Your Destination for Health Law & Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.

The Health Law and Policy Program at American University Washington College of Law is a nationally recognized destination for health law, policy, drug/device, and compliance studies in Washington, DC. Our curriculum and programming connect health law and policy scholars from across the country with policymakers and practitioners in our nation’s capital. Through outreach, training, conferences, career events, and student advising, the Health Law and Policy Program also ensures that AUWCL students specializing in health law graduate practice-ready and connected to opportunities. Our students benefit from a depth of health law course offerings and opportunities that few law schools are able to match, including in health care financing and delivery, health care compliance, food and drug law, health care privacy and data security, health care fraud and abuse, medical malpractice, bioethics and regulation of human subjects research, public health law, and global health law. The Health Law and Policy Program also administers the law school's Health Care Compliance Certificate, which is accredited by the Compliance Certification Board (CCB).