University of Utah : S.J. Quinney College of Law

Health Law Clinic

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The Health Law Clinic

2^nd and 3^rd year students

      The Health Law Clinic introduces students to current issues in medical care and treatment, including how to assure the quality of care and how to make medical care broadly available.  Students work in a wide variety of settings in which the issues of quality and access arise.  The Health Law Course provides a forum for students to share their experiences and explore these issues in greater depth.

Course: American Health Care System (3 cr., graded, Spring, 2009) is designed to introduce law students to the medical personnel, institutions, and health care delivery systems that they will inevitably encounter while participating in a variety of types of actions, including medical malpractice, personal injury, workers compensation, products liability, and age and disability discrimination. The course provides an introduction to the medical training, licensing, and peer review processes (including practical descriptions of the medical personnel hierarchy and the typical responsibilities of trainees and supervising physicians within the treatment team); a discussion of various common practice structures; a review of insurance and other healthcare financing structures (including fee for service, HMOs, and Medicare/Medicaid); and a summary of antitrust constraints on medical providers. This course also includes a policy-oriented discussion of the future of health care delivery and financing.

Placements:  (2 or 3 cr., P/F Spring Semester).  Placements are with a variety of health lawyers/health care institutions in the community and may include malpractice counsel, insurance companies, regulatory institutions, or professional associations.  Placements may also be arranged with health care providers or financing organizations.  Placements are individually arranged by the instructor in consultation with the student.   

  LAW 7361 Health Law Clinic

Students who have already taken Health Care Regulation, LAW 7780, Spring 2008 may enroll in only the clinical placement.

• Ethics (pdf)
• Requirements (pdf) 
• Interim Report Form (pdf)
• Final Report Form (pdf)