This article describes implementation of a longitudinal curriculum in public health law, building on doctrinal coursework with skills-based coursework and opportunities for interdisciplinary, community-based engagement and service learning. It specifically describes development of a Policy Practicum, giving an example of how law students can learn policy skills and skills of effective community coalition work through a healthy homes partnership, highlighting areas where the curriculum can incorporate interdisciplinary education. It offers lessons learned during the curriculum-building process, and concludes with a more intensive service-learning strategy through the development of a Policy Lab.
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See generally C.Scott, “Transforming the Future of Public Health Law Education through a Faculty Fellowship Program,”Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics44, no. 1, Supp. (2016): 6–17.
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The course syllabus and the legislative drafting exercise with teacher’s explanatory memo may be found at Network for Public Health Law, “Public Health Law Faculty Teaching Resources,”available at <https:/www.networkforphl.org/faculty_teaching_resources/> (last visited January 8, 2016) (this site is password protected; faculty may request a password from the Network on this site) (see “Health Policy Practicum” in the Syllabi section and “Legislative Drafting Exercise” in the Case Studies section of this website).
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Personal communication from Mary Roxana Rudolph, third-year law student in Health Policy Practicum, to author, February 22, 2015.
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Personal communication from Christina Watkins-Bolden, Supervisor of Community Collaborations, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, to author, April 27, 2015.
