What's New

The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Baltimore School of Law have jointly opened
The Center for Medicine and Law. It is believed to be the nation’s first academic center for medicine
and law that focuses on the health care provider.

The center will foster meaningful collaboration between the two professions, so that doctors
will better understand the legal issues that affect their daily practice while lawyers
will gain a greater appreciation for the real-world issues involved in the practice of medicine.

Frederick Levy, a Johns Hopkins emergency doctor, who also holds a law degree, will serve
as the senior co-director of the new center. Gregory Dolin, also a physician and attorney,
will serve as the other co-director. Dolin joined the faculty of the
University of Baltimore School of Law this year.

The center opened July 1 and has offices at the Johns Hopkins Mt. Washington campus.

Among the initiatives that the center expects to develop:

 - Graduate-level training and educational programs in legal medicine for attorneys and physicians

-  A set of core competencies in law and medicine for health care providers

-  The nation’s first peer-reviewed journal in law and medicine

-   Health law policy and position statements.