Upcoming Event: Student Health Law Conference: Taking the Health Law Career Path
Student Health Law Conference: Taking the Health Law Career Path
October 17, 2008
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
3900 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
TheAmerican Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics and the University ofPittsburgh School of Law will co-sponsor the second annual conferenceaimed at law students entitled: Taking the Health Law Career Path:Student Conference and Job Fair. The one-day conference will take placeon October 17, 2008 at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law inPittsburgh, PA.
In its first year, the conference was quite successful with over 150participants. This year we hope to continue to build on the foundationformed last year and grow the conference. The conference is an outreachprogram that aims to involve law students in ASLME and to exposestudents to various careers available in the field of health law.
Topics covered will include:
- What Do Health Lawyers Do?
- How to contact Prospective Employers – The Logistics of the Health Law Job Search
- WhoDoes Health Law in the Federal Government, State, County, and LocalGovernment, Trade Associations, Nonprofits, Consulting Firms, InsuranceCompanies, and Small Firms
- Starting You Own Firm
- Nontraditional Jobs for Health Lawyers
- Telecommuting
Featured Speaker: Donna Gerson, author of Choosing Small, ChoosingSmart, Job Search Strategies for Lawyers in the Small Firm Market
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