Health Law | OU Law

OU Law offers a range of foundational and elective health law courses that equip students with the information and skills necessary for a variety of healthcare law careers.

Foundational courses focus on key health care access, quality, liability, organization, and finance doctrine. Upper-level electives, including Bioethics and the Law, Health Data Confidentiality and Security, and Mental Health Law, offer students the opportunity to focus on current, cutting-edge issues in healthcare law. Students who choose to concentrate their studies in healthcare law will be prepared for a variety of career placement options. These options include large law firms with health law practice groups, boutique health law firms, for-profit and not-for-profit healthcare corporations, long-term care companies, pharmaceutical companies, medical device and equipment companies, orthotics and prosthetics companies, state and local public health departments, state Medicaid agencies, and federal and state enforcement agencies, just to name a few.

OU Law has a number of talented faculty who teach and conduct research in a wide variety of areas within healthcare law. Professor Stacey Tovino teaches a number of foundational and elective courses, including Health Care Access, Quality, and Liability; Health Care Organization, Finance, and Delivery; Health Data Confidentiality and Security; and Mental Health Law. Professor Tovino also serves as Faculty Advisor to the Disability Law Student Association. Professor Gail Mullins teaches Bioethics and the Law, a student favorite, and serves as Faculty Advisor to the Health Law Student Association. Healthcare law students also have the opportunity to enroll in directed research classes, to serve as research assistants to OU Law’s healthcare law faculty, and to participate in the National Health Law Moot Court Competition, creating additional curricular, research, and experiential opportunities.

Earn Your M.P.H. & J.D. Dual Degree.

Dual Degree

Students who wish to elevate their health law studies should consider enrolling in the Master of Public Health and Juris Doctorate dual degree program. Offered jointly by OU College of Law and the College of Public Health, the dual degree program emphasizes the growing intersection of law and public health and provides the opportunity for students to complete a three-year J.D. and a two-year M.P.H. in a combined four years of study.

Courses

Foundational Courses	Area-Specific Menu Courses	Electives, Experiential Learning, & Seminars	Complementary Courses
Health Care Access, Quality, & Liability Health Care Organization & Finance	Administrative Law Business Associations (3-4 hours) Conflict of Laws Family Law Remedies Torts II	Agricultural & Food Law Bioethics and the Law Seminar Health Data Confidentiality and Security Mental Health Law	Alternative Dispute Resolution Civil Clinic Employment Law Seminar Externships, if related Statutory Interpretation

Stacey Ann Tovino

Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research and John B. Turner LLM Program Chair in Law

Stacey.Tovino@ou.edu

Gail Mullins

Associate Dean of Graduate Programs & Experiential Learning and Associate Professor of Practice

gmullins@ou.edu

Student Association

Health Law Student Association

Student Associations

Explore health law with OU Law's LL.M. and online M.L.S. programs. Gain expertise in a dynamic field, whether you're advancing your legal career or expanding your healthcare knowledge.

LL.M. in Healthcare Law

M.L.S. in Healthcare Law