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Would business law or health law be a better concentration?

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:11 am
by jdwinn0963
I am a Health Science major with a concentration in Health Services Administration. I have taken the June 2014 LSAT and I am beginning to make a list of law schools to apply to in the Fall. My career aspiration is to become a health law attorney, either working as an in house counsel for a hospital or health care system, or working for a firm that purchases health care organizations and work towards a position overseeing the merging of the new health facilities. As I begin to look at schools, I am unsure if I should focus on health law as my concentration or business law. Some schools do not offer health law as a concentration so I want to spend some time thinking about my concentration now and I am looking for some outside input. Based on your opinion, which concentration would better suit my career goals?

Re: Would business law or health law be a better concentration?

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:34 am
by wingding
Don't worry about the concentration, worry about the school.

Re: Would business law or health law be a better concentration?

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:46 am
by Holly Golightly
wingding wrote:Don't worry about the concentration, worry about the school.
This. Concentrations are largely useless.

Re: Would business law or health law be a better concentration?

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 2:19 am
by dkb17xzx
Agree with the above 2 posters. You need to get into a good school. Your school rank and then your class rank is far, far important than your "specialization." Also, don't choose a school b/c it offers "concentrations." Focus on its reputation and most importantly, its employment numbers and cost to you.

http://www.lawschooltransparency.com/ - good place to start.

Re: Would business law or health law be a better concentration?

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 2:20 am
by DELG
Do you have any experience with the healthcare field, particularly the legal side, particular the transactional side, other than your undergraduate major?