A new Public Health Reports commentary asks schools and programs of public health to integrate comprehensive legal education into curricula to prepare graduates for legal tasks related to public health work. The breadth of skills and expertise that graduates of public health programs should have to manage legal matters in public health must involve knowledge of legal structures and services, as well as social and behavioral science, economics, politics, ethics, and equity.

To the extent that these skills have not been acquired in professional training, they should be introduced and reinforced in continuing professional education and capacity-building activities.