is a
unique opportunity for students to
accomplish precisely what we came
here to do—to positively affect the
world of public health.”
— Natalie Draisin, MPH/MBA candidate 2015
Students using the law as a tool
to advance public health.
In a first-of-its-kind program, the Clinic for Public
in violation of state and federal law and bioethical
Health Law & Policy provides a unique experiential
principles?
learning opportunity for students to help solve real,
The faculty—a team of dedicated public health
current, and compelling public health problems.
lawyers—provide students with direction and
Clinic students work collaboratively to find feasible
resources, but the students take a leadership role
solutions to these problems by designing appropriate
in setting the agenda for each class, researching the
law and policy interventions.
science and the law, and formulating the proposed
Clinic Projects
policy recommendations.
Each year the Clinic takes on an important public
health issue for which there is no obvious or immediate solution. In so doing, students are challenged to
explore and evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility
of innovative legal, policy, and regulatory strategies.
In past Clinics, students have tackled such concerns
as the trend of adding caffeine to foods like waffles
and potato chips or the need to reduce salt in foods
served to elderly residents of long-term-care facilities
in Maryland. This year, students in the Clinic will
take on the controversial topic of death by lethal
injection. Recent shortages in the availability of the
primary drugs used for lethal injection have left states
scrambling to procure new drugs or to develop new
drug combinations in order to carry out executions.
But at what peril? Do these practices constitute human subject experimentation on death row inmates
“The Clinic represents the most meaningful academic
experience I’ve had thus far as a Hopkins graduate
student. Students tackle important, real-world issues.
We are given unparalleled access to experts to
strengthen our case, and the faculty provide
invaluable guidance throughout the entire process.
Ultimately though, this is largely a student run
course, and that is the best part. We realize that we
are not vying for a grade, but for a tangible impact.
This class reminds us of why we are getting an MPH
in the first place: to make a difference.”
—Sadie Barr, MPH/MBA candidate 2015