Rush University Medical Center
Stephanie Arcuri
Associate General Counsel
Office of Legal Affairs
1700 West Van Buren Street, Suite 301
Chicago, IL 60612-3244
Tel: 312.942.6886
Fax: 312.942.4233
www.rush.edu
Rush University Medical Center is an academic medical center composed of an 824-bed hospital and Rush University.. Rush University is home to one of the first medical colleges in the Midwest and one of the nation's top-ranked nursing colleges, as well as graduate programs in allied health and basic sciences. Rush provides externship opportunities for law students in three areas: (1) Legal Affairs (general law firm transactional and health law experience), (2) Risk Management (pre-litigation-medical malpractice experience), (3) Corporate Compliance/HIPAA Privacy (regulatory experience). Stephanie Arcuri is the contact person for externs interested in any of the above areas.
Application Process: Students must submit a resume and cover letter which specifies (a) the semester for which they are applying, (b) for which Rush Office they are applying, and (c) which days of the week they would work at Rush, if known. Students may be asked to come for an interview.
Acceptance Decision Deadlines: We try to advise students of our acceptance decisions by the end of the first full week of these months for the respective semesters: August for Fall, November for Spring, March for Summer. Applications should be made in time to be considered by these deadlines.
(1) Office of Legal Affairs (general law firm transactional and health law experience)
The scope of work done in the Office of Legal Affairs includes real estate (leases, land use, city ordinances, construction, CTA projects); employment and labor; regulatory (HIPAA, corporate compliance); estates and gifts; corporate (contract review, drafting and negotiation, forming and dissolving corporations, structuring various corporate deals); and health law (mental health, consents, advance directives, guardianships, legal aspects of patient care, and so forth). The externs interact with managers and employees across the Medical Center and University and manage many projects hands-on.
(2) Office of Risk Management (pre-litigation experience primary in medical malpractice cases)
The Office of Risk Management oversees the Medical Center's litigation including but not limited to medical malpractice. Externs are involved with case management, discovery, and various phases of pre-litigation work. Externs interact with Medical Center managers, employees, and outside defense counsel.
(3) Office of Corporate Compliance/HIPAA Privacy (regulatory experience)
Externs who select to work either in the Corporate Compliance/HIPAA Privacy Office draft policies, create educational programs for staff regarding these regulatory requirements, audit the Medical Center's compliance, and address many other related regulatory issues.
Transportation: Can take CTA. Free parking available for externs.
