HEALTH AND BIOMEDICAL LAW CONCENTRATION

Suffolk University Law School was the first law school in Massachusetts to establish a Concentration in Health and Biomedical Law, offering both day and evening division students the opportunity to academically distinguish themselves in this challenging, rapidly expanding and fast-paced field.

The Health Concentration complements Boston's rich health care environment. Boston is a national leader in medical care, health policy and law. It also has leading teaching hospitals, biomedical companies, and private and hospital-based research facilities in genetic sciences. The Health Concentration builds upon this wealth of health and biomedical activity.

The Health Concentration is designed to appeal to students with a broad variety of experiences. Students with no prior health care background may enroll and develop new areas of expertise for use upon graduation. Other Health Concentration students, especially those who are enrolled part-time in the evening division, are often physicians, nurses, social workers, hospital administrators, emergency medical technicians, and clinical researchers who wish to expand upon their existing skills in the legal arena. Still other students with backgrounds in insurance, information technology, biotechnology and related fields choose to enroll in the Health Concentration as it allows them to build upon their experience and open new career opportunities. Regardless of where they begin, students enrolled in the Health Concentration will develop an extensive understanding of the growing role of the law and lawyers in the ever-changing landscape of health care and biomedicine.

Students entering the Concentration are encouraged to design a program of study specific to their interests within the health and biomedical law field which will allow them to distinguish themselves academically in this challenging and evolving field of law. Ultimately, the goal of the Health and Biomedical Concentration is to provide academic excellence in health and biomedical legal studies and to be of invaluable assistance to Suffolk Law graduates seeking positions in this competitive market.