This special issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics is devoted to a unique faculty fellowship program, called The Future of Public Health Law Education, which promoted educational innovations in public health law during the 2014-2015 academic year. This article provides an overview of the fellowship program and a roadmap for understanding the common themes that cut across the ten faculty fellows' diverse curricular projects.
The website for the Network for Public Health Law is available at <https://www.networkforphl.org/> (last visited January 6, 2016).
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The website for the Public Health Law Research program is available at <http://publichealthlawresearch.org/> (last visited January 6, 2016).
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For a discussion of these online resources, see S. P.Kershner, “Best Practices for Teaching Public Health Law: Two Online Resource Libraries,”Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 93–96.
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E.Wenger, Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998): at xiii.
For a discussion of the deans’ involvement with the fellowship program, see D.Hoffmann, “The Importance of Including the Deans,”Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 81–86.
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See, e.g., C.Scott, “Collaborations with the Real World: Opportunities for Developing Skills and Values in Law Teaching,”Indiana Health Law Review9, no. 2 (2012): 409–453.
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See, generally, W. M.Sullivan, A.Colby, J. W.Wegner, L.Bond, and L. S.Shulman, Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007); R. Stuckey et al., Best Practices for Legal Education: A Vision and a Roadmap (Clinical Legal Education Association, 2007). For a current discussion of experiential learning in law schools, see D. Maranville with C. Batt, L. R. Bliss, and C. W. Kaas, “Incorporating Experiential Education throughout the Curriculum,” in D. Maranville, L. R Bliss, C. W. Kaas, and A. S. Lopez, eds., Building on Best Practices: Transforming Legal Education in a Changing World (San Francisco: Matthew Bender & Co., 2015): at 162–187.
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A. F.Repko, “Assessing Interdisciplinary Learning Outcomes,”Academic Exchange Quarterly12 (2008): at 171-178, available at <https://www.spcollege.edu/CriticalThinking/documents/2012FallCTI/Rawa_IDS_LEARNING_OUTCOMES.pdf> (last visited January 6, 2016). For a discussion of the benefits of interdisciplinary education in the context of law schools, see L. R. Bliss, S. B. Caley, P. Roberts, E. F. Suski, and R. Pettignano, “Interprofessional Education,” in D. Maranville et al., supra note 10, at 389–399.
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The program team consisted of Charity Scott; Stacie Kershner, associate director of the Center for Law, Health & Society at Georgia State University College of Law and co-project director for the fellowship program; Cassie Hayasaka, then administrative specialist (now program manager) at the Center for Law, Health & Society; Angela McGowan, the RWJF senior program officer until the end of summer institute; Nancy Kaufman, RWJF consultant and program evaluator and president, The Strategic Vision Group; Diane Hoffmann, deans’ consultant for the program and Professor of Law and Director, Law and Health Care Program, Francis King Carey School of Law; and Debra Gerardi, consultant and coach for navigating conflict and for professional and leadership development, and chief creative officer of EHCCO. One of the mentors, Leslie E. Wolf, law professor at Georgia State University College of Law, also served as a program team member in the initial planning and fellow-selection phases before the summer institute.
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N. J.Kaufman and C.Scott, “Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned from Creating a Faculty Fellowship Program,”Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 97–106.
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Kimberly Cogdell Boies, J.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor and Director of the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Institute, North Carolina Central University School of Law (see K. C.Boies, “Promoting Diversity in Public Health Law through Online Education,”Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 24-29); Amy T. Campbell, J.D., M.B.E., Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Health Law & Policy, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, University of Memphis (see A. T. Campbell, “Building a Public Health Law and Policy Curriculum to Promote Skills and Community Engagement,” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 30-34); Sarah Davis, J.D., M.P.A., Clinical Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School and Associate Director of the Center for Patient Partnerships (see S. Davis, “Educating the New Public Health Law Professional,” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 35-40); Robert Gatter, J.D., M.A., Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Health Law Studies, Saint Louis University School of Law, and Professor of Health Management and Policy, Saint Louis University College of Public Health and Social Justice (see R. Gatter, “Teaching Population Health Outcomes Research, Advocacy, and the Population Health Perspective in Public Health Law,” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 41-44); Jennifer L. Herbst, J.D., M.B.E., LL.M., Associate Professor of Law and Medical Sciences, Quinnipiac University School of Law and Frank H. Netter, M.D., School of Medicine (see J. L. Herbst, “Public Health Law as a Way to Explore and Develop Professional Identity,” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 45-50); Laura D. Hermer, J.D., L.L.M., Associate Professor, Hamline University School of Law (see L. D. Hermer, “Expanding Interdisciplinary Learning Opportunities on a Shoestring through a Medical-Legal Partnership,” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 51–55.
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Micah L. Berman, J.D., Assistant Professor, Ohio State University’s College of Public Health and Moritz College of Law (see M. L.Berman, “Combining Accreditation and Education: An Interdisciplinary Public Health Law Course,”Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 18-23); Elizabeth (Bjerke) Van Nostrand, J.D., Assistant Professor in Health Policy and Management and Adjunct Professor in School of Law, University of Pittsburgh (see E. B. Van Nostrand, “Tearing Down the Silos: An Interdisciplinary, Practice-Based Approach to Graduate School Education,” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 69-75).
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Elizabeth Tobin Tyler, J.D., M.A., Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Warren Alpert Medical School and the School of Public Health at Brown University, and Adjunct Professor of Law, Roger Williams University School of Law. See E. TobinTyler, “Teaching Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Improving Population Health through Law and Policy,”Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 62–68.
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Heather A. McCabe, J.D., M.S.W., Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Social Work; Adjunct Professor, Robert H. McKinney Indiana University School of Law; and Adjunct Professor, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. See H. A.McCabe, “Seminar in Public Health Law and Policy in an Interprofessional Setting: Preparing Practitioners for Collaborative Practice at the Macro Level,”Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 56–61.
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See essays by Boies and Davis, supra note 14, in this supplement issue of JLME.
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The mentors were: Mary Crossley, Professor of Law and former Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; James G. Hodge, Jr., Lincoln Professor of Health Law and Ethics and Director, Public Health Law and Policy Program, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University; Kathleen Hoke, Law School Professor and Director, Legal Resource Center for Public Health Policy, Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland; Ross D. Silverman, Professor of Health Law and Management, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University; and Leslie E. Wolf, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Law, Health & Society, Georgia State University College of Law.
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M.Crossley and R. D.Silverman, “Reflections on Mentoring,”Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 76–80.
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T.Rath, StrengthsFinder 2.0 (New York: Gallup Press, 2007).
For the deans’ perspectives on the fellowship program and their roles in it, see Hoffmann, supra note 8.
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They were Michael Hunter Schwartz, Dean and Professor of Law, and Kelly Terry, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Public Service Externship Program and Pro Bono Opportunities, William H. Bowen School of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. See, generally, M. H.Schwartz, G. F.Hess, and S. M.Sparrow, What the Best Law Teachers Do (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013).
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See H.Owen, “A Brief User’s Guide to Open Space Technology,”available at <http://www.openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm> (last visited January 6, 2016) (“Open Space Technology requires very few advance elements. There must be a clear and compelling theme, an interested and committed group, time and a place, and a leader. Detailed advance agendas, plans, and materials are not only un-needed, they are usually counterproductive.”).
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See Kaufman and Scott, supra note 13.
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For a discussion by the professional coach, Debra Gerardi, about the professional development dimension of the summer institute and fellowship program, see D.Gerardi, “Polishing the Apple: A Holistic Approach to Developing Public Health Law Educators as Leaders of Change,”Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 87–92.
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These invited public health law experts were: Scott Burris, J.D., Professor of Law at Temple Law School, where he directs the Center for Health Law, Policy and Practice and RWJF’s Research on Policy and Law program, and Professor, Temple’s School of Public Health; Gene Matthews, Senior Investigator, North Carolina Institute for Public Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, and Director, Southeast Region, Network for Public Health Law; and Wendy Parmet, Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Director of the Program on Health Policy and Law, and Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Northeastern University School of Law.
Network for Public Health Law, “Public Health Law Faculty Teaching Resources,”available at <https://www.networkforphl.org/faculty_teaching_resources/> (last visited January 6, 2016) (this site is password protected; faculty may request a password from the Network on the site).
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New teaching resources may be submitted by filling out the form through Network for Public Health Law, “Submit a Resource,”available at <https://www.networkforphl.org/faculty_teaching_resources/submit_a_resource/> (last visited January 6, 2016) (this site is password protected; faculty may request a password from the Network on the site).
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The quotations in this article are taken from the quoted fellows’ final reports, which are on file with the author. Permission has been granted to include their quotes in this essay.
