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44 J.L. Med. & Ethics 1 (2016)

handle is hein.journals/medeth44 and id is 1 raw text is: LETTER FROM THE EDITOR SLME has long supported professors in their efforts to EDITORIAL STAFF improve their own teaching - whether through JLME's column Teaching Health Law, the recently published sup- plement on Teaching Public Health Law, the Jay Healey Teaching EDiOR-IN-CHIE L Award presented at our Health Law Professors conference, or the endorsement of several educational programs and career oppor- tunities at other universities. Our readers are no doubt familiar Founiding Editor with our commitment to improving the education of students and George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H. encouraging professors in this endeavor. Particularly, we value the knowledge and insight gained by connecting law, medicine, (bio)ethics, and related fields. Thus, when ASLME President Char- DITOR Hity Scott approached us with a proposal to publish a supplement about a year-long interdisciplinary teaching fellowship, we wel- comed the opportunity to do so. SISANT E DITIOR This supplement issue of JLME, Transforming the Future of CourtneyN J. McClellan Public Health Law Education through a Faculty Fellowship Pro- gram;' is the cumulative work of fellows, deans, mentors, and project leaders, who participated in the faculty fellowship program during the 2014-2015 academic year. The goals of the program - funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - were to create new ways of teaching public health law in various gradu- ate- and professional-level schools and to create an online library of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR resources for these professors. Scott, in her role as faculty lead and EdwardJ. Hutchinson project director, added a third important goal of this fellowship: a community of practice;' which aimed to cultivate a sense of identity, support, and resources among the fellows. The fellowship program CONFeRKEN DIRECTOR kicked off with a ten-day summer institute in Park City, Utah, which gave the fellows the opportunity to design the kinds of inno- vative courses they would ultimately teach at their respective insti- MEMBRlSHIP DIRECTOR tutions; it also laid the foundation for ongoing support from the Mlargo G. Smith other fellows and mentors during implementation of these courses. During that academic year, the courses were added to the curricu- lum and open to students in law, public health, medical, and social work schools. Each course aimed to apply the students' various backgrounds, skill sets, and thinking to real world projects, such as hands-on work at local health departments. These projects were essential to the experiential-learning component of the course and exposed the students to the benefits of interdisciplinary education. The Journal of [,. M dlicine & EtIcs Though it was challenging for the fellows to create a completely dif- is ownlied and puihed by ferent kind of public health law course, the fellowship program con- heAmicanl & Solcity ofILawtributed to how the field can be taught and practiced, and by whom. The v iews and opinions expressed In the end, both the fellows and their students were rewarded with inl the'o al are thos'e of thie auithor's invaluable experience, exposure, and perspectives that will engage and dolnot neesrleeet thie v iews or opinions ofthe publisher and attract a new generation of lawyers and academics to public or. the~ Joals editoriall staff. health. We hope this supplement provides some helpful guidance for you and your students as well. Courtney McClellan Assistant Editor JLME TRANSFORMING THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAW EDUCATION * SPRING 2016 The Journal ofLaw, Medicine & Ethics, 44, Suppl. 1 (2016): 1. C 2016 The Author(s) DOI: 10.1177/1073110516644214

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