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Network for Public Health Law

Events

Conferences & Summits

The Network hosts a national conference, the Public Health Law Conference, every two years. We also organize biennial summits on the years adjacent to the conference, focusing on a specific area of public health law. Scroll down to register for an upcoming Network event or access materials for a previous event.

2021 Public Health Law Conference

Building and Supporting Healthy Communities for All

September 21 – 23 | Baltimore, MD 
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At this critical moment for public health in the United States, come together with others to learn how the strategic use of legal and policy tools can address fundamental drivers of inequity, promote health and well-being, and save lives. Join us at the 2021 Public Health Law Conference where we will examine law and policy pathways to improving health and health equity.

Register for the 2021 Public Health Law Conference

2020 Public Health Law Virtual Summit

COVID-19 Response and Recovery

September 16 – 17

The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging public health in unprecedented ways, and is exposing structural failures and health inequities that further exasperate the impact of the virus. As the nation continues to grapple with the ongoing pandemic, the Network has joined with public health law partners to produce an expansive report, Pandemic Policymaking: Assessing Legal Responses to COVID-19, that includes critical analyses and recommendations from national experts convened to assess the U.S. policy response to the crisis to date. Many of these experts presented their key findings at this virtual Summit, and proposed paths forward to more effective and equitable response and recovery efforts.

View all session playbacks and accompanying materials on our summit site.

2019 Public Health Law Summit

Data Sharing to Improve Community Health

October 3- 4 | Plymouth, MI

A special thank you to all the attendees, presenters and sponsors who helped make the 2019 Public Health Law Summit such an overwhelming success! The Summit focused on strategies to collect, use, share and protect multi-sector data to improve the health of communities. From the exceptional Pre-Conference Workshops to the inspiring words from our Keynote speaker Vivian Singletary, we hope you left the Summit energized and with new tools and strategies to assist you in utilizing data to promote and improve community health.