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Georgetown Law, University of Hong Kong Co-Host Conference on Intellectual Property, COVID-19 and Tackling Global Health Inequity

November 29, 2021 Health Law Impacting Change International & Comparative Law Technology, Communication, and Intellectual Property

Last Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated an emergent COVID-19 strain as a "variant of concern" and gave it the name "omicron." This news is not only upending international travel and stock markets, but also underscores the need to expedite vaccination in low-income countries.

World-Renowned Public Health Law Expert Lawrence Gostin Lays Out Vision of ‘Global Health Security’

October 20, 2021 Faculty Health Law International & Comparative Law

Georgetown Law Professor Lawrence Gostin has a vision: a world that harnesses the power of law to ensure that all people, regardless of race, wealth, or national origin, enjoy good health.

A closed playground in Victoria, Australia.

During a Pandemic, Health Law Lessons Emerge in Real Time

April 24, 2020 Health Law International & Comparative Law

The “central tension” in public health law is "balancing individual freedoms with the collective health and well-being of society.”

Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor, Professor David A. Hyman, and Professor Lawrence O. Gostin at the installation of Hyman (an expert on the regulation and financing of health care) as the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Health Law & Policy on November 13.

David Hyman Installed as the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Health Law & Policy

November 15, 2019 Faculty Health Law

Georgetown Law Professor David A. Hyman, an expert on the regulation and financing of health care, was installed as the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Health Law & Policy on November 13. “David is a great scholar who has defined health care policies…

University Professor Lawrence Gostin, the founding faculty director of Georgetown Law's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, was honored at the Georgetown Law Journal symposium on October 14.

The Georgetown Law Journal Presents Symposium on “Law and the Nation’s Health”

October 22, 2019 Health Law

When the student editors of The Georgetown Law Journal wanted to present their Volume 108 Symposium on “Law and the Nation’s Health,” they reached out to experts at institutions including Yale Law School, the University of Virginia School of Law…

New Faculty: Professor Yael Cannon

August 26, 2019 Faculty Health Law

The summer before college, Professor Yael Cannon volunteered through AmeriCorps with a food bank in Washington, D.C., driving a van to summer camps and public housing complexes, bringing food to low-income children who were no longer getting meals at school.

Rachel North (L'20) and her client, Ella Barnes-Williams (left), in front of the MedStar Georgetown Community Pediatrics' Kids Mobile Medical Van earlier this year. Barnes-Williams's family saw a Georgetown pediatrician and received a "legal check-up," resulting in a referral to the Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic. In Spring 2019, North helped to secure needed educational evaluations and services for Barnes-Williams's grandson.

Health Justice Alliance: Supporting D.C.’s Vulnerable Populations through Health and the Law

August 9, 2019 Clinics Health Law

For rising Georgetown Law 3L Rachel North, meeting Ella Barnes-Williams marked a turning point, an eye-opener ― and undoubtedly what North will one day recall as the start of a successful career in civil legal advocacy.

Brian Wallach (L'07) founded a nonprofit, I AM ALS, after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Brian Wallach (L’07): Combining Forces in the Fight Against ALS

August 8, 2019 Health Law Impacting Change Our Alumni

In November 2017, doctors handed Brian Wallach (L’07) a diagnosis that no one in their thirties expects to hear: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
But Wallach, a corporate partner at Skadden who worked for four years as a federal prosecutor, is not about to let anyone or anything determine the course of his own life. In January 2019, he launched a patient-led nonprofit called I AM ALS.

The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and The Lancet medical journal have teamed up to create a Lancet-O’Neill Institute Commission, chaired by University Professor Lawrence O. Gostin (pictured) and John T. Monahan (C’83, L’87), to explore the vital role of law in responding to major global health law challenges.

O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Celebrates Collaboration with The Lancet, Launch of New Report

May 3, 2019 Health Law International & Comparative Law

The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law has teamed up with The Lancet — the world’s oldest and best known medical journal — to examine how law can be used to advance the right to health in the United States and around the world.

Former White House counsel Don McGahn delivered opening remarks at the January 17 American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) conference on health care, hosted by Georgetown Law CLE.

Georgetown Law Hosts ABI Health Care Conference Featuring Don McGahn

January 29, 2019 Health Law

Regulatory reform in health care “helps economic growth, helps promote innovation, because it frees people to think a little differently,” former White House counsel Donald McGahn said in opening remarks at the January 17 American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) conference on health care, hosted by Georgetown Law Continuing Legal Education.

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