Albany Law School
80 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
www.albanylaw.edu
(518) 445-2311
Rose Mary Bailly (rbail@mail.als.edu)
Barbara Hancock (bhanc@mail.als.edu)
Elder Law Certificate Program
Certificate Program Year Started Certificate Program Requirements Pro Bono Requirement
Yes   24 credit hours Yes
Research paper
Elder Law Courses
Course Title Course Description Credit Hours Frequency Prerequisite(s) Year Started Class Size Faculty Status
Elder Law Interdisciplinary overview of issues relating to aging individuals and an aging society. 3 Every fall semester Upper-class students only 1995 25-30 Adjunct   Professor
Related Courses
Bioethics; Disability Law; Estate Planning I; Estate Planning II; Family Law; Financial Planning for the Elderly; Guardianship Practice; Health Law; Housing Law & Policy; Legal Issues in Medicie; Retirement Plans & Employee Benefits; Surrogates Court Procedure; and, Trusts & Estates.
American University, Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
www.wcl.american.edu
(202) 247-4000
Edward E. Zetlin (zetlin@comcast.net)
Elder Law Certificate Program
Certificate Program Year Started Certificate Program Requirements Pro Bono Requirement
No --- --- ---
Elder Law Courses
Course Title Course Description Credit Hours Frequency Prerequisite(s) Year Started Class Size Faculty Status
Elder Law: Policy & Practice Survey of a broad range of topics.  Seminar takes a problem solving approach to practice and policy issues.  Students acquire a working knowledge of areas of elder law confronting an elder law practitioner.  Students are required to conduct a site visit with a long term care ombudsman. 2 Every fall semester None   8-15 Adjunct  Professor
Related Courses
None provided.
Ave Maria School of Law
3475 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
www.avemarialaw.edu
(734) 827-8063
Elizabeth Kirk (erkirk@avemarialaw.edu)
Elder Law Certificate Program
Certificate Program Year Started Certificate Program Requirements Pro Bono Requirement
No --- --- ---
Elder Law Courses
Course Title Course Description Credit Hours Frequency Prerequisite(s) Year Started Class Size Faculty Status
Elder Law   3   None   7-10 Assistant Professor
Related Courses
 
The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
3600 John McCormack Road, N.E.
Washington, DC 20064
www.law.edu
(202) 319-5140
Michael McGonnigal (McGonnigal@law.edu)
Elder Law Certificate Program
Certificate Program Year Started Certificate Program Requirements Pro Bono Requirement
No --- --- ---
Elder Law Courses
Course Title Course Description Credit Hours Frequency Prerequisite(s) Year Started Class Size Faculty Status
Advocacy for the Elderly We provide free legal representation to low-income elders in the District of Columbia. 4-6 Every semester None 1986 8 Clinical Assistant Professor
Related Courses
Estates & Trusts
Chapman University School of Law
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
www.chapman.edu/law
(714) 997-6815
Kurt Eggert (keggert@chapman.edu)
Elder Law Certificate Program
Certificate Program Year Started Certificate Program Requirements Pro Bono Requirement
No --- --- ---
Elder Law Courses
Course Title Course Description Credit Hours Frequency Prerequisite(s) Year Started Class Size Faculty Status
Elder Law - Theory and Practice Elder law clinic offering free legal services to the elderly. 3 Every semester Evidence and one full year of law school   10-14 Tenure Track Professor
Related Courses
Wills and Trusts
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
www.law.georgetown.edu
(202) 662-9000
Charles Sabatino (sabatinoc@staff.abanet.org)
Elder Law Certificate Program
Certificate Program Year Started Certificate Program Requirements Pro Bono Requirement
No --- --- ---
Elder Law Courses
Course Title Course Description Credit Hours Frequency Prerequisite(s) Year Started Class Size Faculty Status
Seminar on Elder Law This seminar explores, through lecture, discussion, and problem solving, the demographics, public perceptions, special legal problems, and public policy issues affecting older persons.  Subject areas include income maintenance programs (Social Security, SSI), health and long term care benefits (Medicare, Medicaid, "medigap" and long term care insurance, state and federal financing issues); retirement housing and long term care options and regulation (continuing care retirement communities, nursing homes, home and community based care, home equity conversion); estate and personal planning issues related to incapacity (guardianship and its alternatives, the right to refuse life sustaining medical treatment, surrogate decision making, and health care advance directives); age discrimination in employment; and ethical issues in representing older persons and their families.  The seminar is both practice  and policy oriented, and integrative with respect to other coursework and related disciplines. 3 Every spring semester Recommended: Prior enrollment in one or more of the following courses: Adminsitrative law; Constitutional Law (Individual Rights & Liberties); Employment Discrimination; Estate Planning; Family Law; or a course in the Professional Responsibility series. 1987 12 Adjunct  Professor
Related Courses
Estate Planning; Health Law
George Washington University School of Law
2000 H Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20052
www.law.gwu.edu
(202) 994-6261
Sally Hurme (shurme@aarp.org)
Michael Schuster (mschuster@aarp.org)
Elder Law Certificate Program
Certificate Program Year Started Certificate Program Requirements Pro Bono Requirement
No --- --- ---
Elder Law Courses
Course Title Course Description Credit Hours Frequency Prerequisite(s) Year Started Class Size Faculty Status
Elder Law Basic overview of the many subject areas of elder law, with emphasis on legislative policy. 3 Every spring semester None 1997 20 Adjunct  Professor
Related Courses
 
Georgia State University College of Law
P.O. Box 4037
Atlanta, GA 30302
www.law.gsu.edu
(404) 413-9000
Mary Radford (mradford@gsu.edu)
Elder Law Certificate Program
Certificate Program Year Started Certificate Program Requirements Pro Bono Requirement
No --- --- ---
Elder Law Courses
Course Title Course Description Credit Hours Frequency Prerequisite(s) Year Started Class Size Faculty Status
Law & The Elderly Using the Frolik-Barnes text, the course covers a wide range of topics, including age discrimination, social security, Medicare, Medicaid, long-term care insurance and other insurance, planning for management of the property and person in the event of incapacity, guardianship, and conservatorship.  Students write a 5-page position paper in which they take a stand on some relevant elder law issue and a 25+ page research paper on an approved topic of their choice. 2 or 3 Every other semester None beyond the first-year curriculum 1997 15-20 Tenured Professor
Related Courses
Wills & Trusts I
Golden Gate University School of Law
536 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
www.ggu.edu/school_of_law
(415) 442-6600
Richard B. Hechler (richard.b.hechler@sfgov.org or professorichard@aol.com)
Elder Law Certificate Program
Certificate Program Year Started Certificate Program Requirements Pro Bono Requirement
No --- --- ---
Elder Law Courses
Course Title Course Description Credit Hours Frequency Prerequisite(s) Year Started Class Size Faculty Status
Elder Exploitation, Abuse, and Related Issues Elders represent the fastest growing, yet most vulnerable members of our society.  Topics explored include, elder financial and physical abuse, nursing home litigation, Ombudsman, Adult Protective Service, Public Guardian duties, Elder and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (EADACPA), as well as conservator, consent, undue influence, and end-of-life issues. 2 Every other semester Upper level (2nd and 3rd year) only 2002 10-20 Adjunct  Professor
Related Courses
 
Gonzaga University School of Law
P.O. Box 3528
721 N. Cincinnati Street
Spokane, WA 99220
www.law.gonzaga.edu
(509) 323-3700
Larry A. Weiser (Lweiser@lawschool.gonzaga.edu)
Elder Law Certificate Program
Certificate Program Year Started Certificate Program Requirements Pro Bono Requirement
No --- --- ---
Elder Law Courses
Course Title Course Description Credit Hours Frequency Prerequisite(s) Year Started Class Size Faculty Status
Elder Law Survey of elder law practice.  Course uses the Frolik case book and its own materials.  TWEN is used extensively for the course. 2 Every spring semester Wills and trusts 1999 24 Tenured Clinician
Elder Law Clinic Students represent members of the over 60 population in Spokane county in the areas of public benefits, housing, abuse, and exploitation issues including nursing home law, consumer law, and family law.  Students may also gain experience in drafting simple wills, powers of attorney, and health care directives. 3 credits or 6 credits Every semester, including summer 3Ls: Students must have completed 60 credits of law school in accordance with the Washington law student practice rule; 2Ls work with 3Ls or directly with the supervising attorney 1981 16-20 3L; 12-16 2Ls all  in the General Practice clinic with each having one or more elder law cases Tenured Clinician
Related Courses
Elder Law Lab Component; Wills and Trusts
Hamline University School of Law
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104
http://law.hamline.edu
(651) 523-2118
Stacey Tovino (stovino01@gw.hamline.edu)
Elder Law Certificate Program
Certificate Program Year Started Certificate Program Requirements Pro Bono Requirement