Centers of Excellence

Center for Health Law Studies

Since its establishment over 20 years ago, the Center for Health Law Studies has earned the reputation as the nation’s leading health law program and is consistently listed as such by U.S. News & World Report. St. Louis is one of the country’s leading health care centers and is a prominent location for medical and biotechnology research. The Center has eleven full-time faculty who are prolific writers in law, medicine and ethical journals; they include the authors of the leading health law case book and treatise.

The Center offers the broadest range of health law courses taught by full-time faculty, including foundational and specialized health law courses each semester. Students interact with leading health law experts, academics and practitioners through the Center’s programs.

To earn a certificate in Health Law, students must complete 10 credit hours of approved coursework in health law, write a paper of publishable quality on a topic pertaining to health law and participate in a supervised experience in a health law practice setting.

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Center for International and Comparative Law

For over 30 years, Saint Louis University School of Law has demonstrated its commitment to international legal education. Through its educational programs and scholarly activities, the Center for International and Comparative Law ensures that the faculty’s graduates have the education they need to pursue professional opportunities throughout the world. The Center builds networks and alliances locally and internationally, making the School of Law a midwestern hub for legal scholarship in international and comparative law. Regional law practice brings an ever-increasing contact with global transactions, and the Center provides high quality legal talent that is conversant and comfortable with other cultures and legal environments.

Preserving peace, protecting human rights and participating in a global marketplace requires knowledge of international and comparative law. Lawmakers and courts at the federal, state and local levels increasingly deal with international and comparative law issues. The Certificate program ensures that graduates from Saint Louis University School of Law will be sensitive to the international, social and economic challenges that the future will present.

Students who earn a certificate in international and comparative law must complete a minimum of 10 credit hours from the international and comparative law curriculum.

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Wefel Center for Employment Law

The Employment relationship, considered one of the most fundamental in modern industrial societies, spans the union-organized sectors of the economy as well as the unorganized work force. The law governing the employment relationship affects the lives of all workers, from top managerial officials to part-time clerks. Though the forms and manifestations of this critical relationship are constantly changing, its dynamic character remains intense. The study of employer and employee responsibilities and rights ranges from the traditional establishment of collective bargaining relationships between unions and management in the private sector to the more recent establishment of such relations in the public sector. It ranges from the prohibition of employment discrimination based on race, age, sex (including sexual harassment), religion and disabilities, to regulation of employee benefits and qualified retirement plans, as well as regulation of health and safety in the workplace.

With an extensive curriculum offering a broad range of courses addressing the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees, the William C. Wefel Center for Employment Law provides students with the foundation necessary for the dynamic practice of employment law.

Students can earn a certificate in employment law through a broad range of courses that address the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees.

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