2012 was an historic year for health law, with the Supreme Court issuing the final word on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act alongside a host of other critical developments. 2013 promised to continue the trend, with a number of other important topics on the horizon, from employer coverage of contraceptives to gene patenting and more.

The first annual Health Law Year in P/Review event brought together leading experts to review some of the most important changes in the health law landscape during 2012, their implications for the future, and a preview of what was to come in 2013.

Topics and presenters:

The ACA and Health Care Reform

• Einer Elhauge, Harvard Law School
• Jonathan Gruber, MIT Department of Economics

Personhood Amendments and Contraceptives Coverage

• I. Glenn Cohen, the Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School
• Holly Fernandez Lynch, the Petrie-Flom Center

Immigrants’ Access to Health Care

• Wendy Parmet, Northeastern University School of Law

Affirmative Action and Medical School Admissions

• Renee Landers, Suffolk University Law School

Gene Patenting

• Aaron Kesselheim, Harvard Medical School

Tobacco and Obesity Policy and the First Amendment

• Kevin Outterson, Boston University School of Law

Summary and Wrap Up

• Kristin Madison, Northeastern University, Bouvé College of Health Sciences and the School of Law

Remarks from Dean Martha Minow, Harvard Law School

Cosponsored by the New England Journal of Medicine.