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Title: Masters of Law (LL.M.) in Global Health Law
Job Location: Washington D.C.
Georgetown University Law Center invites student candidates to apply for its new Masters of Laws (LL.M.) in Global Health Law. This full- or part-time intensive course of study, under the direction of Lawrence O. Gostin, J.D., LL.D. (Hon.), Associate Dean and O’Neill Professor of Global Health Law, is open to highly qualified candidates in public and private sectors with their J.D. (or first degree in law from outside the U.S.) and specific interest in global health law, policy, ethics, and human rights.
Health laws and policies are increasingly transnational in the modern era. Trade, commerce, travel, environment, war, and terrorism transcend boundaries and profoundly impact individual and communal health. Protecting the public’s health and improving individual health outcomes increasingly involve national and international innovation and collaboration through legal systems. A comprehensive approach to global health law involves multiple, interrelated fields including health, trade, economics, intellectual property, human rights, ethics, and national security.
Georgetown University Law Center offers graduate students a unique opportunity to formally study global and domestic health law. As the nation’s largest school of law, Georgetown combines preeminent faculty with a diverse and talented student body located in Washington, D.C. The Global Health Law Program offers lawyers working nationally and internationally the opportunity to advance their knowledge and skills through focused studies in core legal and policy courses on global and national health, individual and public health, human rights, bioethics, international economics, biotechnology, and science. Additional coursework may focus on other areas of legal interest, including disabilities, environment, insurance, intellectual property, international trade, patents, and refugees. Significant opportunities for independent student research also exist.
Students will join the dynamic environment of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. The O’Neill Institute’s mission is to find innovate solutions for the most pressing health concerns facing the nation and the world through research, scholarship, and reflective engagement with partners in the public and private sectors.
The Global Health Law Program seeks to develop future leaders in international and national health law and policy. Motivated candidates from governmental or private sector backgrounds may enhance their leadership skills by working on international and regional projects at the intersection of law, policy, and health through the O'Neill Institute, the Georgetown Human Rights Institute, and other externship programs.
For more information about the Program, please see Georgetown's website at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/graduate/globalhealth.htm.
Applications for foreign- and domestic-trained attorneys are now being accepted. To apply, please refer to Georgetown's website at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/admissions/llm_general.html. Specific inquiries concerning applications may be directed to: llmadmis@law.georgetown.edu.
Contact Information: For more information about the O’Neill Institute, visit our website at: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/oneillinstitute/
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