The American Health Lawyers Association is the nation’s largest group of practicing health law attorneys, with awesome CLE programs.
For the past couple years, a group at AHLA has been evaluating how health law is taught at law schools, with a view to prepare students for the practice of health law. AHLA surveyed many health law practice group chairs and other leaders. With that data, a large group of AHLA members and some full time professors evaluated health law curricula nationwide. A guidance document is now out (html or pdf):
We found some significant gaps, however, between what law schools offer and what the profession hopes to see in new health lawyers. Members of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) want to see more substantive classes in fraud & abuse, business, tax, life sciences, and health care reimbursement. Desired skills include working in teams, processing practical transactional skills, and effectively analyzing client-focused problems.
Two take-away slides from the AHLA survey of health law practice leaders and hiring partners:
Any comments from the readers of Bill of Health?
@koutterson
Kevin, thank you for your participation in this AHLA project. This is a valuable guide for those of us designing certificate programs and determining course offerings.