Health Law

Sample of Recent Health Law Events

Risk Regulation Seminar:"Is EPA Failing to Protect Public Health? New Directions for Risk Assessment in the Incoming Administration and Beyond," Thomas Burke
Director Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Jan. 27, 2009).

2008 Elections & Reproductive Justice, An examination of the impact of the Presidential and Congressional elections' potential impact on reproductive rights and access to reproductive health services in the U.S. (Oct. 6, 2008).

JD/MBE Information Session, about the dual degree and how young lawyers can use it. (Apr. 17, 2008).

Film Screening: Legal But Out of Reach, Penn Law for Reproductive Justice and the Women's Medical Fund present "Legal But Out of Reach," a film exploring abortion access in the United States. (Apr. 16, 2008).

The Effects of Privatization of Health Care on Prison Medical Care, co-sponsored by the Prisoners Legal Education Project and the Penn Law Bioethics Society, panel of professors and practitioners discuss the trend towards privatizing health care in our nation's prisons, and the effect that this shift has on medical care for inmates. (Apr. 8, 2008).

Animal Law Project & Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Speaker, Gene Baur, president and cofounder of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, discuss the inadequacy of laws pertaining to the welfare of animals in the U.S. food industry. (Apr. 3, 2008).

Animal Law Project Spring Conference, student research presentations on contemporary animal law topics to students, faculty, practitioners, and others interested in animal law (Mar. 29, 2008).

Bioethics, Law and Public Policy Society Discussion Group (Mar. 26, 2008).
Doctors, Discipline, and the Death Penalty: Professional Implications of Safe Harbor and Exclusionary Statutes, Nadia Sawicki, inaugural Penn Law Sharswood Fellow (Mar. 5, 2008).

Communicating with Adolescents, Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, Speaker Affiliation: Dept. of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Feb. 25, 2008).

Discussion on Biosecurity Law, Professor Barry Kellman, Director of the International Weapons Control Center at the DePaul University College of Law (Feb. 11.2008).

Roe v. Wade 35th Anniversary Celebration, 35th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Celebration. This will be a cocktail event honoring service providers held in conjunction with Pennsylvanians for Choice (Jan. 22, 2008).