Events and conferences at the cutting edge of health law and policy are held every month of the academic year, including a series of events focused on domestic health policy and health care issues, driven in part by the passions of interested students.
All 2022-2023 Events
- September 7 | Roe Fell: What's Next for Lawyers and Advocates? A panel discussion featuring U.S. Senator Tina Smith, Professor Khiara M. Bridges, Maleeha Aziz, and Jenny Ma. Co-sponsored by the Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS), If/When/How, and the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy.
- September 8 | U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy MD '03, SOM '03: A Conversation on Health Policy, moderated by Professor Abbe Gluck '00.
- October 3 | Unpacking Bruen: What's Next for Regulating Guns in the Public Sphere? A panel discussion featuring Dana Bazelon, NY State Sentator Zellnor Y. Myrie, Professor Joseph Blocher, and NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin. Co-sponsored by the Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS).
- October 12 | Public Health and Racial Justice Approaches to Gun Violence A panel discussion featuring Aimee Carlisle, TJ Grayson '21, Marcus McAllister, and Dr. Joseph Richardson, Jr. Co-sponsored by the Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS) and Black Law Students Association.
- October 17 | Care for Trans Patients: Legal and Policy Challenges Around Access to Gender-Affirming Care A panel discussion featuring Professor Anne Alstott, Sasha Buchert, Dr. Meredithe McNamara, and Dr. Stuart Weinzeimer. Co-sponsored by the Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS), Trans@YLS, and OutLaws.
- October 24 | Understanding & Reforming Long-Term Care in the U.S. A panel discussion featuring Howard Bedlin, Dr. Robert "Tyler" Braun, and Allison Hoffman '04. Moderated by Professor Nina Kohn. Co-sponsored by Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS).
- October 31 | A Book Talk with Lewis Grossman and Peter Swenson Co-sponsored by Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS), Program for Humanities in Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, and Program in the History of Science and Medicine at Yale University.
- November 8 | Visions of Disability Justice: Recent Scholarship in the Field of Disability Law An event featuring Jasmine Harris '05, Jamelia Morgan '13, and Elizabeth Pendo. Co-sponsored by Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS) and Disabled Law Students Association (DLSA).
- November 10 | Monkeypox: Science, Law, and Governance of Pandemics An event featuring Gregg Gonsalves, Anne Rimoin, and Saad Omer. Co-sponsored by Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS) and Global Health and Justice Partnership (GHJP).
- November 15 | Guardianship Grand Rounds An event featuring Dr. James Lai, Dr. Joe Fickes, Melissa Lang, Heather Dostaler, and Carmine Perri. Co-sponsored by Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS) and Yale School of Medicine.
- January 23 | Roe 3.0 - How Dobbs Changed the Shape of the Reproductive Justice Conflict, featuring Linda Greenhouse MSL '78, Melissa Murray '02, Douglas NeJaime, Reva Siegel '86. Co-sponsored by the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice and the Information Society Project.
- February 2 | Race in the Roberts Court: Professor Khiara Bridges on Race, Abortion, and the Court, featuring Khiara M. Bridges, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law. Co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy at Yale (ACS), Black Law Students Association (BLSA), If/When/How, The Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice, and the Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS).
- February 6 | A Conversation on LGBTQI+ Health & Gender-Affirming Care with Admiral Rachel L. Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health, moderated by Professor Abbe Gluck '00 and Jacob Hutt '24. Co-sponsored by the Yale Section of Endocrinology and Diabetes of the Department of Pediatrics, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Department of Medicine, Yale General Internal Medicine, Yale Pediatric Gender Program, Yale Health Law and Policy Society (YHeLPS), American Constitution Society for Law and Policy at Yale (ACS), Trans@Yale, OutLaws, OutPatient, and Out in Public.
- Solomon Center Spring Spotlight Series
- February 9 | Harm Reduction Services in the United States: A State of the Union, featuring Ryan McNeil, Jenna Bluestein, Corey Davis, Mark Jenkins, and Christine Rodriguez. Co-hosted with the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine and The Action Lab at Northeastern University School of Law.
- February 16 | Leveraging Legal Tools to Access Harm Reduction Services, featuring Leo Beletsky, Taleed El-Sabawi, Rebekah Joab, Jennifer Oliva, Kellen Russoniello. Co-hosted with the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine and The Action Lab at Northeastern University School of Law.
- February 23 | Advancing Harm Reduction and Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment: Practical Tools & Lessons Learned for Healthcare Providers, featuring Melissa Weimer, Orman (Trent) Hall, Amelia Goff, Elizabeth Dinges, Tessa Rife, and Hansel Tookes III. Co-hosted with the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine and The Action Lab at Northeastern University School of Law.
- March 2-3 | Medical Legal Partnerships: Equity, Evaluation and Evolution Conference
- March 8 | Screening of Inhospitable Documentary and film discussion featuring Zack Cooper, Reshma Ramachandra, and Natasha Ray
- April 3 | Legal, Ethical, and Equity Issues Surrounding AI in Healthcare, featuring Sara Gerke, Sharona Hoffman, Collin Stultz, and Bonnie Kaplan. Cosponsored by the Information Society Project.
- April 4 | The Future of Medication Abortion: Regulation and Ongoing Litigation, featuring Lewis Grossman, Patricia Zettler, Ameet Sarpatwari, and Moderated by Bea Brown
- April 10 | Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion Cty v Talevski: Roundtable Discussion on Private Enforcement of Medicaid, featuring Maame Gyamfi, Andrew Tutt '13, Jane Perkins, Ira Burnim.
- April 13 | Health Law Career Night featuring Stephanie Akpa '09, Paul Kalb '90, Allison Orris '02, Adam Pan '19, Megan Wulff '13, Allison Zieve '89
- April 17 | Public Trust in the FDA: A Conversation with Regulatory Experts, featuring Tom Bollyky, Aaron Kesselheim, Joshua Sharfstein, and Reshma Ramachandran. Cosponsored by the Center for Regulatory Rigor, Integrity, and Transparency
- April 25 | Policy Makes Politics: Policy feedback and social identity in California's vaccination policy changes 2012-2019 featuring Katie Attwell.