Barbara Reich

Biography

Barbara Reich is a Professor of Law at Western New England University School of Law. She teaches Torts and a variety of health law subjects. She received her JD from Harvard Law School and her undergraduate degree in English Literature from Union College. She then spent two years in private practice in Washington, DC, specializing in pharmaceutical and medical device law. Her research interests include legal and ethical issues in end-of-life decision making; comparative end-of-life law; pediatric health issues; racial disparities in the delivery of health care, clinical research ethics, and the impact of politics in science and medicine. Barbara was a past Visiting Scholar at Exeter University School of Law in the United Kingdom and Queen’s University School of Law in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She also completed an appointment in Spring 2017 as the Schulich Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Barbara recently published Intimations of Mortality: Medical Decision-Making at the End of Life (Cambridge, 2022).