Julie Campbell

Biography

An accomplished academic, medical ethicist and certified health care compliance specialist, Professor Julie Campbell joined the Brandeis School of Law in Fall 2024. Her scholarship focuses on health law and the role of ethics in clinical practice.

Professor Campbell has taught at DePaul University College of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Robert Morris University. While at DePaul, she was a faculty fellow with the Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute and later served as the institute’s co-executive director. She completed a fellowship in clinical medical ethics at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago School of Medicine, and she was the 2019–20 health law fellow with the American Medical Association. Before entering academia, she practiced litigation with Poulos Black, P.C., in Evanston, Illinois, and with Kane, Laduzinsky & Mendoza, Ltd., in Chicago.

Her scholarly work has appeared in the Georgia Law Review, University of Houston Journal of Health Law and Policy and Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine. Her empirical study with Gina Piscitello, M.D., “Does Reframing Do-Not-Resuscitate to Beneficial Care Only Increase Acceptance of No-CPR Orders?” is forthcoming in CHEST. She is a past recipient of the Imperato Award for Scholarship at DePaul University College of Law and the Gratias Award for service to students with disabilities from Loyola University Chicago.

Professor Campbell has served on the health law committee at DePaul and chaired the curriculum committee for Robert Morris University’s master’s in management for health care administration program. She is active with the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, the American Society for Law, Medicine & Ethics and the American Health Law Association.

Research Interests

My scholarship examines how discrete legal and institutional decisions in health care—whether made in courtrooms, boardrooms, or hospital wards—can reverberate through the system, producing significant and often unintended structural and policy consequences. Drawing from over two decades as a litigator, work inside a medical practice, and personal experience as a long-term caregiver, I integrate doctrinal analysis, empirical research, and interdisciplinary methods to identify system failures and propose actionable reforms.

Two interrelated themes anchor my work: (1) the unintended consequences of corporatization and structural change in U.S. health care; and (2) the benefits and burdens of medical technology. Both themes intersect with pressing legal questions about regulatory design, institutional accountability, patient rights, and access to justice—areas in which Brandeis School of Law's interdisciplinary community and public mission offer a natural home.

Over the next five years, I endeavor that my research will: (1) advance reforms to restore meaningful oversight and accountability in corporatized health care systems; (2) bridge doctrinal health law with empirical findings to inform legislation and regulatory design; and (3) develop actionable models for integrating patient narratives and ethical considerations into high-stakes medical decision-making. My ultimate goal is to produce scholarship that not only advances academic debate but also serves as a practical blueprint for lawyers, policymakers, and health care institutions working to create a system where legal structures support, rather than undermine, patient well-being.

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