Hamline University School of Law established the Health Law Institute in 2006 to provide a broad range of learning opportunities to students, scholars and health care professionals. During its inaugural year, the Health Law Institute began to educate the leaders of today and the leaders of tomorrow. Through specialized classes and externships from professors, who know both the courtroom and the boardroom, the Health Law Institute instilled real-life health law experience in our students. Through the Institute's national speaker series and advanced expertise classes for working professionals, we partnered to learn with the Upper Midwest's health care community of lawyers, managers, compliance officers and policy makers. We are committed to instilling practical skills, providing a forum for health law policy issues and nurturing scholars and practitioners through our curriculum and events.
We are very fortunate to have Barbara Colombo join us as our new Sr. Fellow. Barb is an attorney and a critical care nurse. While practicing law, she specialized in product liability and medical malpractice. Additionally, Barb served as Assistant Commissioner of Health during the Carlson administration and most recently has served as an independent legal and policy consultant, providing advice to corporate, individual and nonprofit clients. Barb has been a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of St. Thomas, William Mitchell College of Law, and Hamline University School of Law. Barb will be directing our Compliance Certificate Program, teaching Compliance Laws and Regulations, and Health Law Quality and Liability, advising certificate program students, overseeing planning, placement, and expansion of the externship program in 2009. Barb will also help to develop, plan and implement a program for governance training for non-profit board members.
