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Pictured: Professor Charity Scott, lead faculty for the Fellowship Program and College of Law Dean Steven Kaminshine

Faculty Fellowship

The Future of Public Health Law Education

Applications are invited for 10 faculty fellowships in public health law education. The application period is open from Tuesday, Sept. 3 to Friday, Dec. 13, 2013.

For complete information about the fellowship program, visit the Call for Applications page or  download the CFA.

Purpose

The Future of Public Health Law Education: Faculty Fellowship Program has three basic purposes:

  1. To promote the innovative teaching of public health law nationally by creating new curricular offerings in law schools and schools/programs of public health;
  2. To create a dynamic and supportive community of practice among the faculty fellows, their Deans, faculty mentors, and leaders in public health law; and
  3. To share and build resources that foster model approaches and best practices for teaching public health law.

Brief description

This fellowship program is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and led by Georgia State Law and its Center for Law, Health and Society.

Ten faculty members from law schools or schools/programs of public health will be selected to participate in a yearlong fellowship program designed to foster innovations in educational programming in public health law and to build a strong community of practice among faculty who teach in the public health law field. The fellows, with the support of their deans, will design and implement new curricular offerings and educational changes in public health law at their home institutions. Each fellow will be paired with a faculty mentor in public health law. During the 2014-15 academic year, the fellows and their mentors will share ideas, experiences and models for public health law teaching, providing opportunities for professional growth and leadership development.

Summer Institute

July 16-26, 2014, Park City, Utah

At the start of the fellowship year, fellows will attend an intensive 10-day educational Summer Institute in Park City, Utah, along with their mentors, deans, and leaders in public health law and practice. This highly interactive program will explore principles of adult learning, teaching innovations, building successful, interdisciplinary educational programs, and leading academic change in the 21st century.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Appointment: Full-time faculty appointment at a law school or school/program of public health, or comparable faculty affiliation with a law school or school/program of public health
  • Education and experience: J.D. and three years of full-time teaching experience at a graduate- or professional-school level by July 2014
  • Interests: Strong interest in teaching innovations, preferably interdisciplinary and experiential learning, and in developing new educational programs
  • Dean's support: Home institution dean's support and commitment to proposed project

For complete eligibility and selection criteria, go to the Call for Applications page or download the CFA.

Important Dates

  • Application period: Tuesday, Sept. 3–Friday, Dec. 13, 2013
  • Letters of reference due: Friday, Dec. 6, 2013
  • Award announcements: March 1, 2014
  • Fellowship orientation: April 1, 2014
  • Summer Institute: July 16-26, 2014 (Park City, Utah)
  • Final projects due: May 1, 2015
  • Closing ceremony: May 2015

Downloads

For complete information about the program, eligibility and selection criteria, and how to apply, download the Call for Applications.

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