If you are an attorney with a focus on healthcare law and policy, the Doctor of Juridical Science in Health Law program offers the opportunity to develop your expertise. As a doctoral candidate, you will follow an individualized course of study, and you will focus your efforts on a specific health law topic in order to produce a dissertation worthy of publication. Applicants for the Doctor of Juridical Science in Health Law must possess a JD and either a LLM in Health Law or a related field, or a Masters in Health Administration or Public Health.
Curriculum
You may take courses designed to enhance your research skills, and you may also want to complete some
core health law courses or
elective health law courses depending on your previous experience. You will take an Advanced Research Methods course each semester, and you may perform fieldwork such as lectures or continuing education instruction.
During your second year, you will write a doctoral dissertation under the supervision of a member of the
Health Law Institute faculty. Your doctoral dissertation will be presented to both the doctoral committee and the health law community, and it must be on a subject within the expertise of the health law faculty such as:
- Healthcare liability
- Managed care legal issues
- Healthcare antitrust
- Bioethics, including reproductive technology and issues in death and dying
- Public Health
- Law and Science
- Toxic Torts
- Healthcare regulations and finance
- Bioterrorism
Contact Information Director: Professor John G. Culhane
Phone: (302)-477-2107
Email: jgculhane@widener.edu Secretary: Karla Harris
Phone: (302)-477-2704
Email: kmharris@mail.widener.edu