Health Law Concentration

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Required Course

LAW 6083 Medical Malpractice and Healthcare Liability (3 hours)

Research

This requirement may be satisfied by one of the following:

Completion of a paper in LAW 5972-3 Seminar on a health law topic.
Completion of a case note or comment on a health law topic as a member of the Tulsa Law Review or the Energy Law Journal. The casenote or comment must be pre-approved by the health law concentration advisor.
Selection for and participation on a national team for the National Health Law Moot Court Competition. Students must enroll in LAW 5840-2 Advanced Competitions and earn two credits for this participation. See Section I.A.6.f (Advanced Competition) of the Policies and Regulations of the College of Law for the requirements for earning two credits in a competition.
A two-credit LAW 5861-2 Independent Research project that includes a law-review-quality research paper on a topic in health law. The research paper must be pre-approved by the health law concentration advisor. This option may be used to satisfy the research requirement only if a student, through no fault of the student, is unable to satisfy this requirement by any of the other available options and the student is otherwise eligible to enroll in LAW 5861-2 Independent Research , as set forth in Section I.A.5 (Independent Research) of the Policies and Regulations of the College of Law.

Electives

Two additional courses or seminars in health law chosen from the following:

Law Electives

Courses or seminars on a health law topic (other than a seminar used to satsify the research requirement) that have been approved for J.D. credit by the College of Law, including the following:

LAW 5342 Social Security Disability Law (2 hours)
LAW 6072 Forensic Psychology in Civil and Criminal Law (2 hours)

Non-law Elective

One graduate-level course that is related to health law from another college at The University of Tulsa. This course will count toward the six credits that students may take for J.D. credit from other TU colleges. The course must be pre-approved by the health law concentration advisor, and the student must be otherwise eligible to apply a non-law course toward the J.D. degree and follow instructions for approval of the course, as set forth in Section I.A.8 (University Credit) of the Policies and Regulations of the College of Law. Only one such graduate-level course may be used to satisfy the non-law elective requirement.

Externship

One externship in health law. The externship must be pre-approved by the health law concentration advisor and must otherwise comply with the requirements of Appendix C (Externships) of the Policies and Regulations of the College of Law. Only one externship may be used to satisfy the elective requirement.

Notes:

A student must declare the health law concentration to the concentration advisor and the Associate Dean for Student Affairs no later than the semester prior to the semester in which the student intends to graduate.

Students meeting the requirements for the health law concentration will receive a document signed by the concentration advisor and the Dean of the College of Law at the time of graduation.

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