The Society is an educational organization whose purpose is to promote the exchange of ideas and foster multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and inter-professional scholarship, research, teaching, policy development, professional development, and collegiality among people engaged in all of the endeavors related to clinical and academic bioethics and the health-related humanities.
The society publishes two peer reviewed journals: the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics and the American Journal of Law & Medicine. They also sponsor conferences and webinars, many of which offer continuing education credits.