Lawrence Gostin is a law professor who specializes in public health law, best known as the author of the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act and as a significant contributor to journals on medicine and law. He is also Professor of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University and Director of the Center for Law & the Public's Health at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities.Gostin received his B.A. in Psychology from the State University of New York at Brockport and his J.D. from Duke Law School.