and PharmD + JD candidates here?

[psurocks]

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is anyone here done, or consider being both a pharmacist and lawyer? if yes, what are your experiences?

i want to get into teaching and more academia related (ie teach pharm law)....if anyone has experience with these 2 degree: ie, if its worth the extra 3 yr of law school, etc...please feel free to comment🙂

 

[RxWildcat]

I have a friend in my class who is dead set on getting a JD after pharm school, he is a super smart guy. I think its a great niche as long as you can handle being a lawyer, definitely not for me though.

 

[psurocks]

138 views and just one reply? geez👎

 

[KUMoose]

I have a friend in my class who is dead set on getting a JD after pharm school, he is a super smart guy. I think its a great niche as long as you can handle being a lawyer, definitely not for me though.

This sums up my thoughts pretty succinctly. If you think physicians are arrogant wait till you get into a big trial law group. Their egos are so inflatted they'd look down on Jesus for walking on water but getting the bottom of his robes wet. The good news is that just about every organization that meets with state or federal regulators or representatives have lawyers on staff, so you don't have to do trial law.


I will say that I think if you're doing it solely to teach pharmacy law, you will not really be qualified until you've worked with the issues for a while you'd have too much theory and not enough application.

 

[ItsOverZyvox]

What niche could you possibly have other than teaching Pharmacy Law (Fred Weissman, PharmD/JD - USC) or work as an attorney or as a pharmacist.

One PharmD/JD I know practices law...and has nothing to do with pharmacy other than occassional clients who are pharmacists but he could be doing what he's doing without the PharmD. He certainly can't make a living working strictly with pharmacists only.

Many other PharmD/JD I know practice pharmacy because they make a better living as pharmacist.

Malpractice law or healthcare law? You don't need a PharmD to do it.

If becoming an attorney is your aspiration, then go to law school. I can't think of too many areas of practice of law that can be benefitted by having a PharmD....especially since if an attorney requires an expert witness, an expert PharmD in a certain field can be retained to provide expertise. If I was an opposing attorney arguing against a general PharmD practitioner/JD, it wouldn't be very difficult to tear apart your credentials..


"So Mr. PharmD/JD...it says you've worked as an intern at a retail pharmacy for 3 years and have graduated with a doctor of pharmacy degree from ***** pharmacy school. But you have never worked in a critical care setting ...

 

[psurocks]

i know 2 floaters i work with, who are in law school, who will do patent law after the JD

i just love teaching, and law class was the best class i took in pharm school

 

[Glycerin]

law class was the best class i took in pharm school

😱 😴

 

[ItsOverZyvox]

i know 2 floaters i work with, who are in law school, who will do patent law after the JD

i just love teaching, and law class was the best class i took in pharm school

Well, Patent Bar requires a bachelors in certain science fields which pharmacology is one. Certainly you can do this withoug having a Pharmacy degree.

 

[ItsOverZyvox]

btw, I don't mean to discourage anyone from pursuing further education.

If you want to teach law, you should definitely seek law school. Good Luck!

 

[psurocks]

lol no, thanks for your opinions, tats the reason i posted here, to see what other peoples thoughts are

keep em coming🙂