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Area of Interest Health, Food, and Drug Law

How can the law help us better react to the next pandemic, or safeguard the food we eat and the medications we take? With numerous centers, programs, and clinics, including the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, the Center for Health Law Policy and Innovation, and the Food Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law offers countless opportunities to learn from experts about the law’s role in promoting individual and public health and safety.

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Profiles

Emily Broad Leib

Emily Broad Leib ’08 on the rise in food insecurity and the need for a national food strategy

Emily M. Broad Leib ’08, faculty director of the Food Law and Policy Clinic, discusses food insecurity and the challenges and crises in the U.S.…

Faculty

HLS Professors

Visiting Professors & Lecturers

Clinics

Food Law and Policy Clinic

The Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC) provides students with the opportunity to practice using legal and policy tools in order to address the health,…

Government Lawyer: Semester in Washington Clinic

Students spend the entire Spring Term in Washington, D.C. working as legal interns in a variety of federal offices while taking an evening course on…

Health Law and Policy Clinic

Students enrolled in the Health Law and Policy Clinic will work on cutting-edge legislative, regulatory, and litigation projects at the state and national levels aimed…

International Human Rights Clinic

The International Human Rights Clinic works to protect the human rights of clients and communities around the world. Through supervised practice, students learn the responsibilities…

Research Programs and Centers

Animal Law & Policy Program

Petrie-Flom Center: Health Law, Biotech and Bioethics

Harvard Law School Project on Disability

Systemic Justice Project

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