Welcome to the Health Law Section web page. Our goal for this page is to provide you with information about the Section structure, our activities, targeted updates on issues that affect your practice, and an easy way for you to communicate with the Section leaders and staff. We are always looking for ways to make this page better, so please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.

Vickie Yates Brown's Section Introduction

Pandemic Flu/Swine Flu (H1N1) Resources

ABA Health eSource: July Issue Available Online

The Health Lawyer: June 2009 Edition Available Online
(requires Section membership)

CDC Newsletter is Free!
The CDC Public Health Law News is a free electronic newsletter published weekly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Law Program.

ABA Health Law Section Publications! The second book in our Practical Guide series is now available. A Practical Guide to Medicare Appeals describes the steps necessary to successfully resolve appeals of all types of Medicare determinations. Co-authored by Kathleen Scully-Hayes and Daniel A. Cody.

Health Lawyer
This bi-monthly magazine provides informative articles that focus on a wide range of areas in the health law field and offers incisive analysis of key issues. Read More

ABA Health eSource! This is a monthly eNewsletter available for all members and interested parties.

Health Law Section Continuing Legal Education offerings cover a gamut of topics and issues. Read More

The Breast Cancer Advocacy Initiative has been developed to provide legal advocacy training to lawyers, provide resources for lawyers and consumers dealing with breast cancer, and educating women, attorneys and policymakers on the range of legal issues impacting women's health.

Apple iPod, Health Law Edition

Vickie Yates Brown, Section Chair and Chair of the Nominating Committee, is pleased to announce the slate for officers of the Section and the Section Governing Council. The slate will be voted on at the Section Business Meeting at the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago on August 1. The meeting will be held at the Swissôtel, Montreaux Salon 3, 2nd floor Event Centre, at 11:30 a.m. All members are invited to attend. Click here to view the slate.

Council Announced

The Health Law Section is looking for firms or organizations that offer summer law student internships. If your firm or organization has openings for interns, please send the name of the entity, whether the internship is paid or unpaid and an email contact to Simeon Carson at carsons@staff.abanet.org. The information will be posted on the Health Law Section Law Student web page as an information service for law students.

eHealth, Privacy & Security

The eHealth, Privacy & Security Interest Group focuses on cutting edge issues dealing with technology and privacy as they relate to healthcare. Substantive topics of interest to committee members include health information privacy and security, electronic communications, electronic transactions and telehealth. The Interest Group will seek to encourage discussion and debate on emerging legal issues in these areas.