Pitt Law’s Health Law Program, one of the oldest in the country, provides students with a basic grounding in the healthcare field, complemented by clinical experience and more in-depth study of advanced topics and closely related areas of law. Students are encouraged to obtain the same broad background in law expected of all graduates from Pitt Law.
The Health Law Program provides students with a strong foundation in health law that will enable them to practice in various contexts, including law firms, health care management firms and insurers, government, and health care institutions. A combination of classroom and skills components acquaints students with everything from complex business and legal transactions to bioethics and patient care issues to the variety of legal issues that arise in the operation of a healthcare institution. Students gain hands-on experience in these areas through their work in the Law School's clinics, externships, and summer jobs available in the health care setting.
Curriculum
| Requirements | Name of Course |
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| 1 Required Upper Level Course |
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2 Core Elective Courses |
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At Least 1 Additional Elective |
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2 Credits Minimum in a Skills Course |
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| A paper in satisfaction of upper-level writing requirement |
Students must earn a grade of B+ or higher on a paper that both satisfies the Upper Level Writing (ULW) and addresses a topic that falls within the health law spectrum. Students must have the topic of their paper approved by the Health Law Certificate Program Director |
| Additional Related Courses: Other Graduate-Level Courses |
Students may take a maximum of 6 credits of graduate-level courses outside the School of Law for credit toward the Health Law Certificate with permission of the program director. Especially relevant courses are those offered by the Department of Health Services Administration in the Graduate School of Public Health, the Center for Bioethics and Health Law, and the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie-Mellon University. |
