You are cordially invited
Join us to celebrate two decades of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics.
September 11, 2025
5–8 p.m.
Recording
OPENING REMARKS
I. Glenn Cohen, Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, and Deputy Dean, Harvard Law School
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INTRODUCTION
Einer R. Elhauge, Caroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Law, Founding Director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Samuel R. Bagenstos (HLS ’93) The Frank G. Millard Professor of Law at the University of Michigan; General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2022–2024; General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget 2021–2022
Daniel Meron (HLS ’92) Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP; General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2006–2007; Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division 2003–2006
Rochelle Walensky, 19th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021–2023; Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Former Senior Fellow at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School
REMARKS FROM THE DEAN
John C. P. Goldberg, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
ALUMS AND AFFILIATES
The Past, Present, and Future of the Field
Moderator: Carmel Shachar, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Health Law and Policy Clinic; Former Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School
Holly Fernandez Lynch, Associate Professor of Medical Ethics and Law, Perelman School of Medicine and Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania; Former Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School
Christopher Robertson, N. Neal Pike Scholar, Professor of Law and Public Health, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives (Law), Boston University; Samuel Williston Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
David Tolley, Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department for Latham’s Boston office; Advisory Board Member, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School
Alicia Ely Yamin, Senior Adjunct Lecturer on Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Lecturer on Law, Director of the Global Health and Rights Project, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School
CLOSING REMARKS
Susannah Baruch, Executive Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School
I. Glenn Cohen, Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, and Deputy Dean, Harvard Law School
Slideshow
Media coverage
Challenges abound for public health, say experts at Petrie-Flom 20th event, Harvard Law Today, Sep 25, 2025
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