Careers In Health Law

Graduates of the law-medicine program are pursuing careers in all areas of health law, all across the country. They work at law firms, corporations, hospitals, government agencies, research and consulting organizations, legal aid offices, and other public interest organizations. Some are advocates and litigators; others are transaction experts and advisors on policy and regulation.

Our Career Services Office complements our curriculum with programs and services that include on- and off-campus interviews, individual counseling sessions, participation in specialized job fairs, an extensive career library, year-round workshops, panel discussions and presentations on job-related topics, mock interviews, and an alumni mentor program.

One of the school’s top priorities is to assist students in planning their health law career. The school continues to expand its web resources and alumni career services network to aid students seeking health law-related jobs, as well as identifying nontraditional job opportunities in such areas as government and public interest.

Special Student Opportunities
Internships
The Law-Medicine Center offers summer internship stipends for students interested in a career in health law. With the help of the Career Services Office, students research and apply for an unpaid(or nominally paid) summer health law position, often at public interest organizations or in government and sometimes abroad. Students then apply for a Law-Medicine summer internship stipend. Awards, announced in spring, have enabled students to work for Patients Not Patents (Washington, DC); UNAIDS/World Health Organization/Aide Medicale Internationale (Rangoon, Burma); Medicins Sans Frontieres (Rangoon, Burma); Tennessee Department of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities; Ministry of Legal Affairs (Roseau, Dominica, West Indies); Vermont Medical Society; Medical College of Wisconsin; SPARC: Society for the Protection & Rights of the Child (Lahore, Pakistan); NARAL (Washington, DC); Physicians for Reproductive Choice & Health (NYC); Rensselaer County Public Defender (Albany); and Northwest Community Hospital (Arlington, Illinois).

Beginning in 2007, Health Matrix Associate Editors with an unpaid summer health law job may apply for a summer internship stipend funded by a special Health Matrix Endowment.

Health Law Scholarships & Fellowships
Students specializing in health law may be eligible for one of two merit-based programs. Law-Medicine Scholars receive tuition offset. Law-Medicine Fellows receive tuition offset and a position as a summer research assistant for a member of the Law-Medicine Center faculty.