Health Law

Health Law Ranked #27 by U.S. News (2027 Edition) 

DePaul’s nationally ranked Health Law Program prepares you to work at the center of a field shaped by complex regulation, evolving policy and real-world questions of access, ethics and care. You’ll study health law through both theory and practice, with opportunities to build focused experience in areas such as compliance, health care delivery, public health and policy. Along the way, you can shape a course of study that reflects your goals and prepares you to navigate the legal challenges facing today’s health care landscape.

JD Certificate Programs 

Health Care Compliance (CCB-accredited)

Prepare for the growing field of health care compliance with a CCB-accredited curriculum that helps you build the legal and practical skills to advise health care organizations, law firms, government agencies and corporations on compliance issues. Graduates also are prepared to sit for Compliance Certification Board health care compliance exams.

Health Law

Build a strong foundation in the structure, regulation and delivery of health care. After completing two required core courses, you’ll choose from a range of electives that allow you to tailor your studies to your interests. Students who want additional focus may use recommended pathways in corporate, public service or governmental/regulatory health to guide course selection. (Please note that the certificate does not list a specific track and course offerings may vary from year to year.)

Degree Programs

• JD/LLM in Health Law
• LLM in Health Law
• Health Care Compliance Certification Program​

Center, Institutes and Initiatives

• Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute​

Student Journals and Organizations

• DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

Lawyering Skills Courses

• Professional Skills Courses
  • Legal Drafting: Health Law
  • Practice of Health Care Law
• Health Law Moot Court

• Externships with leading health care organizations, nonprofits and government agencies. These placements are supervised by experienced attorneys and offer a front-row seat to the legal and regulatory issues shaping health care today, including compliance, ethics, patient rights, public health and more. Working closely with site supervisors and faculty mentors, you’ll take on real legal work that matters, researching complex issues, analyzing policy and helping organizations improve care delivery. 

  One longstanding opportunity is with the Office of General Counsel at the American Medical Association (AMA), which hosts DePaul externs annually. At the AMA’s downtown Chicago headquarters, you’ll work alongside health and corporate law attorneys on legal memoranda, litigation support materials and advocacy projects. It’s a rare chance to see the inner workings of one of the most influential medical associations in the country while building the writing, analysis and professional skills that set you apart.

  Recent health law externship placements include:

Upper-Level Courses

*Representative selection; course offerings may vary from year to year