Section Activities/Benefits

APHA offers several different ways for members of the Health Law SPIG to work at the intersection of law and public health, to increase their impact on the APHA governing process, and to improve communication among SPIG members.

·         APHA Annual Meeting – The Health Law SPIG sponsors a series of panels during the APHA Annual Meeting.  Throughout the year, the Health Law SPIG Program Committee develops a program for the Annual Meeting that is representative of the broad areas within which our members research and practice.  A complete list of Health Law SPIG panels can be found at http://apha.confex.com/apha/136am/webprogram/HLF.html.

·         Annual Health Law SPIG Business Meeting – All Health Law SPIG members are encouraged to attend the SPIG’s annual business meeting.  The business meeting is an ideal place for those interested in public health law to meet and set the course of (and the discourse about) the future of public health law.  This year’s will be held at the APHA Annual Meeting in San Diego, at six-thirty on Monday, October 27^th.

·         Health Law Newsletter – Have any announcements, articles, case summaries, conferences or other news you wish to share with the other Health Law SPIG members?  Send an e-mail to the Newsletter Editor, Benjamin Mason Meier, bmm2102@columbia.edu by September 20, 2008 to assure its publication in the pre-conference Fall Newsletter.

·         APHA Governing Council – The APHA Governing Council is the APHA policy-making body.  Through active involvement on the Governing Council, the Health Law SPIG shapes APHA policy to address the legal and ethical issues facing both the public health community and those receiving (or failing to receive) health services.