High Point Law congratulates Professor Katharine Van Tassel upon the recent announcement of her scholarly contributions to three significant legal treatises.
Professor Van Tassel, who is an accomplished legal writer and contributor in the health law field, has recently co-authored the 2025 published editions of three major, multi-volume treatises. She is the lead author on Food and Drug Administration (4 volumes), Federal Information Disclosure (3 volumes), and Administrative Rulemaking treatise (1 volume).
Professor Van Tassel’s co-authored treatise, Food and Drug Administration, has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and by numerous federal district courts and courts of appeals. Additionally, her research has been cited by judges on the supreme courts of New Mexico and Nevada on issues of first impression. Publishing a treatise is a significant scholarly achievement—yet maintaining one is an ongoing commitment to the profession. Treatises require rigorous, sustained research to ensure the contents remain relevant, reliable, and current so that they continue to be a useful resource, especially to healthcare and legal professionals.
She is also the co-author on the book Litigating the Nursing Home Case and is the sole author of the forthcoming book International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Medical Law, United States of America (Wolters Kluwer – Kluwer Law International, 2026). This book is part of a series written by international experts who provide comparative information on the national laws of thirty-two countries in twenty-five separate subject areas since 1977.
Professor Van Tassel’s scholarship has appeared in such journals as the New England Journal of Medicine, the University of Chicago Legal Forum, the Pepperdine Law Review, the Cardozo Law Review, the Connecticut Law Review, the Brooklyn Law Review, the University of Cincinnati Law Review, and the Seton Hall Law Review. She is also active in professional leadership and legal education initiatives, serving as Chair of the Food & Drug Law Committee of the Administrative Law Section of the American Bar Association, and she has served on executive boards within the Association of American Law Schools.
Mark Martin, Founding Dean and former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, shared his pride in Professor Van Tassel’s achievement with the following remarks:
“Professor Van Tassel’s impactful and rigorous scholarship continues to make us immensely proud. She is an extraordinary faculty member who exemplifies the mission and values of HPU Law.”