Blood Drive
Tuesday’s blood drive was very successful. Hats off to Erin Boeer to coordinating the drive. We had 63 donors/attempted donors. This is a 15% improvement from last year. Altogether, the Law Center donated 64 units. Section C had the highest participation rate by a landslide and wins free lunch on HLO. Details on the lunch to follow
Membership
Section A won our membership contest from earlier in the month. They also win free lunch. Details to follow.
1L Representatives
If you are interested in being a 1L Section Representative., please contact Michael Eber at by Friday. We are looking for ideally 2 representatives from each section. Being a representative allows students to take a more active role in the organization, and is a great way to demonstrate a tangible health law interest to employers. Representatives are primarily involved with publicizing the organization and helping with the logistics of running HLO events. It is also great experience if you want to be on HLO executive board for next year.
Dues
You may have noticed that membership rates dropped since the first week of school. We recently received a generous private donation and decided to make membership in HLO more affordable than many other student groups. If you paid old membership rates, you will be receiving a refund. If you have not been contacted already, please email Paige Fillingame at .
Confirmed Upcoming Events in October
Bioethics lunch seminar
Health Law Career Panel
Prospective Upcoming Events
Lunch speaker on Harris County Mental Health Court
GATTACA Bar Event
o This hybrid event would fuse a screening of the movie GATTACA at bar with a genetic information and privacy discussion with a faculty member. Please let us know if this would interest you.
Of course we are receptive to any new ideas.
The Health Law Organization will be hosting Grand Rounds this Thursday in the Health Law & Policy Institute Library at Noon.
Grand Rounds is a program for small discussion on a variety of health law interests. The topic this week follows Prof. Evans' lecture from last week's meeting. The discussion will be on the implementation of the HITECH Act's privacy rules; including creating a market for health records, and conflicting ethical interests between individuals and for-profit scientific research.
Snacks will be provided. A background in the topic is not necessary to attend.
Also, any 1L interested in being a HLO Section Representative, please contact Michael Eber at .
Thanks to everybody who came out and donated blood at yesterday's drive. We surpassed last year's total by 15%, which means more lives saved and a very happy Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center!
Congrats to Section C, who had the most donations. Enjoy lunch courtesy of HLO sometime in the near future!
12 PM in 240 BLB with the Co-Director of the Health Law and Policy Institute, Professor Barbara J. Evans!
Free food!
Membership forms will be available. We will also collect dues if you have them!
Couple of quick updates:
- HLO dues have been reduced to $30 for three years, $20 for 2 years, and $15 for one year. In addition, you can now sign up on our website with our online application form, located under our "Membership Info" tab. If you have already paid this year under our old membership rates, expect a refund soon.
- Professor Evans will be giving her talk on her projects on Thursday, Sept. 16, at 12 PM in 240 BLB.
- Signup for the Gulf Coast Blood Drive on Sept. 21 continues this week in the commons during the lunch hour as well as from 5-6 PM. Help us get a great turnout this year! Remember, every donation saves 3 lives!
HLO is hosting a blood drive on September 21st in Krost Hall.
Sign up for your time slot Wed. Sept. 8th in the commons during lunch; or, log onto www.giveblood.org. Sign up through Digital Donor and find the HLO Blood Drive by entering sponsor code K148.
The 1L section with the most donations will receive free lunch! Each donation saves 3 lives! We have committed to 80 donations so let's make sure to reach this goal for our community.
Questions? Contact Erin Boeer at or Michael Eber at
Thanks to everybody who showed up for the first HLO meeting of the year. We had a great turnout, and we hope you guys are as excited for what's ahead as we are.
We will determine the results of the membership drive soon and will send an email out in addition to announcing it here.
Our next meeting will be on Thursday, September 9, at 12 PM in Trailer 7B. Professor Evans will be giving a presentation on her current research project.
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