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Indiana University Law School: Upcoming Grand Rounds Follow Record-Setting Attendance for Virtual Events
Targeted News Service - 6/9/2021
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, June 9 (TNSEve) -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news:
The Hall Center for Law and Health at IU McKinney School of Law made an effective transition to virtual events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over the past year, the Hall Center conducted 12 webinars bringing in a total of 2,691 attendees and awarded a total of 2,808 CLE credit hours, attracting attendees from Canada, Switzerland, Greece and Slovakia.
During the fall semester, the Hall Center sponsored three events: the IHLR Symposium, "The Intersection of Health Equity and Housing Law," a two-day virtual event that was the first Hall Center event to draw in more than 300 attendees each day. The Hall Center also hosted two Grand Rounds Fall Series events.
The Hall Center also sponsored three events during the spring semester, including two Grand Rounds events and the 2021 Health Law Conference, "Older Adults and Aging with Dignity" on February 26.
Upcoming Hall Center Grand Rounds events include:
* Friday, June 18, 1-2 p.m.: "Health Care Fraud Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry" with Jacob T. Elberg, Associate Professor & Associate Director of Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law, Seton Hall University Law School. Registration is required. Professor Elberg will discuss the Department of Justice's policies surrounding enforcement of health care offenses by corporate entities.
* Friday, August 6, 1-2 p.m.: "From Warfare to Welfare: Reconceptualizing Drug Sentencing During the Opioid Crisis" with Jelani Jefferson Exum, Incoming Dean and Philip J. McElroy Professor of Law, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. Registration is required. Professor Exum will explore the history of the war on drugs, beginning with a focus on the sentencing laws that operated as a warfare model designed to punish crack cocaine offender, highlighting the current shift in understanding about substance use disorder.