Neurolaw Forum

[blueoctavo]

Hello! I'm new here so sorry if this has already been covered, but I was wondering if anyone had any tips on schools focusing on neurolaw? I know Vanderbilt has a program on it, but I'm curious if there are any other notable schools. It's a bit of an emerging field, so I was thinking of focusing on criminal law and using that as a segue into neurolaw, but any thoughts?

Cheers!

[Danger Zone]

Get your head right.

[prezidentv8]

[blueoctavo]

lol did i just break some kind of sacred code or something

[brotherdarkness]

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[Danger Zone]

You blew our minds.

[clone22]

everyone knows that ITE, neurolaw is where its at

recommend cooley and yale

[03152016]

TCR: Psychokinesis clinic at Ave Maria

[PepperJack]

What they're saying is these oddball types of specialties aren't practiced at many law firms so it's difficult to know what to tell you. You don't really specialize in a type of law. You take general classes, and try to get a job where you want. All law school does is train you to think a certain way, and the firms generally mold this way of thinking to their clients' interests. However, most of what you learn is cross-practice level. Things like reasonableness, and good faith will show up everywhere.

[TheSpanishMain]

lol did i just break some kind of sacred code or something

No, it's just most really obscure specializations don't matter, because there are probably only a handful of lawyers who work in that specific field. The odds of you finding employment there are slim to none just based on numbers. Also, it's just funny how you threw out the term "neurolaw" as though everyone knows what it is.

[timbs4339]

lol did i just break some kind of sacred code or something

The first rule of neurolaw is that you don't talk about neurolaw.
The second through 1000th rule of neurolaw is that there is no such thing as neurolaw.

Stay turned for my follow-up to A Day as an International Lawyer, titled A Day as an International Neurolawyer.

[TigerDude]

I thought it just meant being a neurotic lawyer.

I figured that would be extremely common.

[Hipster but Athletic]

Vanderbilt has a whole foundation for it. Also, in terms of practice, it's non-existent, but if you want to write about, you might want to find a good mentor. Definitely don't choose a worse school Bc of that, but if choosing between equals and you find a professor who has written extensively on it, you might want to lean that way (I.e maybe someone at Duke has written about the implications of fMRI as evidence??). Also, I was a neuroscience major, and was somewhat interested in this field before getting to law school, and them realized it's not as interesting as I thought. In fact, almost all cross disciplinary studies are bs and spend most of their time trying to justify their existence (I.e neuroeconomics)

[blueoctavo]

LOL ok all jokes aside, thanks to those who gave constructive feedback and info on job prospects. and yeah fair enough, i probably should have said something about the term itself, but the fact that it needed clarification at all probably should've said something to me about its obscurity :/

[phillywc]

Glad you are being reasonable, credit!

[cron1834]

lol did i just break some kind of sacred code or something

The first rule of neurolaw is that you don't talk about neurolaw.
The second through 1000th rule of neurolaw is that there is no such thing as neurolaw.

Stay turned for my follow-up to A Day as an International Lawyer, titled A Day as an International Neurolawyer.

[JuTMSY4]

Hello! I'm new here so sorry if this has already been covered, but I was wondering if anyone had any tips on schools focusing on neurolaw? I know Vanderbilt has a program on it, but I'm curious if there are any other notable schools. It's a bit of an emerging field, so I was thinking of focusing on criminal law and using that as a segue into neurolaw, but any thoughts?

Cheers!

What would you do in neurolaw? It sounds like you want to be Tom Cruise from Minority Report.

This side of the law professor/PhD route (which is HYS, generally), these guys are pretty much spot on.

[Bildungsroman]

What is "neurolaw"?

[Hipster but Athletic]

If we are all just computers, how could we be culpable?

[rad lulz]

There aren't really jobs practicing neurolaw

Even from vanderbilt

[Gooner91]

I just looked up neurolaw on wikipedia. It seems pretty interesting for the handful of people that do it.

OP I think that would be a cool field to go into (based on wiki...), although pretty risky due to the small group that works in it.

[timbs4339]

I'm still completely unsure how you would practice that.

[Otunga]

It sounds like you should become a law professor and write articles on the subject. Alternatively, I'm guessing one could go directly into neuroscience and work closely with attorneys. I clicked your profile and realized you didn't major in the sciences, so obviously the latter route requires a whole other four year degree. Either way, the most reasonable route if you're set on the field is to ace the LSAT and do your best for HYS, as some have stated.

Edit - Your numbers look to leave you out of HYS (they are solid however and apps there are still worthwhile). Perhaps then pursue the professor route at wherever t14 you decide to go, but recognize that you probably are gonna have to get a legal job unrelated to the neuro field.

[cron1834]

I do believe this is the hierarchy:

hip hop & the constitution




Space Law




Neuro Law
Int'l Law