{"id":133062,"date":"2025-09-10T15:51:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/10\/the-best-law-schools-for-health-law-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:51:59","slug":"the-best-law-schools-for-health-law-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/10\/the-best-law-schools-for-health-law-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Law Schools For Health Law (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s certainly a wild time to work in public health, but if you\u2019re entering law school with dreams of working in health law, the legal profession sure could use the help right now.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nationaljurist.com\/top-law-schools-for-health-law\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Jurist\u2019s preLaw magazine<\/a> recently released its ranking of the best law schools for health law on its Health Law Honor Roll, highlighting schools for the strength of their programs. Here\u2019s the methodology that was used:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>preLaw magazine grades law schools based on the breadth of their curricular offerings. Scores are weighted as follows: 30% for a concentration, 24% for a clinic, 12% for a center, 12% for an externship, 9% for a journal, 8% for a student group, 5% for a certificate and added value for additional offerings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Without further ado, according to preLaw Magazine, these are the law schools that earned A+ grades for their health law programs (listed in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American University<\/li>\n<li>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>Case Western Reserve U.<\/li>\n<li>Cleveland State University<\/li>\n<li>DePaul University<\/li>\n<li>Georgetown University<\/li>\n<li>Indiana McKinney<\/li>\n<li>Loyola University Chicago<\/li>\n<li>Mitchell Hamline School of Law<\/li>\n<li>Northeastern University<\/li>\n<li>University of Maryland<\/li>\n<li>University of Memphis<\/li>\n<li>University of San Francisco<\/li>\n<li>University of Wisconsin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nationaljurist.com\/top-law-schools-for-health-law\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to see the rest of the Honor Roll.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all of the law schools that made the cut for this important ranking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationaljurist.com\/top-law-schools-for-health-law\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top law schools for health law<\/a> [National Jurist]<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?w=1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" class=\"wp-image-441281\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/the-best-law-schools-for-health-law-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Law Schools For Health Law (2025)<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s certainly a wild time to work in public health, but if you\u2019re entering law school with dreams of working in health law, the legal profession sure could use the help right now.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nationaljurist.com\/top-law-schools-for-health-law\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Jurist\u2019s preLaw magazine<\/a> recently released its ranking of the best law schools for health law on its Health Law Honor Roll, highlighting schools for the strength of their programs. Here\u2019s the methodology that was used:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>preLaw magazine grades law schools based on the breadth of their curricular offerings. Scores are weighted as follows: 30% for a concentration, 24% for a clinic, 12% for a center, 12% for an externship, 9% for a journal, 8% for a student group, 5% for a certificate and added value for additional offerings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Without further ado, according to preLaw Magazine, these are the law schools that earned A+ grades for their health law programs (listed in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American University<\/li>\n<li>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>Case Western Reserve U.<\/li>\n<li>Cleveland State University<\/li>\n<li>DePaul University<\/li>\n<li>Georgetown University<\/li>\n<li>Indiana McKinney<\/li>\n<li>Loyola University Chicago<\/li>\n<li>Mitchell Hamline School of Law<\/li>\n<li>Northeastern University<\/li>\n<li>University of Maryland<\/li>\n<li>University of Memphis<\/li>\n<li>University of San Francisco<\/li>\n<li>University of Wisconsin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nationaljurist.com\/top-law-schools-for-health-law\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to see the rest of the Honor Roll.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all of the law schools that made the cut for this important ranking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationaljurist.com\/top-law-schools-for-health-law\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top law schools for health law<\/a> [National Jurist]<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg?w=1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" class=\"wp-image-441281\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stacizaretsky.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/the-best-law-schools-for-health-law-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Law Schools For Health Law (2025)<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s certainly a wild time to work in public health, but if you\u2019re entering law school with dreams of working in health law, the legal profession sure could use the help right now. The National Jurist\u2019s preLaw magazine recently released its ranking of the best law schools for health law on its Health Law Honor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":133063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Staci-Zaretsky-qwSJxB.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}