Activities
Important learning occurs outside the classroom, too. Loyola students have a myriad of choices in extra curricular activities in health law.
Beyond Loyola
Brown Bag Boot Camps
The Beazley Institute offers a series of lunch time lectures on key health care industry topics. These hour-long boot camps on such issues as EMTALA, Medicare, JCAHO, and HIPAA are an excellent way for new first year students to become familiar with the health care industry before they enroll in health law courses during their second year.
Continuing Education Sponsored by the Beazley Institute
Many of the continuing legal education programs sponsored by the Institute are open to students. Please visit our CLE page for more information on upcoming events.
National Health Law Moot Court Team
Sponsored by the American College of Legal Medicine, the National Health Law Moot Court Competition focuses on timely issues relevant to both law and medicine. Among recent topics: patient dumping, and whether an emergency room physician's instructions to a paramedic to take a patient to a different hospital violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act; issues concerning asymptomatic HIV under Titles I and II of ERISA and the ADA. Each year Loyola sends 1 or 2 teams to the competition held in Carbondale, Illinois and tryouts are held in the spring semester and are open to J.D. students only. Learn more on about Loyola's moot court teams.
Part-Time Research and Clerical Assistantships in Health Law
Each year the Beazley Institute hires law students to work in the Institute office in clerical or research capacities. Email us at health-law@luc.edu to inquire about current opportunities.
Study Health Law Here and Abroad
During school breaks, Loyola health law faculty often take groups of students to other parts of the country and the world to study other health care systems, access to health care and other health care policy issues. Email us at health-law@luc.edu to inquire about current opportunities.
Writing Contests in Health Law
Each year Loyola health law students have to opportunity to compete against other law students in health law writing contests. Cash prizes or scholarships are usually awarded.
Beyond Loyola
Health law experiences outside of Loyola are critical, too. They provide talking points during interviews, educational enhancement, and important networking opportunities with area professionals. Connections made here may lead to your first law job.
There are a number of organizations not affiliated with Loyola in which you may wish to become involved. Some have student memberships or discounted admission to their programs. The two organizations that Loyola faculty specifically recommend joining are:
American Health Lawyers Association
The $25 annual student membership includes access to the AHLA's on-line job bank where you can post your resume online and make it available to hundreds of potential employers. You can aslo explore list serves, and publications the many resources the organization has on the members-only website.
Students new to the field are encouraged to attend the AHLA's Fundamentals of Health Law conference. Through a special arrangement with AHLA, a select number of Loyola students can attend this annual meeting for free or for a greatly reduced cost by volunteering at the Chicago-based event.
Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys
The IAHA is the most prominent of the local health law organizations and offers a monthly newsletter, Illinois Healthcare Law, Quarterly Lectures, and an Annual Health Law Symposium which Loyola faculty encourage all health law students to attend.
Other Organizations you may be interested in include:
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