Jill Horwitz

As the Reporter for the American Law Institute Restatement of the Law, Charitable Nonprofit Organizations, Professor Horwitz has led the ALI’s first Restatement on the subject. She is the Founding Faculty Director of the Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits.

Professor Horwitz has taught Torts, Health Law, Nonprofit Law, as well as seminars in law and economics, nonprofits and philanthropy, governance, and health care reform. Both a legal scholar and policy expert, Professor Horwitz is addressing some of the most pressing law and policy issues of our day, including the studies related to opioid crisis, health insurance, and health care markets. A highly productive scholar, she has published widely in top law reviews, health policy journals, and economics journals. Her empirical research on hospital ownership and medical service provision has won several awards.

Professor Horwitz received her B.A. with honors from Northwestern University. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy, a J.D. magna cum laude, and a Ph.D. in health policy, all from Harvard University. Following law school, she served as a law clerk for Judge Norman Stahl of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Horwitz is a fellow at the National Academy of Social Insurance and a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.