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and medical malpractice in the U.S., as well as learning how other
countries’ legal systems work in issues related to health law,” López de
la Osa Escribano said.

Additional speakers included Krista Barnes, a senior legal officer in
institutional compliance at the MD Anderson Cancer Center; Holly
Rumbaugh, managing legal officer for litigation, patient care and
hospital operations at the MD Anderson Cancer Center; Madhu
Purewal, a senior legal officer and director in institutional compliance
at the MD Anderson Cancer Center; and Dr. Tyron Hoover, the
director of the biospecimen research office at MD Anderson.

TOP SCHOLARSHIP WEBSITE JOTWELL RECOGNIZES
UHLC PROFESSORS’ EXCELLENCE
Julia Peebles (student coach), Stefan Casso, Mary Borrego, Three University of Houston Law Center professors were featured on a
Zach Scott, and Angela Odensky (coach) prestigious scholarship website during the 2016-2017 academic year.
UHLC STUDENTS EMERGE VICTORIOUS IN HEALTH Founded in 2011, JOTWELL has become a leading venue for
LAW MOOT COURT TOURNAMENT highlighting outstanding legal scholarship. The site features peer-
Three University of Houston Law Center students brought home first- selected and peer-written commentary featuring, in its editors’ words,
“the best in recent scholarship relating to the law.”
place hardware after winning the seventh annual L. Edward Bryant,
Jr. National Health Law Transactional Competition in Chicago. The “Having an article selected for a JOTWELL feature represents a
competition was hosted by the Beazley Institute for Health Law and significant reflection on the excellence of a professor’s work,” said
Policy at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Professor Dave Fagundes, who serves as UHLC’s Assistant Dean for
The winning students included recent 2017 Law Center graduate Faculty Development. “Law Center faculty members regularly produce
high-profile scholarship that draws national
Stefan Casso, 3L Mary Borrego and 3L Zachary Scott. The team was attention, and makes important contributions to
coached by Angela Odensky, a 2014 graduate of the Law Center and contemporary dialogues about the law.
a current adjunct professor, and Julia Peebles, a 2017 Law Center
graduate and LL.M. candidate in Health Law. “The regularity with which scholarship by
“We at the Health Law & Policy Institute are so proud of these students’ faculty has been selected for JOTWELL is just
one of many indicators of the Law Center’s
success,” said Professor Jessica Roberts, director of the Institute. “We commitment to academic excellence.”
appreciate their hard work and dedication.”
Kellen Zale Professor Amy Salyzyn of the University of
HLPI AND LEGAL EXPERTS FROM MD ANDERSON Ottawa Faculty of Law reviewed Professor Renee
Knake’s article, “The Commercialization of Legal
TEAM UP FOR COMPARATIVE HEALTH LAW COURSE Ethics,” for a November 2016 review in the Legal
University of Houston Law Center students compared and contrasted Profession section of JOTWELL.
U.S. legal health systems with some of its European counterparts Professor Eric Biber of Berkeley Law School
during Alfonso López de la Osa Escribano’s comparative law class. featured Professor Kellen Zale’s article, “When
López de la Osa Escribano is an adjunct professor and the director of Everything is Small: The Regulatory Challenge of
the Law Center’s Center for U.S. and Mexican Law.
Renee Knake Scale in the Sharing Economy,” in the Lex section
The course, from the Law Center’s Health Law & Policy Institute, of JOTWELL.
featured guest speakers from MD Anderson who specialize in the area In April, Professor Elizabeth G. Thornburg of
where law and healthcare intersect. Students also studied legal and the SMU Dedman School of Law showcased
health systems in Belgium, Brazil, France, Italy, New Zealand, Spain Professor Lonny Hoffman’s article “Plausible
and the U.K. Theory, Implausible Conclusions,” in the Courts
“I’m glad our students were able to take advantage of learning directly Law section of JOTWELL. For Knake and
from MD Anderson experts in HIPAA, end of life and patients’ Hoffman, it marked multiple article reviews on
rights, protection of human subjects, human tissues, and body parts JOTWELL.
Lonny Hoffman

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