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.