APHA Law Section

• Booth: 241

See the 2021 Law Section programs and schedule link below!

The APHA Law Section has over 500 members comprised of lawyers, policy makers, and advocates for legislative and program support to improve and maintain public health in a wide variety of areas.

The Law Section brings together lawyers, policy makers, and public health professionals to advance law as a tool for public health well-being and improvement.  Legal epidemiology uses the study of the law to advance policy perspectives.  Join us for a wide array of sessions at the 2021 APHA annual meeting.

View the 2021 APHA Annual Meeting Law Section Programs and Events here:  https://t.co/HGIrI2EKrU?amp=1

View our Resource Guide for Legal Epidemilogy here: https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1lqoZRfdmAm_vGDzGQ3RNwavWCkg8qZpX%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing&data=04%7C01%7Cskershner1%40gsu.edu%7C9f5f2c3d2d9a47eab02008d99703e573%7C515ad73d8d5e4169895c9789dc742a70%7C0%7C0%7C637706865290174856%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=hgP7pJvfUEqzxOV%2Fs%2F2w0QdYJZ31c3PE%2FusxozPqepk%3D&reserved=0

View the COVID law resource from the Public Health Law Watch here:  https://www.publichealthlawwatch.org/

Access CDC's Public Health Emergency Law  (PHEL) Competency Model Version 1.0 here:  https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/docs/compentency-modelv1.pdf

Access CDC's Law & Epidemic Emergency Preparedness (LEEP) Online Training here:  https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/publications/topic/trainings/leep.html

 Press Releases

• News from ABA's Commission on Law and Aging: Medical-Legal Partnership in the News (Oct 25, 2021)
  See the Sept-October 2021 issue of ABA's Commission on Law and Aging BIFOCAL featuring a book review of the new APHA book on Health Aging by co-author and Law Section Leader Gwyneth Eliasson, JD, MPH ((p 37):  https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_aging/bif-vol-43-issue1.pdf