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When becomming a health care lawyer, what courses should a student take that should prepare them for law school and career.

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Mary’s Answer

The biggest items in preparation for law school are to show a well-rounded interest in the law and to score well on the LSAT exam. Law schools view the LSAT exam as a direct indicator of how well you will do when taking the bar exam for your law license. If it does not appear likely you will pass, the schools won't waste their time. That said, the most difficult parts of practicing law are understanding how to think like an attorney, with logic, and understanding how to write like an attorney, making legal arguments for both sides of a case and understanding what law exists to support such arguments and to do so in specific formats according to the Judge or court system you will work within. You definitely want to consider if the medical field is the right specialty for you within the law, but deciding if the practice of law is right for you is also at the forefront of your process.
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If you are certain health care law is the field that you'd like to go into, try and take health care focused course, such as biology, anatomy & physiology, as well as interning or working in the health care field. There is no requirement that you have prior health care experience to practice health care law, but understanding the fundamentals will always help. In terms of preparation for law school, the best thing to do is take critical thinking classes, or classes that challenge your ability to problem-solve and write.


Even if you don't have experience in health-care law, you can still become a health care lawyer by reaching out to and learning from health care lawyers.

Ajay recommends the following next steps:

Find some health care lawyers in your area - ask them if they'd be willing to describe their day-to-day and their background to see if they took a particular route in school. Some may have gone the pre-med route, while others did not go through health care classes at all.
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