Part Time Work and Post-Bac

[AnotherJD]

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I was wondering if anyone had suggestions as to what part time or flexible work suggestions I could do while in Post Bac? There are the obvious, but I was hoping for some suggestions as to where I could use my JD degree, learn more about the medical field or find work that is generally interesting and has a supportive environment. Thanks.

 

[shouldvestudied]

Boston is a good place for what you're looking to to. You will also have access to Harvard extension classes ($1k per class, typically one 3 hour session a week) as a post-bacc option.

 

[vc7777]

I was wondering if anyone had suggestions as to what part time or flexible work suggestions I could do while in Post Bac? There are the obvious, but I was hoping for some suggestions as to where I could use my JD degree, learn more about the medical field or find work that is generally interesting and has a supportive environment. Thanks.

So you want to use your JD degree while in school, eh? Have you passed the bar? My wife is a lawyer in the health law [No, nothing to do with litigation, for those outsiders: she's been in court twice, once to be sworn in]. You may be able to find part-time work in the general counsel office of a hospital system? You might also look for local 501c3 places that may need legal advice with running non-profit clinics etc.

Often, the in-house people just manage outside law firms with issues (like HIPAA, M&A, malpractice, etc) and so they don't necessarily have to have a background in those areas of law. They might even welcome you if they know you have an interest in healthcare .

Certainly look towards your local university and see if they need help with articles of incorporation for med-student run health-clinics and the such. Doctors are always paying for contract review and negotiations. You may be able to pick up a small odd-job here and there...

Things that might not pay, but could bolster your application and that might be interesting to look into with a JD are special interest legal articles for various medical journals on ethics or current legal understandings of a wide range of medical topics. If you did any law-review work, you might find this very interesting. For example, even before graduating, my wife had a publication **in a national medical journal** regarding a review of current state and federal decisions on a very particular medical topic (not abortion, not euthenasia, but still very interesting to subscribers of that journal). Look around, and you can find a lot of physicians who like talking to JDs...

Good luck!

 

[AnotherJD]

All great suggestions! I'd like to have a pt law related job while doing my post-bac (either that or med related) so that it's at least relevant to something that I do. Problem is that I am so junior (re: law) that I think that I might need more experience before someone will hire me to do outside work. Law related medical articles and various contracts seems like one good route to go. I'll definitely look into it more - perhaps the hospital legal department might be better able to guide me. Thanks!

So you want to use your JD degree while in school, eh? Have you passed the bar? My wife is a lawyer in the health law [No, nothing to do with litigation, for those outsiders: she's been in court twice, once to be sworn in]. You may be able to find part-time work in the general counsel office of a hospital system? You might also look for local 501c3 places that may need legal advice with running non-profit clinics etc.

Often, the in-house people just manage outside law firms with issues (like HIPAA, M&A, malpractice, etc) and so they don't necessarily have to have a background in those areas of law. They might even welcome you if they know you have an interest in healthcare .

Certainly look towards your local university and see if they need help with articles of incorporation for med-student run health-clinics and the such. Doctors are always paying for contract review and negotiations. You may be able to pick up a small odd-job here and there...

Things that might not pay, but could bolster your application and that might be interesting to look into with a JD are special interest legal articles for various medical journals on ethics or current legal understandings of a wide range of medical topics. If you did any law-review work, you might find this very interesting. For example, even before graduating, my wife had a publication **in a national medical journal** regarding a review of current state and federal decisions on a very particular medical topic (not abortion, not euthenasia, but still very interesting to subscribers of that journal). Look around, and you can find a lot of physicians who like talking to JDs...

Good luck!