Advice by School Year
Here is some advice to follow for each year you're in law school.
First-Year Students
The first year of law school is very time-intensive. Students should focus all of their energy on mastering the first year curriculum. That being said, the only goal of the first year law student should be to become more familiar with the health care field and the legal and regulatory environment surrounding it. Here are some key ways to do that:
Attend the Health Law Presentation during Orientation week
Get to know the faculty! Ask them to coffee or lunch or for a short meeting
Create a career development plan with a Beazley Institute Director faculty member
Attend the Health Law Open House in August to meet other health law students
Attend the Brown Bag Boot Camp Lectures to learn about health law
Enroll in the Health Law Legal Writing Section (you must apply during the JD admissions process)
Join the Health Law Society and participate on committees
Subscribe to the BNA health law reporter
Join outside health law organizations
Apply for a student position at the Beazley Institute of Health Law and Policy
Volunteer to work at and/or attend the AHLA Fundamentals of Health Law meeting in the fall
Get a Mentor through the Health Law Society
During your first Summer: Take Introduction to Health Law or a HL related course abroad.
Second-Year Students
Review your career development plan with a faculty member
Begin to take health law courses; try to start with Intro to Health Law
Take a leadership role in the Health Law Society
Participate on the National Health Law Moot Court Team (tryouts are the previous spring)
Serve on the Annals of Health Law staff
Continue to meet with your Health Law Society Mentor
Attend the IAHA meeting in Fall
During your Second Summer: Do an externship or get part-time employoment in the field
Third-Year Students
Review your career development plan
Continue taking health law courses
Take a leadership role in the Health Law Society
Serve on the Annals of Health Law editorial board or senior members
Continue to meet with your Health Law Society Mentor
Apply for the health law certificate at your graduation interview
Attend the IAHA meeting in the Fall
Beyond the J.D. Degree
As you know, Loyola University Chicago offers one of the nation's preeminent LL.M. or Master of Laws in health law programs and the only S.J.D. or Doctor of Juridical Sciences in health law and policy program in the country right here at the School of Law. To learn more about either of these programs, including how you can complete Loyola' s LL.M. in just one additional semester, click here.
