Courses
Recommended Courses
Other Relevant Courses
Non-Course Related Opportunities
Externships
Externships in any of the practice settings described previously would help build a student's skills and experience in the field that would be attractive to employers.
Moot Court Team
Particularly for students interested in litigation oriented practice areas in the health law field, participation on the National Health Law Moot Court Team would be valuable experience. The National Health Law Moot Court Competition is based at Southern Illinois University Law School, which hosts a national competition every year in Carbondale, Illinois. The team or teams are selected during the prior spring semester of each academic year, the problem becomes available in August, and briefs are due in early October. The oral advocacy competition takes place in early November.
Journal of Health and Biomedical Law
Participation as a staff writer or editor of this student-edited journal would add valuable research, writing, and administrative experience to a student's portfolio.
Clinics
Students enrolled in the Health Law Clinic will represent chronically ill and disabled individuals and their family members in a range of litigation and administrative matters such as adult guardianship cases in Probate and Family Court, appeals of disability benefit denials before the Social security administration, and other health benefit and policy issues.